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Noun
Any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
A thing causing trouble or irritation
An unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage
A large number of similar things coming in quick succession
A person or thing that brings bad luck
Noxious or annoying small animals or insects
An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium
Detested person
Verb
To cause anguish or distress to
Cause continual trouble or distress to
To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion
To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers
To taint or afflict with something undesirable
To cause to become tired, weary or fatigued
To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something
To persuade someone to do something
To go after
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Noun
▲
Any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
disease
pestilence
contagion
epidemic
pandemic
pest
infection
sickness
lurgy
murrain
Black Death
bubonic plague
contagious disease
hydra
influenza
killer
outbreak
pneumonic plague
wave
scourge
illness
virus
disorder
complaint
ailment
indisposition
malady
visitation
bug
affliction
trouble
blight
contamination
menace
bane
evil
infirmity
endemic
condition
debility
disability
affection
impurity
cancer
ill
ail
syndrome
distemper
complication
inflammation
fever
distemperature
wog
ache
attack
flu
pollution
taint
ill health
lues
rash
malaise
paroxysm
convulsion
peril
septicity
toxicity
infestation
deadly illness
venom
miasma
corruption
poison
fatal illness
recrudescence
boutade
epizootic
threat to life
cause of death
widespread disease
contaminant
pollutant
adulterant
widespread illness
foul matter
dirt
defilement
filth
upset
canker
defect
abnormality
decrepitude
problem
pathosis
curse
sickliness
coath
fit
seizure
misery
unsoundness
Cancer
hemorrhage
US
spell
feebleness
breakdown
rot
unhealthiness
haemorrhage
UK
stroke
convulsions
collapse
medical condition
silent killer
more ❯
“The number of measles cases is fast rising, and if this continues children could die, and the disease could become the
plague
it once was.”
Noun
▲
A thing causing trouble or irritation
bane
curse
affliction
blight
cancer
scourge
evil
torment
trial
calamity
canker
adversity
aggravation
annoyance
besetment
blast
bother
botheration
Cancer
exasperation
hydra
irritant
nuisance
pain
problem
vexation
visitation
thorn in side
pest
trouble
headache
irritation
hassle
menace
tribulation
burden
inconvenience
bore
drag
pain in the bum
pain in the neck
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
misery
bugbear
worry
bind
misfortune
peeve
nudnik
skelf
ordeal
nark
source of annoyance
source of irritation
cross to bear
pestilence
nyaff
distress
woe
difficulty
rub
tease
suffering
gall
hardship
torture
fair cow
irk
ruffle
thorn
provocation
blister
frustration
aggro
disaster
disease
hair shirt
nemesis
nightmare
thorn in your flesh
infliction
grief
cross
source of vexation
nag
corruption
sickness
poison
wretchedness
agony
bitter pill
anguish
sorrow
terror
travail
discomfort
pill
creep
rot
bane of one's life
ruin
horror
punishment
catastrophe
bête noire
downfall
pinprick
undoing
stress
blow
depression
hurt
excruciation
rack
straits
penalty
nudnick
gadfly
teaser
goad
setback
annoyer
persecutor
gnawer
eyesore
contagion
tragedy
displeasure
chagrin
source of aggravation
insect
bummer
tormentor
pesterer
drip
nudge
bad news
burr under someone's saddle
hindrance
destruction
cataclysm
pet peeve
care
source of disruption
despair
ruination
retribution
death
lesion
wound
cause for concern
malignancy
corrosion
waterloo
vengeance
ills
contamination
correction
hell
bug
cuss
epidemic
infection
burr in someone's saddle
pollution
infirmity
crux
condition
weakness
plight
gogga
blighter
trauma
bête noir
benefit
blessing
virus
badgerer
smutch
persecution
crashing bore
mildew
fungus
harassment
Waterloo
mischief-maker
troublemaker
soreness
infestation
thorn in your side
botherment
bum
pester
louse
offense
US
offence
UK
obstacle
frump
agitation
fatal attraction
Gehenna
nagging
sight
withering
dump
thorn in one's side
gripe
thorn in one's flesh
sore point
atrocity
outrage
poor excuse
pain in the behind
thorn in the flesh
hell on earth
trials and tribulations
crime
disgrace
misadventure
failure
mishap
accident
albatross
reverse
complication
anathema
blot on the landscape
thorn in someone's side
big trouble
thorn in someone's flesh
stroke of bad luck
severe test
hard time
reversal of fortune
ill fortune
trying time
obscenity
monstrosity
shame
barbarism
violation
a thorn in someone's flesh
a thorn in someone's side
abomination
rage
anger
wrath
fury
ire
pique
resentment
testiness
spleen
tetchiness
crossness
passion
stroppiness
disgust
crabbiness
disgruntlement
discontent
indignation
pip
bile
ill humour
exacerbation
choler
enragement
madness
upset
strain
concern
anxiety
worriment
palaver
rigmarole
pressure
uphill
molestation
perplexity
job
flurry
bellyache
thorny problem
sadness
heartache
unhappiness
heartbreak
dolor
desolation
dejection
angst
despondency
grievance
dolour
dolefulness
deprivation
pang
blues
rue
melancholy
gloom
sorriness
disquiet
privation
load
regret
mourning
throe
disappointment
purgatory
malaise
vicissitude
disadvantage
poverty
crucible
ache
oppression
murder
travails
bereavement
snag
mournfulness
loss
gloominess
heartsickness
millstone
penury
destitution
gauntlet
fire
want
need
liability
encumbrance
weight
injury
gantlet
lamentation
remorse
bitterness
twinge
detriment
bad luck
hurting
austerity
shock
bemoaning
infelicity
grieving
lack
lamenting
sorrowfulness
rigor
US
cheerlessness
disconsolateness
rigour
UK
heavy heart
broken heart
mental suffering
pangs
harm
melancholia
indigence
disability
drawback
test
handicap
downside
downer
desperation
dole
drain
minus
mischance
disquietude
martyrdom
hard times
calvary
bewailing
cruelty
disbenefit
dispiritedness
ill
rotten luck
low spirits
mopes
issue
mortification
neediness
cost
impoverishment
tension
defect
deficiency
broken-heartedness
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
labor
US
labour
UK
squalor
deploring
impairment
toil
lament
cumber
failing
stitch
mischief
discouragement
embarrassment
predicament
damage
asperity
hardness
doldrums
beggary
deadweight
impediment
dumps
rainy day
hazard
heaviness of heart
letdown
down
glumness
moodiness
funk
listlessness
heat
living hell
downheartedness
crunch
exigency
emotional suffering
weak point
weak spot
urgency
infuriation
dire straits
undesirable consequence
restriction
irksomeness
hard knocks
tough luck
tough break
hang-up
ill luck
abjection
throes
strait
wronging
discord
wrong
baptism of fire
dispossession
sordidness
necessity
harsh conditions
devastation
unrest
dissatisfaction
double whammy
hard knock
tax
bad break
hard luck
bale
unpleasantness
painful experience
turmoil
strife
ruth
fiasco
heartbrokenness
abyss
hellhole
incubus
reverse of fortune
painfulness
moroseness
tumult
unpleasant experience
crucifixion
laceration
cruciation
impalement
pining
malice
hopelessness
dark night of the soul
repining
comedown
debacle
drama
disconsolation
dismalness
despite
disfavor
US
knock
difficulties
demands
chip on your shoulder
cause of distress
rain
weeping
repentance
disheartenment
physical abnormality
mental abnormality
third degree
dud
defeat
brutality
act of cruelty
resignation
forlornness
excess baggage
anvil chorus
pickle
jam
pinch
teasing
despondence
dismay
sad event
disfavour
UK
evildoing
extreme upset
road to ruin
demoralization
US
resignedness
miserableness
dreariness
scrape
bad experience
joylessness
pessimism
defeatism
despond
aching
unpleasant aspect
onus
pressure cooker
demoralisation
UK
ill-luck
ill-fortune
holy mess
can of worms
unholy mess
hot water
ticklish spot
obligation
duty
blue devils
dashed hopes
throb
spasm
smarting
throbbing
stinging
underbelly
responsibility
charge
dead weight
blame
shackle
task
unwanted responsibility
accountability
chain
nervousness
tenseness
prickle
tingle
prick
scathe
sting
mental weight
beast
ball and chain
result
toll
sacrifice
soft underbelly
Achilles heel
restlessness
ferment
dread
trepidation
trials
peril
danger
drudgery
consequence
forfeit
expectancy
nervous tension
overextension
misgiving
fear
distention
intensity
impatience
mistrust
flutter
apprehensiveness
alarm
fearfulness
fatigue
flaw
forfeiture
swine
pig
fatal flaw
consequences
pitfall
catch
perturbation
limitation
fault
poser
cow
shocker
uneasiness
stew
unconsolability
debit
strike
constraint
hurdle
shortcoming
negative
incommodity
hiccup
imperfection
crimp
hitch
cramp
fetter
financial distress
uphill battle
Herculean task
fine
clunker
stinker
price
obstruction
afterdeal
con
hangup
trammel
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
fly in the ointment
stumbling block
hatchet job
fine how-do-you-do
stiffness
stiffening
intransigence
unresponsiveness
rigor mortis
objectivity
difficult time
attention to detail
punctiliousness
thoroughness
conscientiousness
tenacity
meticulousness
traditionalism
stricture
inclemency
demand
intolerance
obduracy
roughness
dogmatism
consistency
firmness
conventionalism
more ❯
“But the eviction is just the first step towards rebuilding community spirit, which has been ruined by a
plague
of anti-social behaviour.”
Noun
▲
An unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage
epidemic
infestation
invasion
host
influx
multitude
swarm
huge number
infiltration
incursion
“He ordered four men to stay behind at the base camp at Cooper's Creek to guard a stock of provisions against a
plague
of rats.”
Noun
▲
A large number of similar things coming in quick succession
spate
series
sequence
succession
string
outbreak
chain
run
torrent
rush
flurry
explosion
flood
rash
wave
course
deluge
train
flow
epidemic
outpouring
cluster
inundation
welter
eruption
boutade
flare-up
outburst
burst
upsurge
ebullition
blaze
pandemic
flush
flash
craze
increase
growth
flare
flicker
flutter
breakout
spurt
upturn
upswing
rise
recrudescence
spasm
contagion
mushrooming
spread
scourge
pest
endemic
pestilence
sundering
commotion
rending
thunder
crash
fit
crack
paroxysm
discharge
roar
breaking
sudden appearance
disruption
surge
tumult
blowup
sortie
brawl
bursting
irruption
convulsion
volley
occurrence
detonation
effervescence
storm
break
fury
sally
gushing
disorder
gush
what's going around
stream
barrage
avalanche
shower
tide
battery
cycle
streak
hail
round
bout
cascade
bombardment
onslaught
salvo
array
attack
access
spell
suite
cannonade
fusillade
blitz
rain
consecution
blitzkrieg
welling up
frenzy
blast
drumfire
drumbeat
throe
patch
blow-up
circle
whirl
merry-go-round
gale
gust
agony
progression
stint
stretch
spree
effusion
stroke
turn
case
period
broadside
siege
seizure
wheel
line
set
procession
groundswell
dose
upwelling
charge
uprising
onrush
downpour
current
sweep
escalation
swell
influx
flux
state
conniption
huff
chapter
bubble
pour
dash
zoom
term
spot
start
overflowing
overflow
spray
manifestation
pelting
inflammation
profusion
paddy
large amount
interval
blowout
mass
shelling
bombing
vomiting
passage
overrunning
monsoon
encounter
outflow
scene
fireworks
twitch
blow
relapse
hurricane
outflowing
splurt
crossfire
suffering
path
persistence
progress
field
battle
whoosh
zodiac
ailment
roll
building up
build-up
time
order
row
list
concatenation
range
arrangement
file
group
bank
alternation
continuity
suit
gradation
column
scale
tier
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person or thing that brings bad luck
jinx
hoodoo
curse
hex
voodoo
spell
affliction
malediction
nemesis
whammy
bad luck
cess
malison
black magic
bugaboo
charm
enchantment
evil eye
gremlin
Indian sign
misfortune
evil fortune
kiss of death
witchery
magic
witchcraft
incantation
sorcery
mojo
wizardry
abracadabra
necromancy
devilry
witching
hocus-pocus
black arts
bewitchment
occultism
thaumaturgy
occult
black art
voodooism
makutu
theurgy
diablerie
deviltry
conjuration
mumbo jumbo
divination
bewitchery
ensorcellment
conjuring
malocchio
double whammy
anathema
imprecation
execration
sortilege
mysticism
diabolism
invocation
warlockry
ban
rune
glamor
US
glamour
UK
winze
hexing
exorcism
alchemy
demonry
the occult
hexcraft
magic formula
demonology
spiritualism
spiritism
medicine
spellcraft
shamanism
wizardcraft
spellcasting
magic word
ill wishes
jettatura
silent curse
hostile stare
Wicca
supernatural
spellworking
wonder-working
excommunication
charisma
magnetism
spell-casting
orenda
white magic
natural magic
old religion
the black art
muti
demonianism
satanism
damning
damnation
demon worship
denunciation
chant
cursing
oath
magic words
mumbo-jumbo
magic spell
magic charm
no-no
darn
expletive
cuss
commination
blight
cuss word
dirty word
curse word
four-letter word
swear word
dirty name
bewitching
enchanting
trance
illusion
legerdemain
trickery
fascination
prestidigitation
power
sleight of hand
hocuspocus
foreboding
allurement
astrology
superstition
soothsaying
horoscopy
taboo
prediction
presage
augury
prophecy
conjury
fortune-telling
allure
spells
hold
spellwork
prayer
wandwork
dwimmer
dwimmercraft
open sesame
thrall
incantations
mesmerism
charms
hypnotism
orison
trick
epiclesis
jugglery
triple whammy
influence
karakia
mana
sympathetic magic
mystification
mummery
smoke and mirrors
singing
chanting
formula
recitation
cantillation
intonation
humming
intoning
more ❯
Noun
▲
Noxious or annoying small animals or insects
vermin
pest
insect
bug
arthropod
minibeast
parasite
flea
mosquito
pestilence
ant
fly
animal
bedbug
centipede
foxes
lice
mice
organism
roach
rodent
termite
creepy-crawly
beetle
gogga
cootie
creature
millipede
caterpillar
beastie
mite
louse
gnat
midge
Noun
▲
An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium
microorganism
bacterium
germ
microbe
parasite
pathogen
virus
bug
disease
disease-causing agent
bacillus
bacteria
crud
antibody
microscopic organism
supergerm
superbug
submicroscopic organism
Noun
▲
Detested person
bete noire
foe
rival
adversary
antagonist
bane
curse
enemy
opponent
competitor
anathema
bugbear
devil
trouble
bad news
bitter enemy
detested person
pet hate
torment
archenemy
arch-enemy
infliction
scourge
arch-rival
nemesis
archrival
challenger
combatant
affliction
bugaboo
dread
horror
nightmare
bogey
ogre
hobgoblin
peeve
black beast
bête noire
pet peeve
abomination
thorn in one's side
thorn in one's flesh
bane of one's life
dislike
aversion
hate
vexation
irritation
irritant
scare
problem
hang-up
pain in the bum
fear
pain in the backside
terror
gremlin
bogeyman
spectre
UK
apprehension
pain in the neck
bogie
specter
US
bogy
boogeyman
goblin
loup-garou
pain
wraith
fiend
threat
pain in the rear
Verb
▲
To cause anguish or distress to
trouble
pester
bedevil
harass
persecute
torment
badger
bother
disturb
harry
annoy
hassle
molest
vex
hound
afflict
tease
torture
worry
aggravate
agonise
UK
agonize
US
anguish
beset
besiege
bug
curse
excruciate
fret
harrow
irritate
mither
nag
rack
ride
devil
haunt
keep after
pain
agitate
beleaguer
chafe
gall
gnaw
hector
infest
irk
perturb
pursue
upset
be a nuisance to
give someone grief
be on your back
drive round the bend
drive up the wall
get in your hair
get on your nerves
give a hard time
distress
oppress
exasperate
provoke
burden
needle
ruffle
bait
stress
nettle
strain
get to
discompose
rile
disquiet
peeve
nark
goad
pick on
chivvy
try
anger
pique
dog
gnaw at
hack off
displease
perplex
importune
concern
bully
grieve
burn up
get
eat
heckle
faze
disconcert
fuss
miff
put out
taunt
fluster
depress
hurt
wind up
ail
weigh down
cause suffering to
niggle
discommode
grate
rasp
unsettle
rattle
lie heavy on
crucify
aggrieve
rankle
infuriate
heavy
wound
madden
mortify
spite
gripe
alarm
tick off
dismay
pressurize
US
press
distract
tax
wring
discombobulate
rub up the wrong way
sadden
offend
frost
keep on at
go on at
assail
nudge
inconvenience
martyr
embarrass
enrage
outrage
discomfit
tantalize
US
flurry
unnerve
pressurise
UK
tantalise
UK
browbeat
frazzle
unhinge
distemper
derail
dun
hagride
get at
intimidate
interrupt
smite
frustrate
itch
chivy
hack you off
bum out
freak out
weird out
get across
dragoon
weigh heavily on
frighten
blight
incense
prey on
nag at
victimize
US
discomfort
exercise
rark
gravel
alarum
undo
bend someone's ear
work on
give a bad time
exacerbate
make anxious
make uneasy
terrorize
US
mistreat
drive round the twist
scare
give someone the hump
bulldoze
tear
obsess
weigh on
injure
hang over
victimise
UK
terrorise
UK
cause agony to
haze
harp on at
tyrannize
US
railroad
appal
UK
breathe down someone's neck
force
rankle with
throw
coerce
incommode
rib
make angry
appall
US
spook
cause anxiety to
chaff
tyrannise
UK
be a burden to
stir up
drive crazy
hump
rag
be at
punish
make someone see red
make waves
pressure
maltreat
disgust
abuse
disrupt
ridicule
prod
overwhelm
lean on
gibe
antagonize
US
sting
confuse
bullyrag
affront
intrude upon
discountenance
break
shake
prick
wrong
abrade
strong-arm
inflame
steamroller
grate on
make cross
egg on
crush
blackjack
bewilder
confound
make uncomfortable
turn off
antagonise
UK
eat at
be a great weight on
roil
drive mad
drive to distraction
get your back up
tee off
devastate
weigh heavily on someone's mind
use strong-arm tactics on
give someone the pip
mock
face
guy
confront
rend
attack
test
possess
threaten
insult
razz
hunt
smother
urge
stab
cow
startle
terrify
ill-treat
grizzle
menace
fester
scourge
criticize
US
chagrin
overcome
grind
cause pain to
deject
pother
beat
subdue
henpeck
impose on
despair
quiz
carp at
put the squeeze on
horrify
cut up
disoblige
drive bananas
psych
burn
compel
bogart
push
grill
get on your wick
cause concern to
sicken
press down on
puzzle
oblige
mau-mau
grind at
lead on
cause discomfort to
take the mickey out of
eat up
be a burden on
insist on
cast down
indispose
criticise
UK
bluster
jibe at
inflict anguish on
put pressure on
flip out
dishearten
niggle at
cause trouble to
put the screws on
pick at
dominate
constrain
take over
cause anguish
be on the back of
take the piss out of
get under one's skin
weigh heavily on one's mind
put your back up
get in one's hair
fire up
enforce
cause anguish to
flirt with
get under your skin
get your goat
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
find fault with
put down
push around
prey on someone's mind
make a monkey of
make miserable
make wretched
get on one's nerves
be on one's case
hang up
take control of
put in a spot
hit where one lives
rub the wrong way
get someone down
get someone's back up
get on someone's wick
twist someone's arm
make someone's blood boil
put someone's back up
throw off balance
get in someone's hair
ride roughshod over
put on the spot
get on someone's back
raise someone's hackles
get on someone's nerves
cut to the quick
petition
solicit
bedog
buttonhole
goose
scorn
destroy
ravage
ruin
be prey to
suffer
tear away at
cavil
give someone hell
stress out
pierce
insist
remind
recur
muse
labour
UK
labor
US
bone
touch
macerate
noodge
despoil
foray
panic
convulse
roust
breath down someone's neck
preoccupy
excoriate
affect
squirm
sweat
fear
stew
get on the nerves of
spur
lie heavily on
be the victim of
move
unquiet
give the business
come back to
domineer
daunt
be a pest to
mess with
accost
encroach
intrude
obtrude
get in the hair of
grind on
jerk around
be in someone's way
entangle
hamper
chide
jeer
aggress
stretch
sap
drain
exhaust
weary
expel
exile
cause disquiet to
prey on your mind
put through wringer
make restless
make fretful
discriminate against
belabour
UK
stay with
cut
rattle one's cage
beleague
wear
barrack
boo
sear
tire
throw off
psych out
put off
be on someone's back
mutilate
brutalize
US
mangle
whip
brutalise
UK
lacerate
maim
martyrize
impale
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
question
tweak
run up the wrong way
examine
disappoint
nit-pick
strap
desolate
ire
enflame
mad
embitter
gut
be ever present
shout down
get up your nose
T-off
make your blood boil
jump on one's case
give one the business
barrage
ply
dash
shock
disgruntle
buffalo
awe
overawe
single out
fall upon
fall on
bring pressure to bear on
drive you up the wall
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
start in on
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
be in someone's hair
dispirit
cheese off
push button
heat up
get your dander up
break in
turn
incapacitate
flip
craze
floor
debilitate
cramp
give the needle
affright
hiss
weigh
overcharge
be a weight on one's mind
cause anxiety
be bothered
bring down
get the knife into
stick the knife into
ruffle someone's feathers
rattle someone's cage
get someone's dander up
make someone's hackles rise
ask for it
get under someone's skin
get up someone's nose
put someone's nose out of joint
do a number on
arouse anxiety in
push buttons
make it tough for
eat away at
get one's goat
steam up
consume
scare the bejesus out of
scare off
push about
bludgeon
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
shame
get down
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
get someone
key up
turn on
lay up
dis
rouse
get on someone
dampen spirits
break one's heart
bring one down
humiliate
abash
jar
nauseate
repulse
repel
slight
rock the boat
make a scene
hurt somebody's feelings
discourage
make blue
drag down
put a damper on
break the heart of
put into a funk
belabor
US
bombard
nonplus
chasten
shout at
tire out
wear out
cause pain
cause someone distress
disadvantage
incite
prey on one's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause suffering
cause offense
lambaste
cause sorrow
entice
titillate
start
butt in
shout catcalls at
make game of
interfere with
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
demean
give offence to
make unhappy
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
hurt someone's feelings
sweat out
barge in on
intrude on
dissatisfy
brainwash
work into lather
send into a rage
set one off
get across someone
set on
try one's patience
take a rise out of
put someone out
try someone's patience
get a rise out of
make blood boil
swagger
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
interfere
meddle
bite
dishonour
UK
discredit
thumb nose at
suffocate
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
make self-conscious
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
drive
impel
cajole
make
wheedle
tempt
intrigue
beguile
fascinate
lure
allure
excite
horn in on
mess with someone's head
do someone's head in
dishonor
US
stun
put out of countenance
let down
dumbfound
throw into a tizzy
put in a hole
catch one short
engulf
swamp
give trouble
make someone go out of his way
make it tough
give someone bother
put to trouble
butt in on
obligate
argue
scold
baffle
charm
thwart
sway
muscle
sandbag
talk
impress
berate
upbraid
be a pain in the neck
mix up
be a thorn in someone's side
devour
suppress
subjugate
have someone do something
put the heat on
prevail on
come at
yowl
crab
yammer
wail
moan
grump
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
carp
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
yawp
whinge
maunder
beef
grouse
holler
mutter
grumble
kvetch
peck at
complain
squeal
caterwaul
whine
scream
grouch
repine
bellyache
bounce
make mouth water
keep hanging on
keep someone hanging on
make someone's mouth water
keep hanging
hustle
swallow up
repress
enslave
fast-talk
crowd
egg
moan at
grumble at
bore
impede
cross
hinder
hegemonize
overpower
master
moan on at
keep complaining to
kid
exploit
subject
deride
josh
find fault
take it out on
keep down
treat harshly
joke
jive
encumber
overload
saddle
be cruel to
grind down
bring under the yoke
tyrranize
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
handicap
beat down
be brutal to
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
hold sway over
walk all over
tyrannize over
put screws to
bring someone to their knees
overthrow
trample
despotize
rule
put upon
bring to heel
rally
satirize
US
make one's hackles rise
roast
get on someone's case
banter
twit
fun
chiack
slang
shuck
smoke
rot
sledge
spoof
slam
sound
snap
satirise
UK
laugh at
scoff at
jeer at
make fun of
poke fun at
send up
make jokes about
goof on
rag on
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
make sport of
sling off at
put on
have on
flout at
mess around
swipe at
lead somebody on
pull someone's leg
poke borak at
pull somebody's leg
more ❯
“If you make money your god, it will
plague
you like the devil.”
Verb
▲
Cause continual trouble or distress to
afflict
bedevil
torment
torture
beset
curse
dog
rack
trouble
cause suffering to
harrow
agonize
US
vex
persecute
excruciate
burden
anguish
besiege
blight
agonise
UK
scourge
be afflicted with
be plagued with
suffer from
be troubled by
be burdened with
be blighted with
be bedevilled by
distress
bother
worry
upset
harass
pain
oppress
annoy
irk
irritate
hurt
grieve
pester
harry
wound
ail
strain
try
stress
exasperate
affect
tax
crucify
smite
martyr
discommode
pursue
grip
press
strike
take
visit
buffet
cause trouble to
more ❯
“So, no awkward adolescents like him, no teenage angst, unrequited crushes or similar problems that
plague
parents.”
Verb
▲
To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion
obsess
rule
bedevil
consume
dominate
engross
grip
haunt
hound
monopolise
UK
monopolize
US
possess
preoccupy
torment
absorb
beset
control
fascinate
fixate
harass
hold
infatuate
prey on
eat up
take over
take control of
become an obsession with
have a grip on
have a hold on
be on your mind
prey on your mind
be uppermost in your thoughts
trouble
worry
disturb
occupy
enthral
UK
enthrall
US
oppress
burden
immerse
distract
gnaw at
lie heavy on
annoy
vex
eat away at
engage
involve
weigh on
concern
overwhelm
nag
distress
depress
bother
weigh heavily on
affect
engulf
hang over
enrapture
be a burden on
be a burden to
prey on someone's mind
anger
irritate
overcome
devour
burn up
overpower
overburden
overload
throw
enmesh
eat someone up
be uppermost in someone's mind
hook
lose
connect
assimilate
mire
grieve
afflict
upset
weigh down
perturb
press down on
cast down
grasp
weigh
get
get someone down
take in
rivet
arrest
captivate
intrigue
interest
mesmerize
US
fix
entrance
fill
spellbind
enwrap
take up all of someone's time
take up someone's whole attention
transfix
bemuse
amuse
divert
beguile
bewitch
charm
entertain
mesmerise
UK
busy
hold one's attention
besiege
torture
beleaguer
recur
bug
appall
US
madden
discomfit
nettle
infest
disquiet
nag at
appal
UK
agonise
UK
harrow
agitate
agonize
US
rack
come back to
stay with
be ever present
weigh heavily on one's mind
be a weight on one's mind
enchant
attract
hypnotize
US
hypnotise
UK
catch up
allure
delight
magnetize
US
draw
magnetise
UK
please
grab
bedazzle
dazzle
catch
lure
wile
capture
win
entice
wow
hold spellbound
titillate
employ
witch
ensnare
ravish
excite
seduce
enamor
tantalize
US
enamour
thrill
pique
tantalise
UK
kill
win over
tickle pink
appeal to
turn on
transport
tempt
gratify
rapture
slay
pull
gladden
take up
tickle
knock dead
invite
sweep off one's feet
hold the attention of
arouse
take
carry away
bowl over
knock out
compel
seize
gain
tie up
bury
enslave
woo
vamp
solace
stimulate
hog
make a hit with
keep busy
put under a spell
sew up
hold in awe
tickle someone's fancy
attach
cheer
corner
commit
delectate
soak
inspire
regale
appeal
disport
inveigle
wrap
recreate
move
persuade
send
catch hold of
influence
own
rope in
court
attend
satisfy
make happy
relax
bind
give pleasure to
tickle to death
draw one's attention
bring in
pull in
be of interest to
be a hit with
sit on
suck up
light someone's fire
float someone's boat
own exclusively
catch the eye of
whet the appetite of
maintain
keep
impress
subjugate
ensorcell
envelop
plunge
keep amused
keep alive
keep up
be unable to take one's eyes off
apply
electrify
concentrate
turn one on
sweep off your feet
hold someone's attention
root to the spot
swamp
sink
drown
induce
prompt
wrap up
forspeak
voodoo
trick
rap
hold on to
lose oneself in
get lost in
use up
elicit
grab the attention of
panic
become lost
up on
be hung
enlist
beckon
animate
fire
intoxicate
interest greatly
kindle
subdue
stir
provoke
hold attention
absorb yourself in
throw yourself into
secure
obtain
tickle the fancy of
endear
cajole
engross oneself
be concerned with
be active with
hold your attention
put under magic spell
put horns on
cast a spell on
put the whammy on
call forth
bring forth
argue into
bring around
send into transports
take someone's breath away
send into raptures
break one up
fracture one
knock 'em dead
put 'em away
get one's jollies
incline
arouse curiosity
suck in
pick up
devote
be attractive to
arouse one's curiosity
perk up
snare
sit up
be interesting to
matter to
throw oneself into
touch
catch one's eye
engage one's attention
whet one's appetite
capture one's imagination
steer
arouse the curiosity of
tickle your fancy
engage someone's attention
arouse someone's curiosity
be a source of fascination to
tickle one's fancy
ecstasize
humour
UK
humor
US
elate
enliven
comfort
inspirit
indulge
exert a pull on
make someone's mouth water
catch someone's eye
exert influence on
implicate
associate
embroil
crack up
make merry
participate
entangle
entail
impute
inculpate
link
exercise
sweep off feet
get under someone's skin
utilise
UK
acquire
exploit
restrain
exclude
have exclusive rights in
exercise a monopoly over
corner the market
manage
copyright
keep to yourself
have sole rights in
cartelize
utilize
US
have
use
exercise control
lock up
syndicate
gain dominance over
gain control over
patent
bogart
more ❯
Verb
▲
To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers
infest
overrun
invade
penetrate
permeate
beset
infiltrate
pervade
flood
overspread
overwhelm
ravage
inundate
pester
spread through
swarm
throng
assail
crawl over
crowd
defile
fill
flock
harass
harry
infect
pack
pollute
press
riddle
swarm over
take over
teem
worry
run riot over
crawl through
abound in
crawl all over
suffuse
inform
imbue
saturate
charge
run through
filter through
be diffused through
occupy
raid
attack
capture
seize
annex
US
storm
conquer
assault
secure
take
gain
win
maraud
violate
march into
plunder
crash
foray
colonize
US
entrench
loot
enter
burglarise
UK
pillage
meddle
inroad
swoop on
infringe
colonise
UK
foray into
access
overswarm
trespass
annexe
UK
parasitize
US
descend on
breach
parasitise
UK
interfere
surge over
burglarize
US
infringe on
go in
descend upon
burst in on
make inroads on
muscle in
fall on
burst in
make inroads
rush
strike
trash
pounce on
sic
bushwhack
sick
turn on
set on
jump on
go in on
blitz
set upon
pounce upon
pounce
besiege
appropriate
fall upon
take possession of
subjugate
acquire
fly at
bombard
come at
make a raid on
launch oneself at
take control of
launch an attack on
make an assault on
tear into
lay into
jump
garrison
dominate
fire on
rout
take down
aggress
obtain
commandeer
descend
light into
advance on
attempt to capture
make an onslaught on
take by storm
strike at
launch an attack
set about
fly
leap at
leap
threaten
advance
ambush
blast
sally
arrogate
expropriate
combat
strafe
bomb
torpedo
go for
encroach
shoot down
shell
make a foray on
conduct an offensive on
prevail
fire at
begin hostilities
make a sortie on
usurp
set in on
surge into
take on
march on
swoop down upon
sally forth
begin an assault
take the offensive
achieve
succeed
take control
smite
afflict
hit
devastate
belabour
UK
overcome
blindside
hold
accost
smash
crush
subdue
overpower
assault someone
appear
arrive
maltreat
impugn
pacify
overthrow
belabor
US
mug
bust
encounter
lay into someone
set upon someone
fall upon someone
make an assault
make an attack
fall on someone
deal a blow to
deal a blow
gain control of
prevail over
swamp
open fire on
weigh into
round on
have at
let someone have it
sail into
have a go at
wade into
lace into
work over
beat up
let fly at
hit out at
lash out at
get stuck into
pitch into
hegemonize
keep
arrive in hordes
drop in
turn up
come in force
show up
exceed
possess
requisition
cybersquat
control
outrun
overshoot
overgrow
surpass
choke
overstep
overreach
outreach
transcend
break
overpass
overflow
oppress
rule
deluge
spread over
spill
flow over
surge
go beyond
run over
grow over
trim
massacre
clobber
lick
thrash
lambaste
defeat
whip
beat
drub
take possession
run on
well over
spread like wildfire over
spread like wildfire
put to flight
more ❯
Verb
▲
To taint or afflict with something undesirable
run through
afflict
infect
pollute
contaminate
defile
foul
blight
corrupt
spoil
taint
vitiate
spread among
dirty
poison
make impure
damage
debauch
deprave
enthuse
ruin
impair
mar
pervert
move
disease
spread to
debase
overwhelm
radioactivate
sully
befoul
injure
degrade
adulterate
stain
harm
soil
destroy
tarnish
profane
ravage
influence
smirch
undermine
desecrate
subvert
affect
devastate
warp
sabotage
weaken
hurt
blemish
bastardize
US
alloy
deteriorate
cheapen
deface
doctor
bastardise
UK
cripple
mess up
touch
strike down
tamper with
demolish
annihilate
lead astray
compromise
break
besmirch
embitter
demoralize
US
crush
antagonize
US
smear
dishonour
UK
manipulate
wear away
despoil
muddy
lace
dilute
wreak havoc on
do damage to
play havoc with
envenom
lessen
demean
dishonor
US
tar
prostitute
depreciate
demoralise
UK
empoison
disfigure
waste
vandalize
US
falsify
muck up
spike
make filthy
cook
discolor
US
trash
water down
abuse
antagonise
UK
vandalise
UK
discolour
UK
make sick
unsettle
undercut
destabilize
US
seduce
darken
brutalize
US
canker
abase
make ill
lay low
fester
set a bad example
destabilise
UK
toxify
litter
infest
bestialize
begrime
crud up
make degenerate
brutalise
UK
blacken
splash
besmear
lower
muck
distain
gaum
spatter
mire
grime
bemire
smudge
daub
thin
deform
disgrace
distort
cut
spot
maculate
alter
mix
violate
make dirty
pull down
extend
sophisticate
devalue
scuzz up
putrefy
make foul
attenuate
dope
wreck
mutilate
colour
UK
anger
sour
jaundice
trouble
mix with
plant
phony up
commingle
denature
transfuse
shave
amalgamate
dissolve
mingle
infiltrate
irrigate
doctor up
thin out
blend
intermix
impact
overcome
mangle
smash
strike
undo
gut
aggravate
shatter
make bitter
blaspheme
interfere with
perturb
disrupt
bloody
crab
flaw
endamage
total
wound
disfeature
incapacitate
blot
raze
upset
alienate
crack
bleach
dent
scratch
play merry hell with
scorch
fiddle with
fade
tear
bang up
dismantle
stab
drive a nail into the coffin of
rankle
tinker with
knock
color
US
corrode
cross up
lacerate
scathe
batter
maltreat
smash up
gnaw
wrong
make rancorous
maim
split
acerbate
cause injury
rust
rot
burn
disintegrate
prevail
occur
commit sacrilege
depredate
treat sacrilegiously
sack
pillage
devour
insult
outrage
desolate
spoliate
blast
wither
shrivel
impinge
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
treat with disrespect
blaspheme against
shake up
strike at
take hold of
attack
mildew
kill
exert influence on
have an impact on
have an effect on
make lose face
commit sacrilege against
lay waste to
nip in the bud
taint with mildew
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to become tired, weary or fatigued
weary
tire
drain
fatigue
tax
debilitate
exhaust
sap
enervate
burden
overtax
overtire
bush
devitalize
frazzle
incapacitate
knacker
outwear
overwork
shatter
sink
strain
tire out
wear
whack
break
bust
drowse
enfeeble
jade
poop
prostrate
weaken
droop
fade
fail
flag
glut
kill
oppress
pain
weigh
wear out
cause ennui
grow tired
burn out
knock out
do in
fag out
tucker out
wash out
wear down
lose interest
wear to a frazzle
make tired
take it out of
harass
do up
disable
tucker
poop out
peter out
test
cripple
etiolate
waste
soften
conk out
stretch
immobilize
US
paralyse
UK
undermine
overexert
overextend
encumber
paralyze
US
immobilise
UK
lay low
push
load
drop
overfatigue
saddle
deplete
impair
indispose
overdo
overload
task
try
overburden
run ragged
torpefy
lade
make weak
make feeble
make demands on
put out of action
bankrupt
draw
bedraggle
languish
sag
fizzle
succumb
reduce
weight
stress
charge
exasperate
lumber
make weary
entrust
suck dry
eviscerate
grow weary
rack
take it out of one
render infirm
put a strain on
challenge
impoverish
use up
wear someone out
make sleepy
take
fold
faint
overstrain
wilt
ennui
collapse
shag out
drain of energy
disempower
unnerve
root
give out
go stale
emasculate
disembowel
destroy
exenterate
wipe out
nearly kill
put to sleep
vitiate
get the better of
wear on
bore
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
wear oneself to a frazzle
injure
hinder
hurt
harm
attenuate
extenuate
hamper
mar
blunt
sap your strength
unstrengthen
be exacting on
impose on
exert
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
run out of steam
run down
get tired
become drained
break down
stress out
become exhausted
extend
drive
overreach
overtask
fell
floor
trouble
upset
distend
wrench
tense
level
annoy
irritate
overdo it
exert excessively
drive too far
make too many demands on
tighten
work too hard
work oneself into the ground
exert to the limit
run oneself into the ground
knock oneself out
push to the limit
down
afflict
vex
inconvenience
hamstring
irk
handicap
ruin
disarm
wreck
depress
overthrow
bother
torture
agonise
UK
crucify
frustrate
torment
excruciate
distress
agonize
US
martyr
wring
mow
defeat
knock down
knock over
make severe demands on
give someone grief
mow down
bowl over
bowl down
make powerless
make helpless
make impotent
bring someone to their knees
bring low
weigh down
overwhelm
empty
overuse
pressure
overstretch
cumber
push too far
weigh heavily on
prey on
press hard on
make heavy demands on
ask too much of
put pressure on
diminish
damage
subvert
lessen
spoil
sabotage
lame
maim
compromise
decrease
threaten
impede
mutilate
numb
erode
mangle
disqualify
take out
deaden
wither
benumb
disfigure
dilute
destabilize
US
deface
corrode
batter
unfit
total
thwart
foul up
hock
destabilise
UK
water down
dull
invalidate
eat away
obtund
deteriorate
lower
render powerless
disrupt
tarnish
blemish
blight
bloody
crab
flaw
endamage
debase
shrink
cross up
devaluate
deactivate
temper
calm
rough up
mess up
thin
abate
prejudice
torpedo
assuage
inactivate
shake
palsy
sap the strength of
halt
soothe
demolish
kibosh
unbrace
muzzle
pinion
hogtie
be detrimental to
foil
freeze
disenable
put out of commission
shoot down
render incapable
put the kibosh on
take the edge off
throw monkey wrench in
arrest
unhinge
sicken
atrophy
emaciate
shrivel
bonk
wear away
sideline
dismember
dislimb
stifle
hit the wall
hobble
consume
rob from
sap one's strength
have a bad effect on
gnaw
hog-tie
clip wings
lay up
make lame
jeopardize
US
pull the rug out from under
stop
jam
undo
ravage
be prejudicial to
be deleterious to
drive a nail into the coffin of
be disadvantageous to
dampen
clamp
wheel-clamp
taint
trash
wound
annihilate
dismantle
corrupt
crush
contract
tie
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
render inoperative
make inoperative
prevent from working
action
render inactive
bring to a halt
shock
blast
scorch
smash
minimize
US
undercut
detract
belittle
make feebler
minimise
UK
demean
restrict
make unfit
spike
interfere with
jeopardise
UK
screw up
detract from
shake up
smash up
louse up
muck up
cool
chip away
allay
moderate
muffle
botch
cause detriment to
do harm to
wreak havoc on
reduce the power of
deprive of force
whittle away
mollify
sate
appease
relieve
slake
damp
alleviate
cauterize
US
ease
mine
dig
demoralise
UK
tunnel
demoralize
US
dent
sandbag
constrict
adulterate
deflate
mitigate
rarefy
lighten
dissipate
offset
tone down
throw a monkey wrench into
drag through the mud
clip one's wings
dig out
chip away at
knock the bottom out of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
hollow out
throw a spanner in the works of
reduce the powers of
pull the teeth of
remove the sting from
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cauterise
UK
desensitize
US
put a damper on
defuse
appall
US
transfix
bemuse
daze
close
stop dead
stun
anesthetize
US
petrify
astound
anaesthetize
UK
stupefy
make inert
shut down
make nerveless
daunt
bring to grinding halt
nonplus
appal
UK
worsen
disband
deescalate
remove the fuse from
skin
subdue
neutralise
UK
render defenseless
strip
make safe
subjugate
occupy
make harmless
neutralize
US
unarm
ding
queer
devalue
cheapen
tweak
lose strength
make useless
more ❯
Verb
▲
To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something
entreat
beg
petition
implore
appeal to
ask
beseech
importune
supplicate
conjure
enjoin
exhort
request
pray
impetrate
solicit
besiege
bid
crave
plead with
urge
blandish
call on
coax
invoke
obsecrate
obtest
pester
plead
pray to
press
wheedle
plead to
ask earnestly
appeal
adjure
demand
sue
seek
encourage
require
call for
order
apply to
requisition
call upon
insist
ask for
desire
command
invite
call
prompt
push
quest
advise
goad
pressure
prod
admonish
appeal for
egg on
bespeak
put in for
lobby
charge
counsel
direct
insist on
apply
propose
incite
nudge
nag
plead for
sue for
try to persuade
pressurize
US
beg for
warn
recommend
persuade
spur
instruct
caution
exact
advocate
propel
induce
expect
compel
suggest
pressurise
UK
apply for
hit up
petition for
put pressure on
use pressure on
pray for
push for
claim
brace
influence
ask urgently
invocate
tell
constrain
stimulate
request earnestly
hustle
promote
stipulate
speak for
advance
dragoon
badger
clamour
UK
cry
prescribe
wish
lean on
inspire
oblige
woo
press for
tempt
obligate
enquire
UK
inquire
US
force
hit on
clamor
US
coerce
go on bended knee to
summon
countenance
call forth
put up to
railroad into
whistle for
prevail on
inquire about
look for
put the heat on
put the screws on
bulldoze into
fire up
take
necessitate
dictate
prig
please
preach
prick
refer
boss around
reference
raise
crave of
make a plea to
elect
submit
proposition
work on
get
forewarn
recite
say
address
contest
go on bended knee
campaign
worry
canvass
abjure
aspire
entreaty
crawl
present one's suit to
challenge
send for
bay
pursue
request urgently
cry for
call to
bid for
make an urgent request
resort to
make a plea
make an earnest request
square things
bug
drum
make up for
cop a plea
file for
count on
explore
investigate
clamour for
lay claim to
arrogate
clamor for
badger for
stipulate for
pester for
hold out for
nag for
bay for
ask authoritatively
make a claim
ask brusquely
ask forcefully
sponge
speak
drive
goose
bother
hound
put in
place an order
harass
expedite
bully
browbeat
inspan
put in an application
put in an order
put in a plea
hold out
motivate
hassle
intimidate
harry
railroad
make
impel
steamroll
key up
speed up
push around
strong-arm
put the screws to
press-gang
pour it on
dragoon into
tout
tip
steer
steamroller into
turn on
sell on
browbeat into
exert influence on
go to town on
bear down on
use strong-arm tactics on
give direction to
give two cents
wise one up
give guidance to
give pointer
give advice
give one's suggestions to
tip off
give one's opinion to
generate
attract
draw
provoke
postulate
instigate
maneuver
US
sanction
manoeuvre
UK
move
query
question
court
foster
cause
bum
cadge
elicit
engender
create
rationalize
US
commend
rationalise
UK
entice
arouse
allure
make happen
leave the door open to
bring on
issue
bring on oneself
lead to
lure
flirt with
twist someone's arm
psych up
drum up
pass the hat
excite
rouse
stir
stir up
galvanize
US
animate
spur on
galvanise
UK
inspirit
sway
inflame
agitate
impress
activate
whip up
spark
actuate
energize
US
quicken
foment
trigger
incline
electrify
work up
energise
UK
fire
bulldoze
invigorate
US
pique
get going
kindle
envigorate
UK
fire the imagination of
incentivize
US
convince
incentivise
UK
lead
blackjack
light a fire under
muscle
sandbag
exhilarate
enliven
affect
whet
work
fire the enthusiasm of
bring pressure to bear on
sting
impassion
vitalize
touch
dispose
steamroller
whip
enthuse
awaken
spark off
bludgeon
embolden
bounce
impose
titillate
inveigle
campaign for
cajole
strike
pep up
brainwash
start
prevail upon
bring
thrill
hearten
kick-start
revive
squeeze
steel
vivify
sell
enforce
set on
occasion
foist
waken
concuss
obtrude
rally
fillip
needle
rev up
mobilize
US
lobby for
win over
mobilise
UK
get someone going
predispose
fast-talk
innervate
fire with enthusiasm
put the squeeze on
present
lodge
prejudice
abet
crusade
convert
inflict
startle
initiate
set
beset
disturb
bring round
refresh
set off
procure
instil
UK
bring pressure to bear upon
bind
wake
shotgun
bring about
spike
thrust
liven up
condition
bias
sic
champion
politick
boost
talk into
elate
jump-start
fan
terrorize
US
menace
instill
US
prime
revivify
cheer up
ginger up
exalt
pump up
put forward
effectuate
enkindle
put under an obligation
crack down
juice up
buck up
amp up
zip up
liven
jazz up
commove
cultivate
increase
terrorise
UK
gee up
twist somebody's arm
steam up
make waves
drum up support
turn on the heat
put the arm on
high pressure
determine
buoy up
lumber someone with
carry
saddle someone with
force upon
impose on
land someone with
innerve
forcefully suggest
recommend forcefully
heavy
whomp up
jog
gain
satisfy
chivvy
bring around
mither
catalyze
US
strongly recommend
hook
set going
buoy
grab
roust
lash
strengthen
egg
dun
orient
revitalize
US
catalyse
UK
commandeer
extort
threaten
warm
shock
jolt
resuscitate
come at
imbue
infuse
tease
act as an incentive to
act as a stimulus to
repress
restrict
cow
hinder
suppress
act on
twist arm
work over
breathe down someone's neck
work into lather
put into action
reactivate
reanimate
wrest
exert
tickle
tantalize
US
anger
reach
capture
make compulsory
summon up
alert
produce
tantalise
UK
send
reinvigorate
endue
infect
beghast
reassure
tender
spirit someone up
prepare
give
awake
make an offer they can't refuse
force somebody's hand
twist one's arm
make wild
be responsible for
start off
bear up
chirk up
set up
give impetus
give one an idea
make willing
impress on
argue in favour of
speak in favour of
plead in favour of
grow
dispatch
spring
vivificate
precipitate
shake up
revitalise
UK
file
prefer
prevail
intoxicate
dynamize
fuel
heat up
bestir
overcome
ask for it
rile
craze
redouble
wind up
mount
magnify
enhance
deepen
intensify
heighten
intensate
spiel
bark
canvas
brew
lay
place
impact on
have an effect on
bring in
have an impact on
stun
astonish
zap
frighten
drive on
govern
bend
make of a mind to
make expectant
make you of a mind to
teach
indoctrinate
use duress on
burden
conscript
blackmail
use force on
urge by force
choke
contract
exert force on
scheme
plot
insinuate
originate
hint
plan
rabble-rouse
bear down
pin down
tighten the screws on
put the bite on
put a bomb under
give a shot in the arm
give someone a kick
bear hard on
put screws to
put squeeze on
root on
pick
ferment
gladden
add fuel
manipulate
unload
nurse
nurture
battle
fight
struggle
pressurize into
coerce into
strive
bludgeon into
bully into
trigger off
touch off
set in motion
fan the flames
evoke
advance insistently
ordain
decree
mandate
give life to
light up
terrorize into
intimidate into
restrain
exploit
bribe
control
jockey
play
finagle
beguile
back
propagandize
US
impact
uplift
empower
sow the seeds of
put in motion
fan the flames of
sow the seeds
need
cheer
inform
give new life to
breathe life into
breathe new life into
burden someone with
incentify
help
barnstorm
propagandise
UK
task
beckon
make necessary
work upon
authorize
US
subpoena
authorise
UK
appoint
rule
give a buzz
make alive
contend for
throw weight around
talk round
pull strings with
bring to life
bill
seek to influence
modify
splash
pitch
spot
change
sweet-talk
alter
plug
soft-sell
soft-soap
hype
thump
billboard
further
leave someone no option but to
put the chill on
turn
suborn
colour
UK
suggest to
give orders to
give orders
give the order to
call the shots
give the command to
put foot down
lay down the law
give directions
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
cut any ice with
hint to
sway opinion
apply pressure
hard sell
build up
cheer on
boost up
color
US
press your case
solicit votes
exert influence
pull strings
try to influence
make a pitch for
bring pressure to bear
more ❯
Verb
▲
To persuade someone to do something
coax
persuade
cajole
inveigle
wheedle
entice
influence
tempt
lure
induce
beguile
seduce
urge
allure
charm
blarney
blandish
flatter
woo
encourage
get
decoy
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
palaver
press
con
hook
wangle
worm
barter
importune
jawbone
pester
soothe
tease
sweet-talk
prevail on
soft-soap
win over
talk into
prevail upon
argue into
get round
butter up
work on
arm-twist
come on
talk into something
rope in
twist somebody's arm
honey
convince
sway
draw
move
incite
bait
solicit
entrap
convert
coerce
impel
motivate
smooth-talk
attract
lead on
prompt
instigate
stimulate
betray
invite
make
bring around
prod
incline
bring someone round
steer
provoke
pressure
stroke
bring
tantalize
US
exhort
captivate
sell
manipulate
tantalise
UK
spread it on
talk round
finagle
egg on
compel
deceive
cause
pressurize
US
goad
court
suck in
snow
oil
brainwash
reason
push
brownnose
spur
jolly
pressurise
UK
bootlick
wile
bring round
massage
mousetrap
soften
lead
drive
impress
bewitch
sweeten up
pull
enchant
twist someone's arm
fascinate
actuate
work over
activate
build up
suck up to
play up to
lay it on thick
turn on
delude
dupe
mislead
sell one on
bribe
ensnare
work
counsel
fawn
banter
soap
ingratiate
jockey
lean on
dispose
get around
toady
bring pressure to bear on
nudge
advise
inspire
rouse
adulate
excite
overpraise
trigger
trick
soften up
procure
appeal to
animate
arouse
prick
inspirit
force
sweep off one's feet
humour
UK
make up to
get next to
humor
US
talk someone into
stir up
rub the right way
whet the appetite of
spur on
draw in
whip up
twist one's arm
talk over
whet
bend
change
flannel
engineer
alter
gain
flatter into
caress
witch
magnetize
US
kill
trim
edge
manage
negotiate
ease
talk
bring over
crowd
praise
salve
grovel
beslaver
slaver
glorify
intrigue
budge
interest
put pressure on
pander to
magnetise
UK
toll
enrapture
beckon
exploit
control
play
direct
persuade to buy
arouse someone's interest in
put the squeeze on
lead astray
apple polish
dragoon
intimidate
jog
give the come-on to
sweep off feet
goose
train
rope
drag
argue
win round
work upon
cater to
bat eyes at
squeeze
steamroll
bulldoze
hand a line
prejudice
pull strings with
browbeat
dangle a carrot in front of
kowtow
dare
lick someone's boots
exert influence on
prod into
coax into
put someone up to something
wheedle into
cajole into
hit on
turn
suborn
colour
UK
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
touch
bring pressure to bear upon
cut any ice with
draw out
dangle something
make mouth water
make your mouth water
change one's mind
show one the error of their ways
make one see the light
bring to reason
make someone see the light
show someone the error of their ways
put across
lay it on
color
US
inflame
mollify
appease
sucker
foment
placate
trap
pick
abet
brew
raise
ferment
sting
conciliate
pacify
propitiate
sweeten
set on
drive on
rally
occasion
elicit
propel
impassion
stir
propagandize
US
enlist
proselytize
US
assuage
gentle
puff
spark
energize
US
incentivize
US
evoke
steel
invigorate
US
agitate for
set
put up to
breed
forward
craze
agitate
taunt
get to
promote
set off
juice
fan the fire
root on
key up
psych
further
string along
proselyte
propagandise
UK
proselytise
UK
hearten
impact
exhilarate
uplift
empower
vitalize
galvanize
US
embolden
brown-nose
belaud
come on to
galvanise
UK
envigorate
UK
strike
incentify
refresh
incentivise
UK
energise
UK
help
necessitate
wheedle someone into
set at ease
win the affection of
put off guard
unarm
disarm
undermine someone's resistance
curry favor with
US
curry favour
UK
plead with
turn on to
press someone into
pressurize someone into
convert to
cause to believe
reason someone into
pressure someone into
lead to do
bring to senses
prod someone into
lead to believe
wear down
pump up
suggest to
suck up
win argument
gain confidence of
hint to
fire up
cheer on
pep up
boost up
prove to
grovel to
kowtow to
crawl to
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
be servile towards
fall all over
dance attendance on
bow and scrape to
hero-worship
prostrate oneself to
creep to
toady to
curry favour with
UK
get on the right side of
rub up the right way
demean oneself to
ingratiate oneself with
curry favor
US
truckle to
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
fawn on
be all over
more ❯
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stalk
trace
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hunt down
spoor
find
seek
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keep an eye on
watch
heel
take off after
go in pursuit of
locate
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keep a tab on
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smell out
nose out
search for
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investigate
scent
seek out
scout
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piggyback
eye
keep up the pace with
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come after
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tailgate
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observe
chevy
shag
keep watch on
follow secretly
spy on
approach
prowl
pace
menace
drive
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be after
ambush
striddle
lurk
keep track of
tag along
lurk nearby
lurk close by
lurk behind
watch over
put a tail on
be on the prowl
follow on
string along
probe
hang back
linger behind
quest
elicit
poke along
walk up to
flush out
look for
follow a scent
run to earth
pry
search out
dig out
sniff out
scout out
chase down
smoke out
get at
worm out
root out
survey
monitor
lurk in the shadows
observe furtively
spy
keep under observation
work undercover
keep a watch on
secretly follow
stake out
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