What is another word for plaguing ?

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

getting someone's dander up

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

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

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

victimizing^US

bending someone's ear

victimising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

making it hot for someone

tyrannizing^US

giving the business

hurting somebody's feelings

rubbing the wrong way

inflicting anguish on

niggling at

cutting to the quick

throwing off balance

taking the piss out of

making uncomfortable

getting on one's nerves

taking control of

making things hot for someone

causing trouble to

tyrannising^UK

causing discomfort to

making somebody's hackles rise

getting in the hair of

getting on the nerves of

getting on someone

touching

rattling someone's cage

getting your dander up

ruffling one's feathers

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting up someone's nose

panicking

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

causing resentment to

labouring^UK

laboring^US

belabouring^UK

driving you up the wall

sticking the knife into

expelling

dragooning

singling out

getting the knife into

inflicting suffering on

discriminating against

getting a rise out of

setting on

setting off

getting across someone

bringing pressure to bear on

breaking the heart of

possessing

piercing

dissing

causing someone distress

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

belaboring^US

making severe demands on

pushing the buttons of

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

satirizing^US

pulling someone's leg

satirising^UK

getting your hackles up

jangling

rubbing you up the wrong way

putting on the spot

driving nuts

getting someone's wick

sticking in one's craw

giving trouble

setting one's teeth on edge

making someone's hackles rise

getting on someone's nerves

getting someone's hackles up

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

pushing someon's buttons

setting someone's teeth on edge

trying the patience of

treading on someone's toes

kidding around

relucting

occupying thoughts

making someone scratch their head

making an enemy of somebody

setting on edge

getting on the wrong side of

prodding

thrilling

putting to some trouble

making your gorge rise

filling with loathing

offending morals of

creating difficulties for

causing inconvenience to

sending over the edge

hurting the feelings of

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

throwing into a tizz

discommodating

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

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“Almost from the first, he had begun to plague her with his attentions.”

Verb

Present participle for to cause continual anguish or distress to

inflicting anguish on

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“This was another interesting aspect to Washington, as financial troubles would plague him his entire life.”

Verb

Present participle for to be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion

becoming an obsession with

mesmerizing^US

mesmerising^UK

putting under a spell

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“The idea that ancient aliens built the great pyramids would plague Giorgio for years to come.”

Verb

Present participle for to continually intimidate someone, such as with threats

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

using strong-arm tactics on

riding roughshod over

twisting someone's arm

scaring the bejesus out of

scaring off

putting the screws on

having someone do something

putting the squeeze on

brainwashing

using pressure on

bringing pressure to bear on

putting under an obligation

spurring

breathing down someone's neck

tightening the screws on

turning the screws on

putting through the wringer

putting the chill on

suffocating

holding a gun to one's head

tightening the screw on

bringing pressure to bear

putting the bite on

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“Heyling harvests the old man's outstanding bills and has his attorney plague him with threats of arrest and imprisonment.”

Verb

ruling with a rod of iron

Present participle for to put down or control by cruelty or force

oppressing

subjugating

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

riding roughshod over

ruling with an iron hand

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

brutalizing^US

bullying

subordinating

steamrollering

brutalising^UK

bringing someone to their knees

putting down

gaining mastery over

gaining control of

gaining ascendancy over

keeping in subjection

keeping in submission

ruling despotically

having someone under your thumb

treating brutally

playing the heavy with

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Verb

Present participle for to fill or permeate, especially with something undesirable

colonizing^US

colonising^UK

colouring^UK

coloring^US

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Verb

Present participle for to cause to become tired, weary or fatigued

Verb

Present participle for to persuade someone to do something

Verb

Present participle for to follow or chase after

Noun

being rubbed up the wrong way

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

offence^UK

offense^US

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Noun

Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will

demanding money with menaces

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Noun

The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks

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Adjective

enough to try the patience of a saint

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a harrassive way

enough to drive you up the wall

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Adjective

Unbearably or excruciatingly painful or torturous

torturous