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What is another word for
provoke
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To deliberately make (someone) annoyed or angry
To bring about
To stimulate or incite (someone) to do or feel something, especially by arousing anger in them
To speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse
To hold or engage the attention of
To make worse or more severe
To make happen or bring about
To expose, induce, or provoke heightened awareness or sensitivity
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Verb
▲
To deliberately make (someone) annoyed or angry
annoy
anger
infuriate
irritate
enrage
incense
madden
exasperate
gall
pique
insult
irk
offend
vex
affront
aggravate
hassle
bother
exacerbate
rile
upset
agitate
nettle
ruffle
harass
bug
get
harry
molest
nark
needle
peeve
perturb
plague
taunt
tease
torment
chafe
miff
grate
incite
niggle
rankle
ride
roil
bait
fret
gravel
grill
nag
abrade
start
get to
get on one's nerves
get on your nerves
get under your skin
get your back up
hack off
send into a rage
make angry
rub up the wrong way
try your patience
work into lather
give someone the hump
make your blood boil
put your back up
stir up
wind up
get a rise out of
get in your hair
rub the wrong way
set off
set on
take a rise out of
get across someone
make waves
put out
hit where one lives
raise your hackles
displease
disturb
tick off
antagonize
US
persecute
pester
rasp
burn up
antagonise
UK
inflame
eat
drive up the wall
trouble
spite
outrage
frost
gripe
worry
get across
distress
goad
itch
make someone see red
drive crazy
drive mad
hump
rattle
rark
badger
discompose
tee off
hack you off
disgruntle
get your goat
get at
bum out
bedevil
disquiet
frustrate
hound
unsettle
disconcert
give a hard time
ire
mad
fluster
drive to distraction
make somebody's hackles rise
disgust
drive round the bend
enflame
dismay
excite
steam up
hurt
unnerve
be on your back
get on your wick
give someone the pip
perplex
get up someone's nose
rankle with
flurry
ruffle one's feathers
pain
drive round the twist
heckle
grate on
concern
afflict
get your dander up
unhinge
distemper
frazzle
distract
burn
put someone's nose out of joint
chivvy
give someone grief
work up
discomfort
make cross
gnaw
discomfit
arouse
try
fuss
rouse
aggrieve
rattle someone's cage
confuse
alarm
embitter
devil
dog
egg on
mortify
hector
mither
sting
empurple
T-off
ail
exercise
pick on
wound
turn off
faze
fire up
get your hackles up
bully
drive bananas
be at
beset
freak out
weird out
drive you up the wall
discombobulate
scandalize
US
dissatisfy
umbrage
nudge
beleaguer
hagride
derail
be offensive
embarrass
jar on
get someone
rattle one's cage
scandalise
UK
shock
work on
prick
cause offense
eat away at
breathe down someone's neck
be on the back of
cheese off
rub you up the wrong way
rag
chagrin
alarum
haze
cross
heavy
pursue
craze
undo
chivy
browbeat
acerbate
disoblige
prod
henpeck
bewilder
torture
jar
hack
incommode
depress
discountenance
keep on at
keep after
wear on
bend someone's ear
make anxious
give offence to
whip up
make you see red
slight
rib
inconvenience
sour
discommode
affect
chaff
besiege
bite
intimidate
revolt
tantalize
US
disrespect
diss
throw
horrify
repel
injure
importune
dis
floor
tantalise
UK
stir
zing
bum
raise hell
bore
be a thorn in someone's flesh
scold
berate
stimulate
appal
UK
confound
criticize
US
sicken
nauseate
jangle
spook
criticise
UK
preoccupy
upbraid
troll
oppress
intrude upon
put down
be a pain in the neck
give a bad time
shake up
be a thorn in someone's side
go on at
eat at
gnaw at
appall
US
dishearten
carp at
peck at
put off
cut to the quick
stick in one's craw
set one's teeth on edge
pick at
get on the wrong side of
be an affront to
ask for it
try the patience of
mess with
make uneasy
brown off
drive nuts
derange
get someone's wick
bristle
haunt
titillate
boil
steam
guy
rattle someone's chain
push one's buttons
mock
break
stress
blow up
wig
ridicule
harm
run up the wrong way
make sore
lose one's temper
strain
rile up
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
drive insane
chide
fester
test
gibe
obsess
disappoint
discontent
make an enemy of somebody
hang up
get even
push button
heat up
disaffect
tangle
upset the applecart
lash
slap
cavil
possess
shatter
attack
get on someone
noodge
bullyrag
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
hurry
dun
mess
razz
bustle
misplease
insist
remind
put
flutter
tire
curse
hustle
irritate greatly
despair
quicken
abuse
confront
dispraise
slander
burden
hit a sour note
snub
curdle
push someon's buttons
be like a red rag to a bull
make see red
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
cause disquiet to
agonize
US
eat up
anguish
take the mickey
slur
humiliate
arouse hostility in
put on edge
set on edge
get on
grieve
nag at
victimize
US
agonise
UK
stress out
occupy
play dirty
make you angry
get on the nerves of
take the piss out of
jerk around
dump on
torque off
be a pest
weary
throw off
psych out
get in the hair of
wrong
punish
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
yap at
scratch around
rag on
victimise
UK
search high heaven
scare
be on one's case
make trouble
drive you crazy
give offence
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
flummox
pother
puzzle
drive you out of your mind
drive you to distraction
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make livid
drive you round the bend
interrupt
cause offence to
boil over
make indignant
cause offense to
be a nuisance to
impede
hinder
hurt somebody's feelings
make someone fed up
be a pest to
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
prey on your mind
occupy thoughts
do someone's head in
make someone scratch their head
lie heavy on
fuddle
cow
trigger
push someone's buttons
incite trouble
stir the pot
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
lose patience
stump
disrupt
wear
egg
urge
impose on
disparage
psych
throw off balance
get on someone's case
reproach
revile
domineer
make nervous
put someone off their stroke
move
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
cause someone to lose their composure
ferment
throw into tizzy
harp on at
override
tyrannize
US
push
grip
find fault
find fault with
moan at
grumble at
bust someone's balls
moan on at
bust chops
take it out on
get on someone's back
keep complaining to
dominate
tyrannise
UK
enslave
cause anxiety to
push buttons
turn on
make flip
bug up
mix up
frenzy
hyperstimulate
overstimulate
tyrannize over
be autocratic
stun
stagger
traumatize
US
astound
jolt
rock
astonish
shake
amaze
surprise
startle
overexcite
dumbfound
daze
stupefy
paralyse
UK
dumfound
flabbergast
overwhelm
overcome
abash
traumatise
UK
paralyze
US
numb
devastate
thunderstrike
awe
electrify
get in a state
excite excessively
get carried away
get in a lather
bowl over
take aback
knock out
take the wind out of your sails
completely surprise
give a turn
throw a curve
make someone's blood run cold
raise someone's eyebrows
set someone back on their heels
gross out
knock for six
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
frighten
nonplus
panic
daunt
terrify
terrorize
US
affright
terrorise
UK
discourage
demoralize
US
demoralise
UK
sadden
fright
rack
baffle
scarify
make uncomfortable
weigh down
put the wind up
addle
deter
harrow
put out of countenance
scare to death
put someone off their stride
dispirit
muddle
disarrange
chill
petrify
mystify
unbalance
disorient
strike terror into
scare the bejesus out of
catch off balance
throw into a tizzy
scare away
disorder
curdle the blood
make one's hair stand on end
make teeth chatter
make one's blood run cold
destabilize
US
weigh on
unman
deject
fear
flip
sweat
make fretful
disillusion
disburb
stiff
let down
tear
consternate
indispose
disenchant
crush
foul up
make a scene
destabilise
UK
fidget
cause anxiety
flip out
cause to be at a stand
knock sideways
chill to the bone
scare stiff
make self-conscious
be agitated
scare off
stop someone in their tracks
cause anguish to
pull the rug from under
pull the rug out from under
scare the living daylights out of
make someone jump out of their skin
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
make wretched
freeze your blood
get the wind up
be a great weight on
make miserable
throw into a fright
weigh heavily on one's mind
weigh heavily on
mess with someone's head
wring
unquiet
overawe
uncouple
make restless
buffalo
bamboozle
befuddle
uncalm
bulldoze
dement
subdue
send over the edge
disorganize
tear away at
disarray
dizzy
send into a spin
tax
turn
incapacitate
cramp
debilitate
scare the daylights out of
grind
unstring
blind
be rude to
balk
US
cause to panic
baulk
UK
disorientate
freak
lay up
key up
make jump
wear out
knock off balance
make awkward
show up
rock the boat
throw into a panic
bring down
give someone a jolt
give a shock
give someone a fright
galvanize
US
worst
pressurize
US
knock props out
take by surprise
pressurise
UK
catch one short
strap
nit-pick
desolate
martyr
dampen spirits
cast down
break one's heart
put off one's stroke
be a burden to
weigh heavily on someone's mind
niggle at
grind at
scare the pants off of
make someone jump out of his skin
stampede
catch unawares
galvanise
UK
make a monkey of
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
make blue
drag down
put into a funk
put a damper on
break the heart of
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
cause suffering to
flap
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
breath down someone's neck
sweat out
chasten
come back to haunt
be a weight on one's mind
cut up
knock over
spring on
throw a curveball
throw into disarray
fill with panic
take pains
put pressure on
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
lean on
arouse anxiety in
be in a tizzy
be worried
bolix up
bumfuzzle
labour over
be in a flap
do a number on
make it tough for
get worked up
get in a stew
be in a stew
empoison
envenom
alienate
estrange
make bitter
make resentful
fill with fear
scare witless
scare the pants off
give someone goose pimples
scare someone out of their wits
chill to the marrow
give someone the heebie-jeebies
put the fear of God into
be on pins and needles
be spooked
be nervous
be anxious
have ants in one's pants
be like a cat on hot bricks
be antsy
throw into a blue funk
dash
make one's flesh creep
give one the creeps
scare someone half to death
screw up
mess up
fill with consternation
more ❯
“I tell myself to stay calm and not to let anyone
provoke
me.”
Verb
▲
To bring about
cause
produce
occasion
generate
inspire
evoke
induce
instigate
precipitate
promote
stimulate
arouse
elicit
excite
prompt
rouse
stir
engender
fire
incite
kindle
motivate
move
spark
trigger
activate
beget
breed
encourage
enkindle
foment
foster
inflame
animate
invoke
pique
rally
abet
awaken
begin
bestir
brew
exercise
ferment
galvanise
UK
galvanize
US
impassion
make
raise
prime
quicken
suscitate
waken
whet
lead to
bring about
bring on
draw forth
give rise to
set off
spark off
touch off
call forth
contribute to
stir up
make for
whip up
fire up
build up
result in
rev up
spur
goad
drive
urge
initiate
create
effect
bring
effectuate
impel
prod
push
spur on
inspirit
actuate
catalyze
US
work up
start
agitate
catalyse
UK
influence
persuade
enliven
egg on
yield
spawn
trigger off
sway
translate into
work
energize
US
press
affect
bring to pass
compel
energise
UK
electrify
wake
fan
set in motion
put in motion
do
bring out
invigorate
US
originate
draw on
prick
lead
incentivize
US
pick
be the cause of
bring forth
enthuse
vivify
envigorate
UK
propel
exhilarate
incentivise
UK
invite
make happen
incline
awake
ignite
fuel
revive
bring into being
thrill
summon
end in
light a fire under
advance
draw
pump up
challenge
sting
introduce
intensify
nudge
develop
vitalize
tempt
get going
entice
hatch
fire the imagination of
be at the bottom of
pep up
call into being
achieve
kick-start
embolden
realize
US
turn on
needle
culminate in
steel
convince
institute
kickoff
muster
establish
be conducive to
enact
force
entail
instil
UK
get
render
fan the flames of
realise
UK
bear
actualize
instill
US
educe
set on
increase
accomplish
key up
prevail upon
buoy
set going
draw out
launch
pressure
exhort
set up
fire the enthusiasm of
dare
hearten
coax
buoy up
coerce
cultivate
uplift
impress
titillate
taunt
defy
touch
intoxicate
oblige
inveigle
finish in
commove
summon up
predispose
further
talk into
rile
sow the seeds of
involve
conjure up
get someone going
call up
gee up
strengthen
prevail on
throw down the gauntlet
secure
boost
organize
US
set
fire with enthusiasm
wind up
contribute
necessitate
cajole
charge
procure
evince
extract
give incentive
stump
bring off
constrain
help
spell
dispose
fillip
cheer on
put up to
sic
inaugurate
convert
jolt
psych
amount to
be instrumental in
terminate in
put in place
contrive
exalt
run
goose
found
organise
UK
drum up
stoke up
conduce
conduce to
set afoot
add up to
cause to occur
cause to happen
bring around
buck up
enforce
win over
liven up
empower
incentify
attain
attract
egg
carry off
manage
carry through
solicit
engineer
jumpstart
perform
manifest
push forward
reassure
commence
fortify
add to
risk
irritate
innervate
mean
exacerbate
recall
refresh
propagate
pull off
drive on
court
hound
dragoon
heighten
have a hand in
nurture
remind
predetermine
woo
psych up
redound to
root on
boost up
inform
conjure
bear up
have a part in
mobilize
US
issue
chirk up
make possible
charge up
multiply
play a part in
put a bomb under
bid
wake up
get to
strike
mobilise
UK
give incentive to
set astir
spirit up
feed the fire
wheedle
condition
elate
spook
cheer up
steamroll
play a role in
breathe life into
give someone a kick
bulldoze
be responsible for
juice up
jazz up
determine
call to mind
crank up
start off
bring on oneself
sweet-talk
amp up
start the ball rolling
beseech
roil
fester
intrigue
enhance
reignite
rekindle
plant
implant
lodge
break the ice
break in
make up
irk
incense
hook
form
set in
grill
vex
ask
whip
progenerate
grab
sharpen
call
expedite
equal
imply
accelerate
open
gain
satisfy
add fuel
be a factor in
reproduce
work into lather
craze
juice
add fuel to the flames
motive
resurrect
chivvy
proc
open the door for
sow
incarnate
forward
oil the wheels of
have the effect of
be partly responsible for
extort
shake
shake up
madden
make wild
act as an incentive to
imbue
infuse
cheer
result
heat up
agitate for
agitate against
build a fire under
fluster
upset
activize
ruffle
exact
put one in mind of
remind you of
brace
feed
applaud
carry out
conduct
get up
have as a consequence
have as a result
compass
be the origin of
derive
obtain
disturb
get things rolling
cook up
bring up
get smoking
burn up
implement
execute
act as a stimulus to
smooth-talk
endue
infect
beghast
fetch
spike
succeed
impose on
direct
orient
disinhibit
fan the fire
start up
seek
conceive
support
sustain
carry
bring back
set alight
impact
advise
comfort
brighten
enhearten
build
cause to appear
jump-start
startle
cost
nourish
power
give impetus
give one an idea
switch on
stir embers
make waves
administer
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
bias
give a shot in the arm
perpetrate
give a boost to
reenforce
assure
revitalize
US
revivify
restore
put life into
zip up
bring to mind
ginger up
give
fulfil
UK
innerve
complete
add fuel to fire
set on foot
fix
bring round
make willing
impress on
consummate
gladden
perk up
issue a challenge to
try
prevail
call down
administrate
finalize
US
praise
console
suggest to
discharge
succeed in
fulfill
US
whomp up
arrange for
astonish
astound
amaze
captivate
stimulate spiritually
raise your spirits
raise the morale of
give shot in arm
give hope to
boost morale
prop up
lift the spirits of
give confidence to
give a shot in the arm to
bield
stiffen the resolve of
allure
whet one's appetite
finish
sool
hint to
give birth to
frenzy
harass
obligate
be likely to cause
be likely to lead to
entreat
lure
countenance
command
conclude
revitalise
UK
give someone a charge
take your breath away
dynamize
fire someone's imagination
jar
magnetize
US
give a buzz
magnetise
UK
squeeze
ask for
wreak
muscle
sandbag
worry
railroad
exert influence on
prod into
coax into
put someone up to something
suck in
wheedle into
sell one on
twist one's arm
soft-soap
draw in
cajole into
argue into
finalise
UK
turn the trick
turn out
put across
kick off
beg for
invite to debate
ask for trouble
start something
nag
kick
blackjack
call for
flirt with
leave the door open to
get under way
dog
work on
get off the ground
lay the foundations of
get in operation
lay the first stone of
set the ball rolling
get something functioning
get the ball rolling
get something working
bully
call someone's bluff
more ❯
“Sometimes, it takes a crisis to
provoke
change.”
Verb
▲
To stimulate or incite (someone) to do or feel something, especially by arousing anger in them
goad
incite
spur
badger
drive
hound
impel
move
prompt
rouse
stimulate
stir
challenge
coerce
excite
force
harass
induce
inflame
motivate
nudge
press
pressure
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
prick
prod
sting
trigger
urge
bully
dragoon
encourage
goose
inspire
instigate
needle
whip
lash
roust
sic
titillate
egg on
work up
fire up
key up
push
put up to
hassle
propel
sound
rowel
galvanize
US
galvanise
UK
foment
stir up
exhort
animate
rally
arouse
dig
spark
countenance
awaken
favour
UK
favor
US
spur on
turn on
give the incentive to
root on
act as a stimulus to
act as a incentive to
light a fire under
more ❯
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provoke
him into uttering nonsense.”
Verb
▲
To speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse
insult
offend
affront
annoy
outrage
hurt
aggravate
slight
wound
dis
diss
disrespect
upset
mortify
taunt
denigrate
malign
slander
slap
humiliate
tease
libel
defame
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disparage
discredit
abuse
impugn
mock
calumniate
disoblige
irritate
slur
abase
deride
revile
asperse
sledge
derogate
injure
miscall
blister
curse
debase
degrade
gird
jeer
pan
ridicule
roast
scoff
slam
slang
give offence to
dump on
put down
cause offence to
bad-mouth
be rude to
trash-talk
cut dead
slag off
sneer at
treat disrespectfully
call names
hurt somebody's feelings
cast aspersions on
cut to the quick
step on one's toes
throw shade
bait
rib
make fun of
torment
rag
needle
gibe
hassle
heckle
kid
goad
haze
harry
poke fun at
take the mickey
chaff
ride
twit
rally
quiz
guy
bother
josh
joke
razz
harass
banter
scoff at
jeer at
pester
make sport of
badger
take the piss out of
swipe at
dog
have on
pull someone's leg
pull one's leg
mess with
laugh at
pick on
wind up
joke with
victimize
US
manipulate
maltreat
oppress
violate
exploit
spite
scorn
mistreat
ill-treat
torture
antagonize
US
belittle
sneer
misuse
wrong
jive
satirize
US
flout
disdain
persecute
molest
harrow
scout
fun
plague
worry
chiack
reproach
victimise
UK
martyrize
take advantage of
antagonise
UK
ill-use
impose on
do an injustice to
martyr
upbraid
bedevil
shuck
jab
lout
dig
smoke
rot
twitter
hector
vex
importune
devil
nudge
gnaw
beleaguer
disturb
spoof
step on the toes of
sound
snap
send up
jibe at
make jokes about
put on
flout at
poke borak at
be at
be sarcastic about
make a monkey of
goof on
poke mullock at
give a hard time
flirt with
lead on
satirise
UK
rag on
mess around
sling off at
gibe at
get at
give no quarter
go for jugular
lay a bad trip on
hit where one lives
detract
contemn
pillory
jibe
vilify
knock
decry
skewer
treat with contempt
pooh-pooh
shoot down
smear
lampoon
disgrace
besmirch
tarnish
despise
drag through the mud
run down
drag through the mire
hold up to ridicule
cock a snook at
give a bad name
do a hatchet job on
traduce
sully
smirch
shame
blacken
taint
stigmatize
US
scandalize
US
cheapen
jest
fleer
vilipend
hoot
quip
underrate
demean
scorch
belie
scandalise
UK
rank out
sneeze at
sniff at
quip at
hold in contempt
speak ill of
treat contemptuously
stigmatise
UK
give Bronx cheer
speak evil of
look down on
heap scorn on
fling mud at
sling mud at
turn up one's nose
throw mud at
take down
tear down
pour scorn on
tell lies about
cast a slur on
detract from
do a number on
run a smear campaign against
blacken someone's name
show contempt for
thumb nose at
misbid
misrespect
discount
spurn
rubbish
crack
laugh
caricature
snigger
burlesque
travesty
swipe
dump
deprecate
cut down
vituperate
hurl insults at
put your back up
villainize
condescend
make a fool of
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
jape
deign
boo
blacken the name of
back-bite
lie about
cast slur on
blacken the character of
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
distress
hiss
pain
catcall
poke the borax
make a monkey out of
show contempt
laugh to scorn
grieve
sting
knock down
poor-mouth
cast down
cut down to size
lower
get
humble
interrupt
shock
barrack
stain
comeback
snipe
dismiss
trouble
traumatize
US
discomfort
anguish
sadden
chasten
crucify
sink
traumatise
UK
foul
censure
be contemptuous of
have a crack at
take a swipe at
blow raspberries
soil
besmear
devalue
shout down
mudsling
shout disapproval
make miserable
curl your lip at
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
turn your nose up at
expose
diminish
gnaw at
cause suffering to
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
shout at
compromise
shake up
tear to pieces
do in
disesteem
boo at
catcall at
hurt the feelings of
bring into disrepute
poke fun
laugh out of court
make a crack
reflect badly on
whistle at
ruin the reputation of
bring shame upon
put in a bad light
destroy someone's credibility
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
show in a bad light
show up
hurl insults
give offense
attack somebody's dignity
blot
attack
defile
damage
assail
muckrake
misrepresent
depreciate
backbite
blaspheme
strumpet
plaster
hit
spread scandal about
sling mud
defame someone's character
sully someone's reputation
run smear campaign
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hold or engage the attention of
fascinate
captivate
charm
enchant
enthral
UK
enthrall
US
beguile
bewitch
absorb
allure
engross
grip
mesmerise
UK
mesmerize
US
attract
spellbind
entrance
engage
enrapture
interest
rivet
intrigue
hypnotise
UK
hypnotize
US
occupy
delight
entice
please
involve
draw
lure
tempt
magnetise
UK
magnetize
US
excite
entertain
arrest
divert
amuse
seduce
immerse
bedazzle
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
ravish
thrill
titillate
transfix
wile
busy
bemuse
enwrap
overwhelm
win
arouse
enamor
invite
gladden
stir
transport
witch
ensnare
stimulate
kill
enamour
intoxicate
pique
overpower
infatuate
enslave
attach
subdue
appeal
compel
kindle
animate
fire
catch up
hold spellbound
put under a spell
interest greatly
exhilarate
electrify
quicken
inflame
send
rouse
galvanize
US
elate
hook
elevate
move
rapture
charge
grab
rap
overjoy
tickle
tease
wow
trance
agitate
slay
galvanise
UK
turn on
carry away
pump up
tickle pink
switch on
lead on
dazzle
hold
preoccupy
appeal to
sweep off feet
pull
bowl over
gratify
distract
impress
catch
amaze
capture
win over
knock dead
astound
awe
knock out
affect
overcome
touch
strike
stagger
woo
satisfy
tickle your fancy
astonish
stun
dumbfound
blow away
overawe
floor
monopolize
US
hold your attention
hold the attention of
solace
take
take your breath away
cheer
delectate
inveigle
monopolise
UK
regale
hold in awe
make a hit with
tickle to death
stupefy
vamp
influence
engulf
daze
float someone's boat
catch the eye of
disport
inspire
bait
induce
employ
take up
make happy
razzle-dazzle
bewilder
rope in
court
be of interest to
give pleasure to
pull in
bring in
light someone's fire
whet the appetite of
sweep someone off their feet
fixate
subjugate
fill
obsess
fix
consume
betray
scintillate
seize
gain
ensorcell
soak
content
recreate
capture your imagination
solicit
snare
relax
persuade
pleasure
concern
catch hold of
decoy
strike dumb
steer
rejoice
humour
UK
humor
US
indulge
send into raptures
enliven
be a hit with
arouse curiosity
catch your eye
beckon
arride
draw attention
make your mouth water
be attractive to
take aback
leave speechless
suck in
go over big
turn someone on
hit the spot
give a buzz
be the ticket
please greatly
tie up
give someone a kick
keep busy
maintain
keep
subject
gorgonize
hit on
rivet the attention of
be unable to take one's eyes off
blind
bind
control
perk up
be interesting to
bedevil
trick
own
laugh it up
matter to
tickle the fancy of
wrap up
envelop
cast a spell on
endear
cajole
spark
besot
assimilate
prompt
ecstasize
comfort
inspirit
send into transports
get under your skin
psych
keep alive
keep up
fracture
secure
get
obtain
have an impact on
attend
exult
jubilate
keep amused
craze
grab the attention of
fill with delight
elicit
turn one's head
incline
crack up
make merry
become lost
whet
waken
pick up
sit up
engage one's attention
whet one's appetite
sweep sombeody off his/her feet
psych out
blow your mind
give someone a charge
do one's heart good
score with
freak out
give great pleasure to
give joy to
bury
be concerned with
be active with
surprise
wallow
glitz
stir up
arouse the curiosity of
whet someone's appetite
take someone's fancy
call forth
bring forth
argue into
bring around
break one up
knock 'em dead
put 'em away
get one's jollies
sweep you off your feet
lose oneself in
get lost in
engage someone's attention
be a source of fascination to
exert a pull on
exert influence on
get going
get someone going
give someone a thrill
do it for someone
wheedle
absorb yourself in
throw yourself into
involve oneself in
involve oneself
turn someone's head
dangle a carrot in front of
flirt with
keep hanging
keep someone hanging on
entrap
deceive
delude
mousetrap
hearten
uplift
trap
con
warm
fulfill
US
mislead
suit
groove
fulfil
UK
glad
toll
brighten up
cheer up
tout
buoy up
bring joy to
give a lift
do someone's heart good
give someone pleasure
agree with
buck up
warm the cockles of the heart
make content
make someone feel good
get one's kicks
come on
lead astray
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
aggravate
worsen
intensify
inflame
compound
heighten
magnify
augment
complicate
amplify
increase
irritate
impair
excite
infuriate
enrage
make worse
add to
fan the flames
add fuel to the fire
add fuel to the flames
heat up
add insult to injury
compound the problem
make matters worse
egg on
fan the flames of
feed the fire
rub salt in the wounds
to make matters worse
go from bad to worse
rub salt in a wound
rub salt in the wound
feed into
confuse
confound
contribute to
slap in the face
twist the knife
put salt on the wound
deepen
exaggerate
pour gasoline on the fire
make something worse
damage
expand
boost
raise
escalate
enlarge
swell
enhance
inflate
reinforce
improve
supplement
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make happen or bring about
incur
experience
sustain
suffer
acquire
encounter
contract
gain
earn
arouse
draw
get
invite
induce
collect
attract
cause
catch
deserve
obtain
occasion
run up
meet with
bring on
bring upon oneself
bring upon yourself
give rise to
lay oneself open to
be liable to
be subjected to
be subject to
bring down on
come in for
expose yourself to
endure
receive
bear
undergo
have
feel
fall into
go through
welcome
make
find
be afflicted with
be affected by
become indebted with
become liable to pay
face
become liable to
become subject to
taste
witness
know
run into
live through
have experience of
be faced with
come up against
come into contact with
be forced to contend with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To expose, induce, or provoke heightened awareness or sensitivity
sensitize
US
expose
trigger
induce
heighten awareness
heighten sensitivity
set off
make sensitive
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