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What is another word for
piquing
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Adjective
Causing or eliciting a strong reaction (in someone)
Noun
Something that arouses activity or energy in someone or something
Verb
To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts
To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction
(
rare
)
Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone
Present participle for to take satisfaction or pleasure in one's accomplishments or abilities
Present participle for to pierce or make a hole (or holes) in
Present participle for to cause physical or bodily damage or injury to
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Adjective
▲
Causing or eliciting a strong reaction (in someone)
provocative
provoking
instigative
charged
edgy
inciting
instigating
stimulating
exciting
influential
inspirational
encouraging
stirring
rousing
intoxicating
motivating
uplifting
motivational
moving
energizing
US
exhilarating
affecting
persuasive
invigorating
US
striking
spirited
galvanizing
US
enlivening
animating
impelling
inspiriting
inspiring
emotional
arousing
stimulative
electrifying
affective
touching
meaningful
triggering
refreshing
awakening
soul-stirring
thought-provoking
envigorating
UK
galvanising
UK
energising
UK
character-building
stimulant
intriguing
spurring
interesting
heady
impassioned
emotive
passionate
heartening
memorable
dynamic
breathtaking
impactful
riveting
dramatic
gripping
galvanic
lively
animated
exhilarative
thrilling
electric
impressive
poignant
anthemic
energetic
kicky
exalting
mind-bending
heart-stopping
vibrant
enthusiastic
hair-raising
mind-boggling
rip-roaring
vigorous
emotion-charged
hearty
mind-blowing
challenging
fascinating
spine-tingling
action-packed
stem-winding
driving
suggestive
propelling
empowering
absorbing
rallying
educative
captivating
instructive
spiritual
inviting
gladdening
cheerful
cheering
sensational
awesome
enchanting
miraculous
wondrous
warming
fabulous
magnificent
overwhelming
eloquent
delightful
heartfelt
mournful
expressive
profound
fab
wild
sincere
fervent
elevating
significant
shaking
trembling
quaking
vibrating
shivering
shuddering
large
frantic
boss
mad
exquisite
swinging
appealing
inspirative
enriching
improving
doleful
soulful
titillating
sparkling
heart-warming
entertaining
sexy
piquant
awe-inspiring
adrenalizing
exalté
blood-tingling
zero cool
giving one food for thought
more ❯
“His verbal recreations of camp life, and of characters he'd met, had us all laughing and asking
piquing
questions by turns.”
Noun
▲
Something that arouses activity or energy in someone or something
stimulus
spur
impetus
incentive
motivation
encouragement
incitement
stimulant
boost
impulse
provocation
goad
instigation
inducement
stimulation
inspiration
fillip
motive
catalyst
incitation
momentum
yeast
push
prompt
influence
cause
urging
prod
kick
propellant
invitation
charge
flash
sting
bang
fireworks
precipitant
shot in the arm
turn-on
eye-opener
geeing-up
clarion call
kick up the backside
excitement
trigger
drive
urge
reason
pressure
goading
prompting
lift
impulsion
driving force
pick-me-up
tonic
persuasion
motivating force
help
spark
aid
prodding
reviver
lure
uplift
carrot
instigator
egging on
abetment
challenge
facilitator
rationale
taunt
excitant
stirring
stimulator
support
ground
straw that stirs the drink
motivator
rousing
muse
spark plug
thrust
actuation
kick-start
leaven
assistance
purpose
bait
dare
agitation
kindling
fuelling
UK
compulsion
hand
exhortation
fomentation
backing
jump-start
assist
stirring up
fueling
US
whipping up
leg up
helping hand
mover and shaker
jog
grounds
goal
force
spurring
ammunition
pressing
will
prick
promoter
persuader
propulsion
activation
needle
fodder
movement
piquancy
refreshment
food
intellectual nourishment
shove
impellent
motive power
encourager
coaxing
bolster
initiation
bidding
reminder
carrot and stick
start
pushing
pressurization
US
behest
inception
devising
spice
kickoff
reactivation
cue
signal
animus
kick in the pants
fuel
oxygen
ultimatum
arousing
example
model
pressurisation
UK
needling
beseeching
enkindling
spurring on
summons
animating force
afflatus
invigoration
US
stoking up
gauntlet
baiting
arm-twisting
red rag
revelation
agitator
casus belli
envigoration
UK
adjuvant
incendiary
inspo
springboard
creativeness
awakening
beacon
arousal
eureka
creative influence
reassurance
boost to the spirits
enticement
radical stimulus
sweetener
attraction
guiding light
wave maker
consideration
insistence
excuse
allurement
douceur
premium
determinant
beacon of hope
shining light
succor
US
succour
UK
instinct
desire
temptation
spring
inclination
secours
comfort
relief
buzz
wish
whim
reason why
yen
come-on
gee-up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts
annoying
harassing
aggravating
antagonizing
US
bugging
exasperating
galling
getting
goading
irking
irritating
narking
nettling
peeving
pestering
riling
ruffling
vexing
frustrating
nagging
upsetting
angering
bothering
displeasing
disturbing
hassling
incensing
infuriating
maddening
making angry
needling
provoking
teasing
agitating
getting to
incommoding
making cross
molesting
perturbing
troubling
worrying
badgering
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
breaking
chafing
distressing
enraging
frosting
gnawing
grating
harrying
henpecking
nudging
persecuting
plaguing
riding
rubbing up the wrong way
spiting
beleaguering
burning up
driving crazy
driving to distraction
graveling
gravelling
rankling
antagonising
UK
bumming out
driving mad
eating
getting at
getting someone's goat
getting under your skin
getting up your nose
giving someone grief
giving someone the hump
hacking off
making your blood boil
teeing off
ticking off
winding up
cheesing off
driving round the bend
driving round the twist
driving up the wall
egging on
firing up
getting in your hair
getting on your wick
getting someone's dander up
getting your back up
hacking you off
heating up
making someone see red
making waves
turning off
working on
asking for it
getting on your nerves
giving someone the pip
putting your back up
hitting where one lives
putting out
miffing
rasping
offending
griping
itching
getting across
affronting
outraging
exacerbating
humping
inflaming
fretting
roiling
disgruntling
getting your goat
rubbing the wrong way
rattling
getting on one's nerves
hurting
making somebody's hackles rise
grating on
rankling with
discomposing
raising your hackles
insulting
tormenting
paining
disgusting
mortifying
putting someone's nose out of joint
giving a hard time
wounding
baiting
aggrieving
enflaming
madding
iring
stinging
niggling
burning
steaming up
getting your dander up
ruffling one's feathers
trying your patience
getting up someone's nose
taunting
disquieting
discomfiting
getting someone
jarring on
abrading
sending into a rage
causing offense
afflicting
disconcerting
flustering
hounding
perplexing
shocking
dissing
dogging
dissatisfying
disobliging
getting your hackles up
driving bananas
rubbing you up the wrong way
driving you up the wall
unsettling
slighting
jarring
distracting
pricking
dismaying
discountenancing
exciting
getting across someone
discommoding
trying
embittering
mithering
picking on
stirring up
injuring
embarrassing
chagrining
setting one's teeth on edge
wearing on
cutting to the quick
eating away at
confusing
grieving
confounding
intimidating
besetting
unnerving
flurrying
fazing
depressing
distempering
devilling
deviling
bullying
discombobulating
scandalizing
US
inconveniencing
rousing
disrespecting
crazing
horrifying
repelling
empurpling
pursuing
grilling
browbeating
crossing
bumming
affecting
browning off
biting
hurting somebody's feelings
umbraging
rattling someone's cage
breathing down someone's neck
jangling
sticking in one's craw
hacking
acerbating
scandalising
UK
getting a rise out of
working up
zinging
making you see red
putting down
eating at
giving offence to
deranging
festering
discomforting
hazing
heckling
wigging
getting on someone
chiding
driving insane
exercising
riling up
steaming
prodding
trying the patience of
bristling
frazzling
resenting
messing with
messing
pushing someon's buttons
souring
running up the wrong way
testing
causing annoyance to
causing resentment to
inciting
saddening
putting on edge
hitting a sour note
getting on
setting on edge
jarring upon
grating upon
wearing upon
making an enemy of somebody
taking a rise out of
starting
setting on
getting on the wrong side of
setting off
working into lather
boiling
making sore
blowing up
arousing
losing one's temper
raising hell
obsessing
gnawing at
eating up
unhinging
hanging up
getting even
upsetting the applecart
harming
agonizing
US
ailing
tangling
victimizing
US
disappointing
tiffing
huffing
stewing
petting
discontenting
disaffecting
devastating
revolting
terrorizing
US
driving you crazy
snubbing
playing dirty
mispleasing
slapping
driving out of mind
making livid
driving you to distraction
making somebody's blood boil
driving you out of your mind
driving you round the bend
shattering
driving you off your head
driving you round the twist
possessing
slurring
giving offence
humiliating
treading on someone's toes
repulsing
excruciating
nauseating
sickening
putting
fussing
making it hot for someone
hunting
wronging
hectoring
terrorising
UK
crucifying
beating
victimising
UK
exiling
sticking the knife into
expelling
making things hot for someone
dragooning
singling out
getting the knife into
abusing
slandering
dumping on
giving the cold shoulder
criticizing
US
criticising
UK
confronting
dispraising
giving a zinger
mourning
pushing the buttons of
thumbing nose at
causing suffering
causing anguish
bleeding
making unhappy
agonising
UK
causing sorrow
lambasting
nagging at
giving a bad time
mixing up
chivvying
chivying
scaring
tantalizing
US
interrupting
boring
impeding
hindering
tantalising
UK
bending someone's ear
carping at
intruding upon
imposing on
throwing
flummoxing
flooring
fuddling
cowing
stirring
putting into a flap
rattling one's cage
putting someone off their stroke
wearing
disrupting
stumping
making nervous
throwing off balance
throwing into tizzy
causing someone to lose their composure
shaking up
putting off
throwing into a tizz
oppressing
torturing
harrowing
stressing
burdening
racking
straining
cursing
besieging
concerning
anguishing
importuning
alarming
causing suffering to
taxing
going on at
keeping on at
pressing
haunting
weighing down
keeping after
ragging
pressurizing
US
alaruming
derailing
hagriding
undoing
mocking
harping on at
appalling
scolding
picking at
ribbing
weirding out
freaking out
pressurising
UK
mistreating
ridiculing
chaffing
blighting
dunning
having it in for
lying heavy on
making anxious
prompting
razzing
pressuring
ill-treating
smiting
discriminating against
frightening
pushing
martyring
preying on
weighing heavily on
pecking at
causing trouble to
joshing
maltreating
deriding
dejecting
bantering
guying
moving
coercing
bewildering
wringing
leaning on
gibing
disheartening
berating
tiring
impelling
instigating
inducing
whipping
attacking
assailing
shaking
urging
making uneasy
triggering
tyrannizing
US
tearing
pothering
sounding
having a down on
grumbling at
jibing at
making miserable
finding fault with
taking the mickey
taking the piss out of
ragging on
weighing on
siccing
making fun of
tyrannising
UK
causing anguish to
making wretched
exploiting
kidding
roasting
facing
satirizing
US
jiving
joking
rallying
twitting
nonplussing
dispiriting
pushing around
domineering
stretching
leading on
quizzing
funning
discouraging
fearing
punishing unfairly
chiacking
wearying
reminding
dashing
rending
sweating
stabbing
puzzling
crushing
shucking
addling
smoking
gripping
panicking
rotting
upbraiding
sledging
bringing down
punishing
spooking
searing
indisposing
casting down
rousting
causing anxiety to
making someone fed up
having on
keying up
giving the business
finding fault
poking fun at
making a monkey of
poking borak at
making sport of
flouting at
flipping out
laughing at
getting down
poking mullock at
hanging over
stressing out
putting on
causing concern to
plying
keeping complaining to
putting up to
rowelling
taking advantage of
causing agony to
slinging off at
making uncomfortable
roweling
preying on your mind
scoffing at
moaning at
causing discomfort to
sending up
trolling
goofing on
jeering at
barraging
causing anxiety
satirising
UK
grinding
buffeting
making jokes about
buffetting
cutting up
fooling around
showing antagonism to
disapproving of
petitioning
soliciting
carping
abashing
keeping at
telling off
startling
feeling ill will towards
showing ill will towards
pushing about
bearing a grudge towards
calling names
giving someone hell
niggling at
getting in the hair of
getting on the nerves of
touching
harping on
insisting on
frenzying
arousing hostility in
jeering
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
kidding around
making restless
unquieting
making fretful
disparaging
strapping
desolating
doing a number on
arousing anxiety in
pushing buttons
making it tough for
nit-picking
sapping
draining
exhausting
excoriating
dampening spirits
breaking one's heart
barracking
booing
despairing
dragging down
making blue
putting a damper on
putting into a funk
chastening
breaking the heart of
gnawing away at
gnawing away
reviling
reproaching
putting pressure on
bringing pressure to bear on
making trouble
stirring the pot
scourging
belabouring
UK
making discontented
becoming bored
grating at
having had enough
losing patience
fomenting
shouting down
throwing off
turning
incapacitating
flipping
rocking the boat
laying up
cramping
turning on
debilitating
making a scene
curdling
piercing
cutting
violating
manipulating
scratching around
searching high heaven
yapping at
insisting
convulsing
overriding
hissing
sweating out
dumbfounding
terrifying
accosting
causing pain to
rocking
sticking it to
dishing it out
giving it to
dishing out
overcharging
playing cat and mouse
putting through wringer
rubbing salt in wound
belittling
dominating
enslaving
tyrannizing over
bamboozling
baffling
befuddling
causing someone distress
causing pain
tiring out
making severe demands on
making demands on
putting a strain on
wearing out
gutting
overwhelming
causing to panic
entangling
hampering
surprising
shouting at
shouting catcalls at
butting in
targetting
making game of
targeting
aggressing
misusing
abasing
jumping on one's case
putting the squeeze on
falling upon
starting in on
giving the needle
falling on
horning in on
intruding on
butting in on
barging in on
interfering with
belaboring
US
bombarding
astonishing
catching off balance
dizzying
catching unawares
starting on
toying with
fiddling with
daunting
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
egging
immolating
demonizing
US
using
busting chops
moaning on at
busting someone's balls
taking it out on
spurring
cheating
stacking the deck
demonising
UK
having your knife into
going for jugular
martyrizing
laying a bad trip on
doing an injustice to
ill-using
giving no quarter
stepping on the toes of
driving
stimulating
fleecing
motivating
challenging
forcing
making gloomy
making desolate
taking the heart out of
making despondent
swindling
encouraging
inspiring
overstretching
tensing
overtaxing
lashing
titillating
bullyragging
noodging
jerking around
traumatizing
US
hoodwinking
tricking
blackmailing
conning
putting on trial
crunching
tensing up
overextending
traumatising
UK
making tense
overdoing
causing to feel mental strain
causing to feel emotional strain
putting in traction
pushing to the limit
striking
visiting
taking
spoofing
slamming
snapping
pulling someone's leg
pulling one's leg
messing around
swipeing at
flirting with
more ❯
“He had often been mock-combative with my lovingly mischievous attempts to
pique
him with questions about life, the universe, and everything.”
Verb
▲
To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction
exciting
provoking
inciting
riling
stirring up
fomenting
impassioning
inflaming
rallying
roiling
rousing
stirring
triggering
aggravating
agitating
animating
electrifying
firing up
goading
inspiring
instigating
arousing
enthusing
galvanizing
US
incensing
irking
priming
ruffling
stimulating
whipping up
baiting
charging
egging on
eliciting
encouraging
enlivening
grilling
kindling
pumping up
revving up
setting off
vexing
vivifying
winding up
working up
activating
angering
awakening
bringing about
bringing out
causing
charging up
commoving
energising
UK
energizing
US
enkindling
galvanising
UK
jolting
motivating
needling
pepping up
sparking off
touching off
triggering off
working into lather
chafing
discomposing
flustering
inducing
infuriating
intensifying
maddening
offending
shaking
shaking up
starting
taunting
upsetting
waking up
feeding the fire
moving
sparking
spurring
prompting
prodding
urging
pushing
driving
inspiriting
quickening
firing
whetting
spurring on
impelling
swaying
wakening
pricking
persuading
actuating
invigorating
buoying
vitalizing
incentivizing
thrilling
envigorating
pressing
buoying up
exhilarating
steeling
generating
nudging
stinging
bestirring
instilling
lighting a fire under
emboldening
turning on
calling forth
strengthening
heartening
boosting
uplifting
producing
filliping
influencing
evoking
engendering
cheering on
propelling
exhorting
building up
raising
fanning
precipitating
promoting
reviving
titillating
tempting
touching
waking
drawing forth
kick-starting
giving rise to
cheering
empowering
building
revitalizing
US
refreshing
jumpstarting
egging
occasioning
assuring
revivifying
increasing
begetting
boosting up
fueling
US
fuelling
making
siccing
inclining
intoxicating
psyching up
initiating
spiriting up
challenging
procuring
abetting
beginning
innervating
constraining
calling into being
keying up
firing with enthusiasm
leading to
revitalising
UK
bringing into being
getting going
putting a bomb under
driving on
setting going
firing the imagination of
putting up to
bringing on
beseeching
impressing
pressuring
bolstering
disposing
enhancing
hooking
leading
grabbing
bringing
working
motiving
sowing the seeds of
summoning up
fostering
breeding
augmenting
elating
acting as a stimulus to
acting as an incentive to
coaxing
reminding
invoking
making wild
firing the enthusiasm of
heating up
chivvying
exercising
brewing
fermenting
bringing around
forcing
making for
resulting in
suscitating
contributing to
soliciting
irritating
heightening
exalting
creating
talking into
agitating for
agitating against
getting to
resuscitating
informing
building a fire under
switching on
spooking
calling to mind
making waves
bringing back
stirring embers
adding fuel to fire
intriguing
bracing
reactivating
spiking
reanimating
cranking up
putting in motion
setting in motion
running
reinvigorating
juicing up
zipping up
gingering up
jump-starting
dispatching
amping up
livening
vivificating
livening up
springing
growing
innerving
jazzing up
giving a shot in the arm
giving someone a kick
getting someone going
sharpening
burning up
getting smoking
enticing
incentifying
prevailing upon
rooting on
applauding
reassuring
enforcing
disinhibiting
fortifying
comforting
brightening
enheartening
igniting
giving a boost to
reenforcing
restoring
bearing up
gladdening
chirking up
consoling
praising
giving shot in arm
cheering up
bielding
geeing up
bucking up
propping up
raising your spirits
giving confidence to
boosting morale
raising the morale of
giving a shot in the arm to
giving hope to
stimulating spiritually
lifting the spirits of
stiffening the resolve of
effecting
effectuating
catalyzing
US
catalysing
UK
spawning
compelling
affecting
yielding
translating into
establishing
coercing
bringing to pass
developing
originating
instituting
picking
introducing
dragooning
pressurizing
US
hatching
awaking
making happen
pressurising
UK
hounding
inviting
ending in
whipping
convincing
launching
necessitating
drawing
commencing
making possible
bringing forth
setting on
drawing on
advancing
badgering
inveigling
entreating
doing
harassing
setting
entailing
cultivating
helping
obliging
predisposing
getting
prevailing on
fanning the flames of
actualizing
imploring
advising
cajoling
involving
culminating in
stoking up
inaugurating
adjuring
summoning
hassling
leaning on
securing
realizing
US
meaning
insisting
spelling
setting in
starting up
bullying
giving
mobilizing
US
finishing in
starting the ball rolling
realising
UK
perking up
trying to persuade
countenancing
setting afoot
drumming up
insisting on
appealing to
bearing
setting up
mobilising
UK
forming
furthering
materializing
US
surfacing
unfolding
bothering
bribing
crystallizing
US
manifesting
disturbing
counseling
US
counselling
UK
attracting
begging
rendering
enjoining
opening
resulting
accomplishing
enacting
achieving
pushing forward
admonishing
directing
conditioning
risking
adding to
luring
expediting
conjuring
amounting to
nagging
exacerbating
courting
kicking in
wooing
twisting someone's arm
converting
wheedling
organizing
US
asking
founding
bringing round
having a hand in
suborning
elevating
nurturing
contributing
coming into being
coming into existence
crazing
mustering
determining
striking
getting things rolling
cooking up
organising
UK
having a part in
redounding to
terminating in
propagating
conducing to
being responsible for
lashing
pushing for
putting pressure on
calling up
putting in place
conjuring up
using pressure on
starting off
calling on
giving incentive to
materialising
UK
drawing out
crystallising
UK
rowelling
adding up to
predetermining
giving incentive
conducing
winning over
roweling
setting astir
bringing on oneself
breathing life into
sounding
calling upon
paying off
corrupting
seeking
feeding
implanting
lodging
planting
putting life into
activizing
costing
bringing up
having as a consequence
presenting
constituting
having as a result
orienting
imposing on
rousting
progenerating
multiplying
sustaining
supporting
reigniting
rekindling
rooting
imbuing
infusing
recalling
pleading
innovating
incenting
implying
equaling
US
equalling
UK
festering
nourishing
powering
posing
impacting
boosting moral
raising spirits
brainstorming
adding fuel to the flames
adding fuel
educing
calling
suggesting to
hinting to
giving one an idea
carrying
giving impetus
enduing
infecting
beghasting
requesting
appealing
sowing
digging
playing a part in
getting up
mustering up
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
sanctioning
setting on foot
causing to appear
resurrecting
gaining
satisfying
biasing
US
biassing
UK
proposing
startling
favouring
UK
favoring
US
impressing on
making willing
rationalizing
US
putting the heat on
rationalising
UK
putting the screws on
commending
railroading into
bulldozing into
acting as a incentive to
giving the incentive to
coming out with
dreaming up
thinking up
invocating
compassing
playing a role in
prevailing
sweet-talking
smooth-talking
managing
bidding
whetting one's appetite
succeeding
being a factor in
whomping up
attaining
opening the door for
engineering
bringing off
causing to happen
contriving
being partly responsible for
having the effect of
carrying off
carrying through
oiling the wheels of
forwarding
pulling off
causing to occur
manipulating
cautioning
making alive
giving life to
giving new life to
breathing new life into
giving a buzz
lighting up
alluring
transpiring
appearing
emerging
arising
hustling
leaving the door open to
commanding
begging for
issuing
calling for
asking for
flirting with
requiring
exacting
occurring
eventuating
advocating
dawning
emanating
extorting
commandeering
demanding
finagling
brainwashing
steering
jockeying
beguiling
exploiting
playing
controlling
pestering
soothing
happening
imposing
dictating
inspanning
intimidating
solacing
erupting
recommending
wresting
making compulsory
cracking down
exerting
forcing upon
strong-arming
expecting
working upon
harrying
conceiving
kicking off
laying the foundations of
laying the first stone of
getting in operation
getting off the ground
getting the ball rolling
getting something functioning
getting under way
getting something working
setting the ball rolling
perturbing
pulling strings with
talking round
browbeating
prejudicing
warming
worrying
distressing
unsettling
upraising
disquieting
troubling
turning
colouring
UK
putting on cloud nine
putting on top of the world
giving a lift to
letting the sun shine in
snapping out of it
picking up
giving a lift
bracing up
speeding up
alarming
giving birth to
disconcerting
rattling
rising
dismaying
pouring it on
selling one on
unnerving
bugging
bringing pressure to bear on
carrying weight with
cutting any ice with
making yourself felt with
bringing pressure to bear upon
sprouting
arriving
concerning
flurrying
discomforting
fazing
coloring
US
distracting
fussing
unhinging
ailing
becoming established
coming out
coming to pass
becoming apparent
alaruming
distempering
confusing
frazzling
springing up
undoing
hagriding
juicing
derailing
discombobulating
fanning the fire
lifting
causing anxiety to
weirding out
bugging up
freaking out
making flip
giving someone grief
pushing buttons
making anxious
more ❯
“Every oddity he found only served to
pique
his interest more.”
Verb
▲
(
rare
)
Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone
interesting
attracting
appealing to
drawing
engrossing
exciting
fascinating
intriguing
tempting
captivating
entertaining
enthralling
luring
snaring
tantalizing
US
titillating
affecting
amusing
arousing
distracting
engaging
gripping
hooking
perking up
pleasing
pulling
touching
mesmerising
UK
mesmerizing
US
moving
riveting
rivetting
tantalising
UK
turning on
beguiling
bemusing
enchanting
grabbing
immersing
absorbing
bewitching
floating someone's boat
lighting someone's fire
occupying
preoccupying
sitting up
tickling someone's fancy
arresting
busying
enwrapping
charming
diverting
involving
delighting
transfixing
gladdening
tickling your fancy
entrancing
alluring
spellbinding
magnetizing
US
hypnotizing
US
seducing
enamoring
wiling
infatuating
stimulating
magnetising
UK
hypnotising
UK
arousing curiosity
gratifying
satisfying
putting under a spell
concerning
holding in awe
arousing the curiosity of
winning over
carrying away
dazzling
mattering to
holding your attention
whetting one's appetite
catching your eye
engaging one's attention
holding
tickling pink
taking
cheering
regaling
enrapturing
solacing
disporting
enticing
recreating
bedazzling
comforting
humoring
US
cracking up
ecstasizing
elating
inspiring
making merry
indulging
inspiriting
tickling
giving pleasure to
holding the attention of
enlivening
relaxing
slaying
humouring
UK
knocking dead
ravishing
thrilling
overwhelming
winning
inviting
stirring
transporting
witching
ensnaring
killing
enamouring
intoxicating
provoking
overpowering
enslaving
subduing
appealing
compelling
kindling
firing
animating
catching up
holding spellbound
interesting greatly
sweeping off feet
rapturing
wowing
capturing
catching
bowling over
wooing
impressing
exhilarating
knocking out
fulfilling
tickle to death
astounding
sending
amazing
giving someone a kick
making happy
giving a buzz
contenting
rousing
electrifying
monopolizing
US
rapping
persuading
courting
catching the eye of
making a hit with
monopolising
UK
awing
aweing
engulfing
gaining
seizing
influencing
pleasuring
stupefying
filling
fixating
elevating
stunning
suiting
warming
rejoicing
delectating
gladding
vamping
blowing away
pulling in
whetting the appetite of
agreeing with
giving someone a charge
taking your breath away
bringing in
bewildering
coaxing
appeasing
dumbfounding
astonishing
galvanizing
US
obsessing
invigorating
overcoming
fixing
cajoling
charging
enveloping
inveigling
striking
overjoying
inclining
enthusing
inducing
endearing
staggering
subjugating
beckoning
trancing
consuming
gassing
feasting
inflaming
sending into raptures
scintillating
taking up
brightening up
firing with enthusiasm
pumping up
making content
pleasing greatly
turning one's head
envigorating
galvanising
UK
catching hold of
tying up
drawing attention
making someone feel good
bucking up
stirring up
roping in
hitting the spot
refreshing
keeping
maintaining
ensorcelling
hitting on
subjecting
making an impression on
overawing
grabbing the attention of
holding on to
coming on to
quickening
agitating
rooting to the spot
sending into transports
calling
having an impact on
flooring
prompting
satiating
eliciting
calling forth
bringing forth
arguing into
bringing around
getting started
laughing it up
working up
sating
tickling the fancy of
keeping busy
employing
placating
mollifying
soothing
cornering
soaking
becoming lost
assimilating
hogging
sewing up
upping on
applying
energizing
US
quenching
obtaining
getting
sucking in
securing
picking up
assuaging
sweeping someone off their feet
blinding
dazing
keeping up
keeping alive
owning
getting under your skin
pacifying
turning someone's head
exerting influence on
making your mouth water
steering
exerting a pull on
slaking
serving
petrifying
giving joy to
giving great pleasure to
turning someone on
putting under magic spell
forspeaking
putting the whammy on
bedevilling
UK
voodooing
tricking
bedeviling
US
controlling
casting a spell on
putting horns on
filling with delight
jolting
frenzying
motivating
feeding
meeting
gorgonizing
obliging
silencing
quietening
stilling
lighting a fire under
dynamizing
jarring
commoving
getting someone going
energising
UK
rooting
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
indicating
signing
summoning
demanding
commanding
asking
bidding
accommodating
surfeiting
flattering
satisficing
riveting the attention of
binding
misleading
pandering to
cloying
selling
catering to
providing for
doing the trick
filling the bill
reconciling
sufficing
making your head spin
going to your head
deluding
stroking
heartening
uplifting
arriding
befooling
besotting
sweet-talking
soft-soaping
blandishing
wheedling
blarneying
flattering into
smooth-talking
bringing joy to
giving someone pleasure
going over big
getting one's kicks
cheering up
warming the cockles of the heart
buoying up
giving a lift
grooving
sweeping you off your feet
making a fool of
valuing
cherishing
attracting attention
prizing
treasuring
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to take satisfaction or pleasure in one's accomplishments or abilities
priding
pluming
flattering
vaunting
swaggering
gasconading
strutting
swelling
preening
presuming
reveling in
flattering oneself
glorying in
puffing up
holding head high
bragging
boasting
crowing
exulting in
congratulating oneself
congratulating
exulting
felicitating
prancing
crowing about
boasting about
bragging about
gloating
blustering
swanking
grandstanding
bulling
blowing
flaunting
vaporing
showboating
skiting
puffing
exaggerating
aggrandizing
triumphing
overstating
advertising
advertizing
congratulating oneself on
giving oneself airs
blowing your own trumpet
preening oneself
blowing your own horn
patting oneself on the back
flying your own kite
hugging oneself
giving a good account of yourself
shooting one's mouth off
blowing hard
blowing smoke
talking big
singing your own praises
showing off
laying it on thick
“She may
pique
herself on her innocence and purity of thought, and commence an imprudent war against appearances, but that knowledge alone of acting against appearances must, inevitably, injure that very purity of thought.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pierce or make a hole (or holes) in
wounding
pricking
riddling
piercing
holing
perforating
boring
drilling
punching
tapping
penetrating
stinging
rupturing
slitting
poking
puncturing
needling
prickling
boring through
drilling through
making a hole in
boring a hole in
making a wound in
boring into
cutting through
nipping
biting
injuring
stabbing
spiking
goring
lacerating
gashing
splitting
renting
pinking
nicking
jabbing
spearing
skewering
spitting
sticking
pinning
incising
impaling
transpiercing
knifing
lancing
jagging
entering
putting a hole in
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause physical or bodily damage or injury to
injuring
crippling
damaging
disabling
wounding
incapacitating
maiming
impairing
mutilating
disfiguring
defacing
mangling
laming
ruining
bruising
battering
scarring
wrecking
crushing
weakening
deforming
smashing
handicapping
debilitating
shattering
torpefying
knackering
scathing
disarming
dislimbing
fouling
paining
waxing
doing in
hacking up
drawing blood
fouling up
shaking up
making lame
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