What is another word for plaguing ?

getting someone's dander up

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

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

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

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

bending someone's ear

victimizing^US

breathing down someone's neck

victimising^UK

making it hot for someone

criticizing^US

tyrannizing^US

giving the business

hurting somebody's feelings

criticising^UK

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

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

causing disquiet to

chiding

giving someone hell

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

labouring^UK

laboring^US

puzzling

causing annoyance to

causing resentment to

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

piercing

dissing

excoriating

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

keeping complaining to

busting someone's balls

pulling someone's leg

satirising^UK

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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

“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

“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

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

tightening the screws on

turning the screws on

putting through the wringer

putting the chill on

brainwashing

prodding

holding a gun to one's head

persuading

influencing

psyching out

making it hot for someone

putting the frighteners on

making things hot for someone

bringing pressure to bear on

putting the squeeze on

putting under an obligation

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

playing the heavy with

tightening the screw 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

Present participle for to inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers

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Verb

Present participle for to domineer with superior strength or force

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

bringing someone to their knees

threatening

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

gaining ascendancy over

gaining control of

ruling over

riding roughshod over

ruling with a rod of iron

ruling with an iron hand

putting screws to

bringing under the yoke

putting the squeeze on

playing the heavy with

having someone under your thumb

throwing your weight around

being in the saddle

putting the screws on

using strong-arm tactics on

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Verb

Present participle for to taint or afflict with something undesirable

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 loot, plunder or invade by force

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

rancour^UK

rancor^US

furor^US

furore^UK

chip on your shoulder

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Noun

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

demanding money with menaces

fulfilment^UK

putting into practice

fulfillment^US

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Noun

Teasing

pulling someone's chain

good-humoured mockery

rancor^US

rancour^UK

offence^UK

offense^US

gird

backhanded compliment

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Adjective

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

Adjective

enough to try the patience of a saint

Annoying or bitterly humiliating

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

bedeviling^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

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Adjective