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

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

tyrannizing^US

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

tyrannising^UK

victimizing^US

bending someone's ear

victimising^UK

terrorizing^US

breathing down someone's neck

terrorising^UK

making it hot for someone

giving the business

hurting somebody's feelings

riding roughshod over

rubbing the wrong way

inflicting anguish on

taking the piss out of

making uncomfortable

getting on one's nerves

taking control of

making things hot for someone

putting down

causing trouble to

tyrannizing over

causing discomfort to

making somebody's hackles rise

getting in the hair of

getting on the nerves of

rattling someone's cage

getting your dander up

ruffling one's feathers

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting up someone's nose

getting on someone

touching

sweating out

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

labouring^UK

laboring^US

bringing pressure to bear on

belabouring^UK

driving you up the wall

getting a rise out of

setting on

setting off

getting across someone

breaking the heart of

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

causing resentment to

causing someone distress

belaboring^US

making severe demands on

pushing the buttons of

inflicting suffering on

sticking the knife into

discriminating against

getting the knife into

threatening

brutalizing^US

brutalising^UK

bringing someone to their knees

steamrollering

gaining ascendancy over

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

satirizing^US

pulling someone's leg

satirising^UK

ruling with a rod of iron

ruling with an iron hand

controlling

putting upon

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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

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

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

using strong-arm tactics on

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

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

riding roughshod over

twisting someone's arm

scaring the bejesus out of

scaring off

putting the screws on

having someone do something

bringing pressure to bear on

putting the squeeze on

putting under an obligation

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

putting heat on

putting the frighteners on

blackmailing

breathing down someone's neck

turning the screws on

tightening the screws on

putting through the wringer

holding a gun to one's head

concussing

blinding someone with something

taking your breath away

making things hot for someone

making it hot for someone

making an offer they can't refuse

putting the screws to

tightening the screw on

exerting influence on

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

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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

colonizing^US

colonising^UK

colouring^UK

coloring^US

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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 follow or chase after

Noun

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

Noun

demanding money with menaces

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

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

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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

agonizing^US

agonising^UK