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Verb
To insult or put down, especially in a spiteful way
To criticize, especially with insulting language
To shout, typically to express scorn or disapproval
To criticize or find fault with
To defy or challenge someone to do something
To stir up feelings or emotions, typically that translate into action
To bring into a heightened emotional state
Noun
A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone
A joke, typically a critical or unkind one
The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior
A shout or howl, typically expressing excitement or scorn
A challenge, especially to prove one's courage
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To insult or put down, especially in a spiteful way
mock
tease
ridicule
deride
jeer
scorn
rib
gibe
chaff
insult
twit
ride
rag
needle
rally
sneer
provoke
torment
hassle
heckle
bait
bother
flout
disdain
haze
quiz
goad
guy
affront
offend
scout
revile
outrage
slam
sledge
reproach
slap
upbraid
dig
jab
lout
twitter
scoff at
jeer at
sneer at
make fun of
poke fun at
put down
make sport of
dump on
gibe at
get at
take the piss out of
swipe at
scoff
laugh at
josh
razz
kid
wind up
jibe at
harass
annoy
take the mickey
lampoon
satirize
US
satirise
UK
poke mullock at
disparage
rag on
roast
banter
jive
aggravate
pester
slight
chiack
joke
irritate
dis
goof on
jest
make jokes about
belittle
badger
sling off at
pick on
jibe
pan
hound
send up
be sarcastic about
abuse
irk
vex
boo
plague
gall
harry
humiliate
pillory
pooh-pooh
fun
flout at
quip
gird
make a monkey of
disturb
parody
denigrate
give a hard time
anger
nark
persecute
treat with contempt
pique
skewer
contemn
fleer
smoke
shout down
interrupt
exasperate
torture
rile
hold up to ridicule
nettle
knock
heap scorn on
hector
bug
shoot down
ruffle
peeve
upset
hurt
diss
get
jape
rot
disrespect
make a monkey out of
shuck
caricature
laugh
call names
hack off
rub up the wrong way
put on
hiss
infuriate
pull someone's leg
worry
barrack
laugh to scorn
discredit
have on
bedevil
put out
pull one's leg
dog
spite
nudge
detract
mimic
shout at
rasp
miff
slur
hoot
burlesque
exacerbate
niggle
nag
chafe
dismiss
grate
molest
fool
chivy
show up
get to
get on your nerves
cock a snook at
slag off
mess around
bad-mouth
pour scorn on
make a fool of
run down
treat contemptuously
poke borak at
hit where one lives
oppress
malign
prick
bully
wound
gnaw
abase
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
lead on
mortify
despise
asperse
underrate
rark
hack you off
afflict
fool around
browbeat
hump
impugn
wisecrack
decry
mistreat
antagonize
US
gag
devil
slander
displease
jolly
eat
derogate
frost
gripe
discount
get across
itch
sniff at
quip at
rank out
sneeze at
get under your skin
hold in contempt
get in your hair
get your back up
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
disgust
give Bronx cheer
howl down
antagonise
UK
hold up to shame
impose on
look down on
rankle
trash-talk
turn up one's nose
treat disrespectfully
cast aspersions on
pull someone's chain
rail at
show contempt for
throw shade
burn up
thumb nose at
laugh out of court
show contempt
drown out
put your back up
make somebody's hackles rise
take a rise out of
raise your hackles
get a rise out of
make fun
fligger
disrupt
frazzle
kid around
shout
frustrate
spurn
get on the nerves of
be on the back of
get in the hair of
crack
travesty
swipe
dump
snigger
vilify
distract
discomfit
faze
disconcert
rattle
embarrass
flip
prank
divert
entertain
sting
affect
tear to pieces
prod
play a joke on
raspberry
hurl insults at
deprecate
butt in
make game of
catcall
amuse
yuck
yuk
snicker at
smile at
snigger at
play a practical joke on
poke the borax
scold
berate
shout catcalls at
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
depreciate
shout disapproval
pun
detract from
minimize
US
diminish
sally
do a number on
domineer
blow raspberries
snipe
catcall at
shout disapproval at
comeback
hiss at
boo at
hoot at
whistle at
joke with
vilipend
blow raspberries at
override
tyrannize
US
push
grip
disgruntle
scandalize
US
distress
be scornful about
exploit
manipulate
maltreat
victimize
US
violate
poke fun
enrage
incense
madden
fleer at
make light of
scout at
put
trash
raz
cartoon
have a joke with
dig at
bite one's thumb at
dominate
tyrannise
UK
enslave
make a crack
deflate
expose
unmask
give a zinger
confront
criticise
UK
dispraise
scandalise
UK
ruffle one's feathers
criticize
US
give the cold shoulder
ill-treat
minimise
UK
mess
agitate
cry down
play down
poor-mouth
talk down
intimidate
give the Bronx cheer to
bulldoze
misuse
wrong
perturb
trouble
have a crack at
take a swipe at
be contemptuous of
frolic
gambol
hoax
be autocratic
coerce
roil
incite
gravel
fret
grill
cow
harrow
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
abrade
start
tyrannize over
blackjack
curl your lip at
turn your nose up at
threaten
libel
rot someone
mess about
put someone on
fool about
play a prank
play the fool
play a practical joke
play tricks
play a joke
play a trick
bogart
defame
get across someone
set on
stir up
get on one's nerves
work into lather
try your patience
rub the wrong way
set off
send into a rage
make your blood boil
make waves
make angry
give someone the hump
ill-use
martyrize
take advantage of
victimise
UK
do an injustice to
martyr
make a game of
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
poke borack
make a laughing-stock
menace
beset
terrorize
US
calumniate
disoblige
pain
grieve
step on the toes of
inconvenience
chivvy
perplex
injure
miscall
curse
slang
debase
blister
degrade
discommode
mither
give offence to
heavy
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
pursue
scare
bullyrag
terrorise
UK
cause offence to
bore
mau-mau
strong-arm
impede
cross
hinder
be rude to
cut dead
hurt somebody's feelings
drive up the wall
step on one's toes
cut to the quick
give someone grief
grate on
intrude upon
get on someone's case
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
get on your wick
carp at
be on your back
importune
beleaguer
run up the wrong way
spoof
sound
snap
flirt with
be at
mess with
tick off
burden
discompose
stress
agonize
US
disquiet
try
rack
agonise
UK
dismay
inflame
strain
bum out
depress
haunt
besiege
drive crazy
fluster
sadden
drive mad
incommode
gnaw at
unsettle
anguish
ail
make someone see red
weigh down
drive round the bend
concern
excruciate
tee off
get your goat
aggrieve
cause suffering to
rankle with
tax
unnerve
dishearten
shock
discomfort
drive to distraction
blight
discourage
dispirit
lie heavy on
deject
burn
fuss
daunt
traumatize
US
keep after
drive round the twist
keep on at
weigh heavily on
eat at
go on at
dissatisfy
assail
alarm
flurry
traumatise
UK
smite
cast down
unhinge
demoralize
US
turn off
discombobulate
sicken
crush
crucify
nag at
shake
ire
enflame
mad
make cross
confuse
demoralise
UK
egg on
discountenance
T-off
dun
eat away at
throw
wear on
frighten
distemper
overwhelm
steam up
give someone the pip
get your dander up
horrify
get up someone's nose
devastate
chagrin
appal
UK
nauseate
cause trouble to
work on
give a bad time
embitter
drive bananas
appall
US
be a nuisance to
shake up
weary
hang over
drive you up the wall
fire up
cause anxiety to
put someone's nose out of joint
confound
jar on
prey on your mind
get your hackles up
sour
press
attack
chill
test
put to trouble
wring
jar
stew
repel
disappoint
excite
dampen
henpeck
dash
exercise
harp on at
make anxious
rattle one's cage
throw off balance
debilitate
make miserable
hang up
knock for six
cause discomfort to
make unhappy
get down
be a great weight on
be a burden to
rub you up the wrong way
cheese off
face
beat down
set one's teeth on edge
try the patience of
weigh heavily on someone's mind
stir
unman
pother
fear
spook
floor
harm
derail
psych
pressurize
US
sweat
hagride
stress out
tear
buffet
undo
alarum
revolt
repulse
bite
disaffect
sap
cavil
jangle
wear
freak out
rouse
desolate
visit
bring down
punish
weird out
break
prey on
chide
bum
flip out
pressurise
UK
be on one's case
hack
tire
stretch
weigh on
craze
give the business
deeply upset
break one's heart
impose
peck at
fester
weigh heavily on one's mind
dampen spirits
put a damper on
make things hot for someone
move
pick at
cause agony to
press down on
make it hot for someone
cause anguish to
make wretched
make discontented
inflict trauma
cause concern to
put off
inflict anguish on
drain
obsess
make uneasy
make uncomfortable
acerbate
get someone
be a pain in the neck
be a burden on
be a thorn in someone's side
umbrage
possess
get on the wrong side of
shatter
give trouble
do someone's head in
work up
stick in one's craw
make despondent
be a thorn in someone's flesh
dull
mess with someone's head
rattle someone's cage
wear out
make it tough
make someone fed up
niggle at
put in a spot
put on the spot
derange
bedog
goose
preoccupy
belabour
UK
steam
chevy
damage
roust
dragoon
accost
terrify
carp
grizzle
tangle
curdle
drive nuts
insist
remind
single out
despair
tear away at
breath down someone's neck
get even
puzzle
upset the applecart
cut
indispose
wig
empurple
belabor
US
bombard
grind
push one's buttons
be in someone's way
rile up
interfere
meddle
turn
incapacitate
bewilder
cramp
drive insane
insist on
brown off
discontent
overcharge
get on someone
scar
push button
heat up
scratch around
yap at
snit
pet
tiff
huff
noodge
search high heaven
hit a sour note
get someone's wick
give someone hell
exhaust
make an enemy of somebody
lie heavily on
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
cause offense
lambaste
cause sorrow
ask for it
play cat and mouse
put through wringer
be a pest to
rub salt in wound
lean on
key up
turn on
lay up
be prey to
zing
entangle
hamper
put pressure on
put on edge
get on
set on edge
misplease
weigh
come back to haunt
aggress
bring pressure to bear on
beleague
make blue
drag down
break the heart of
put into a funk
sweat out
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
rock the boat
make a scene
be in someone's hair
be a weight on one's mind
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
sear
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
consternate
grind at
resent
interfere with
eat up
push someon's buttons
chasten
disenchant
suppress
subjugate
lower
put the squeeze on
take over
find fault
jerk around
impose upon
cause inconvenience to
be the victim of
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
jump on one's case
barge in on
intrude on
unstring
abominate
jar upon
grate upon
fall upon
fall on
play dirty
irritate greatly
hurt deeply
abash
start in on
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
wear upon
offend morals of
horn in on
knock the wind out of
rasp one's nerves
devitalize
give the needle
put to some trouble
take control of
throw a curve
knock props out
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
take aback
create difficulties for
flummox
harsh one's mellow
fill with loathing
butt in on
drive you crazy
do in
cause pain to
get on someone's back
lose patience
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
envenom
hurt the feelings of
fuddle
drive you out of your mind
drive you off your head
drive you to distraction
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make you see red
make livid
drive out of mind
drive you round the bend
have had enough
become bored
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
humble
defeat
overcome
reluct
awe
stump
poison
alienate
inflict
overawe
bear down on
damp down
droop
repress
prostrate
make nervous
make your gorge rise
be repugnant to
make someone's stomach rise
put someone off their stroke
wreck
wreak
befall
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
cause someone to lose their composure
cause anxiety
be bothered
gnaw away at
gnaw away
be a weight on someone's mind
throw into tizzy
cast a pall over
make downhearted
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
psych out
disillusion
disadvantage
be a burden
be a nuisance
strike
dampen the spirits of
take
pretend
beat
drag
darken
damp
enervate
discommodate
cause to lose heart
dampen someone's hopes
cause to lose hope
take the wind out of your sails
knock the stuffing out of
harsh someone's mellow
make one's heart bleed
give someone the blues
make desolate
pour cold water on
cast a gloom upon
make gloomy
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
make sad
reduce to tears
knock sideways
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
dash hopes
break someone's spirit
throw cold water on
break someone's heart
play
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
make bitter
mix up
yank someone's chain
be facetious
avenge
crunch
overextend
worsen
cause someone difficulty
descend upon
descend on
force upon
bring down on
overdo
acidulate
estrange
make rancorous
bitter
venom
be a problem to
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
give someone bother
make someone go out of his way
make ill
disagree
make unwell
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
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“A thousand ways to insult and
taunt
him came to my mind, but I kept quiet.”
Verb
▲
To criticize, especially with insulting language
criticise
UK
criticize
US
castigate
denigrate
disparage
excoriate
vituperate
berate
lambast
lambaste
trash
assail
blast
rebuke
reproach
savage
scathe
slight
vilify
attack
bash
belabour
UK
belabor
US
nag
potshot
revile
scold
slam
decry
defame
discount
diss
impugn
libel
minimise
UK
minimize
US
slander
slate
slur
smear
upbraid
derogate
oppress
persecute
reprove
backbite
calumniate
flame
hose
knock
insult
belittle
malign
curse
offend
miscall
injure
zing
traduce
abuse
ride
slang
inveigh against
bad-mouth
put down
jump on
slag off
be rude to
swear at
call names
do a number on
vituperate against
blow off
shout at
cuss out
cut down
cut to the quick
dump on
trash-talk
cast aspersions on
give a black eye
asperse
disgrace
discredit
censure
rubbish
besmirch
tarnish
dishonour
UK
sully
blacken
blot
stain
stigmatize
US
rip
speak ill of
do a hatchet job on
drag through the mud
dishonor
US
drag through the mire
degrade
soil
lower
smirch
spoil
defile
besmear
damage
scandalize
US
spot
debase
bring into disrepute
breathe on
stigmatise
UK
rip up and down
give a bad name
blotch
cast a slur on
fling mud at
bring discredit to
scandalise
UK
sling mud at
taint
shame
befoul
muckrake
bring shame upon
deride
tar and feather
spread scandal about
reduce
disrespect
reflect badly on
bring shame on
run smear campaign
pan
deprecate
run down
vilipend
embarrass
scorch
poison
blister
undermine
condemn
denounce
blame
pillory
detract
rap
reprehend
reprobate
rail against
dis
fulminate against
poor-mouth
carp at
cavil at
disapprove of
hit
tear into
prejudice
roast
come down on
pull to pieces
blemish
badmouth
ruin
blackguard
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
arraign
back-bite
hammer
fault
chastise
maul
skewer
fustigate
pummel
US
monster
crucify
lash
carp
chide
bag
slag
reprimand
dispraise
rate
sledge
objurgate
slash
clobber
denunciate
speak evil of
complain about
trim
zap
bag on
throw brickbats at
skin alive
dress down
pass judgment
pour scorn on
nit-pick
find fault
slug
give bad press
cut up
have a go at
fluff
throw shade
lace into
pass strictures upon
give the business
give some stick to
pick at
pummelled
UK
find fault with
inveigh
take down
skin
animadvert on
give a bad press to
cut to bits
nag at
pull apart
hit out at
slog
give flak to
nitpick about
pick holes in
pick to pieces
lay into
villainize
blacken the name of
tell lies about
lie about
belie
put zingers on
run a smear campaign against
throw mud at
cast slur on
blacken the character of
execrate
depreciate
deplore
anathematize
dismiss
diminish
animadvert
underestimate
play down
kiss off
complain
opprobriate
snipe at
undervalue
devalue
talk down
underrate
downgrade
rail
write off
cry down
hold forth against
tear to shreds
mark down
take away
take swipe at
throw stones at
more ❯
“If others foolishly wish to
taunt
him for his ignorance, his response will be, instead, somewhat paradoxically, to have what fun he can with theirs, having fully conceded his own.”
Verb
▲
To shout, typically to express scorn or disapproval
hoot
jeer
catcall
whistle
mock
hiss
boo
shout
shriek
scream
cry
yell
howl
heckle
scoff
razz
roar
scorn
whoop
guffaw
blow raspberries
shout down
cry out
decry
deride
gibe
barrack
raspberry
holler
give the bird to
trash-talk
scoff at
revile
susurrate
seethe
murmur
ridicule
jibe
whisper
utter catcalls
shout disapproval
Verb
▲
To criticize or find fault with
scold
berate
admonish
castigate
rebuke
abuse
denounce
nag
reprimand
reproach
slate
upbraid
blast
carpet
lambast
revile
baste
caution
censure
chasten
chastise
chide
criticise
UK
criticize
US
disparage
monster
rate
reprobate
reprove
threap
vilify
blame
cavil
discipline
hammer
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
rag
rap
recriminate
reprehend
vituperate
wig
asperse
bollock
flay
jaw
rail
ream
row
score
expostulate
objurate
objurgate
preach
trim
put down
tell off
lay into
pull up
remonstrate with
tear into
dress down
rail against
rail at
tick off
bawl out
chew out
find fault with
jump on
light into
pitch into
rant at
ream out
give someone a bollocking
lace into
let someone have it
slap down
tongue-lash
blow up
give a talking-to
haul over the coals
have a go at
lay down the law
read the riot act
give a rocket
give someone a caning
rake over the coals
yell at
call down
come down on
give someone a row
give someone a wigging
give someone some stick
go on at
take to task
take to the woodshed
bring to book
give someone a mouthful
rap over the knuckles
give someone a dressing-down
give someone an earful
give someone a roasting
give someone a rollicking
give someone a telling-off
give someone hell
put on the mat
tear off a strip
give someone a rating
give someone what for
send someone away with a flea in their ear
have someone on the carpet
keep after
slap someone's wrist
give the business
bite someone's head off
jump down someone's throat
lose one's temper with
condemn
excoriate
attack
savage
slam
harangue
flame
diss
knock
belabor
US
slag off
bash
belabour
UK
fulminate against
pan
slap on the wrist
trash
scathe
potshot
pillory
inveigh against
pummel
US
lash
pummelled
UK
tear a strip off
denigrate
blow up at
crucify
roast
rip into
assail
give a piece of one's mind
rubbish
run down
bad-mouth
decry
smear
bag
exprobate
jump down one's throat
impugn
call on the carpet
rave at
shout at
fulminate
malign
skewer
check
blister
slur
slash
arraign
scorch
derogate
cut up
talk to
criticize severely
slander
call over the coals
curse
defame
accuse
monish
calumniate
lesson
correct
backbite
come down hard on
slang
execrate
fault
vituperate against
speak to
skin
pull to pieces
sail into
cast aspersions on
call to account
insult
slight
rip
scorn
warn
rollick
rake
protest
minimize
US
discount
libel
contemn
trounce
jawbone
lam into
traduce
rant
complain
discredit
scourge
punish
persecute
oppress
remonstrate
inveigh
denunciate
declaim
wade into
take apart
besmirch
stigmatize
US
lash out at
slag
hose
minimise
UK
dis
dispraise
let fly at
deprecate
ostracize
US
stigmatise
UK
ostracise
UK
carp at
maul
swear at
let fly
pour scorn on
pull apart
sound off
hit out at
express disapproval of
animadvert on
sort out
find fault
draw the line
give a going over
tell a thing or two
strongly criticize
give some stick to
lay out
get after
cuss out
lean on
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
go after
climb all over
give one hell
take issue with
declaim against
call out
jump all over
reprimand severely
disapprove
cane
exprobrate
harass
lampoon
attask
ferule
moralise
UK
moralize
US
adjure
advise
counsel
set upon
fry
zap
oppose
dress-down
ridicule
speak
rake over coals
take to pieces
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
smother
hit
satirize
US
rap knuckles
belittle
chew
dishonor
US
twit
dishonour
UK
disgrace
visit
take down
explode
satirise
UK
cast a slur on
earbash
offend
blacken someone's reputation
criticize harshly
cavil at
disapprove of
give tongue-lashing
accost
lash into
have words with
have words
lash out
proscribe
take down a peg
tear apart
burst out
lay on
give comeuppance
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
throw the book at
animadvert
rebuff
incriminate
bring to account
give a hard time
get on
nitpick about
burn one's ears
carp on
vilipend
come down on like a ton of bricks
give someone stick
call to task
point the finger
sledge
throw brickbats at
storm
rage
reject
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
ride
zing
injure
miscall
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
scream at
round on
give flak to
pick holes in
have your knife in
give the devil
deflate
browbeat
criticize strongly
tear down
mete out punishment to
be hard on
rag on
teach a lesson
make an example of
pick on
deplore
rile
growl
bag on
give a bad press to
deliver a tirade to
yelp
yap
bawl
anathematize
give an injunction to
give someone a ticking-off
prosecute
sound off to
be rude to
call names
do a number on
blow off
cut down
cut to the quick
impeach
show up
give something a bad press
indict
charge with
dump on
give a black eye
trash-talk
tuck into
dig into
assault
have at
work over
crack down on
give vent to one's emotions
give free rein to one's emotions
look askance
pick apart
cry down
argue with
tie into
beat up on
bark at
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
have a word with
talk with
make a protest to
have stern words with
speak sternly to
tear to pieces
thunder
give a tongue-lashing
vociferate
kick
fume
challenge
object
whip
complain about
expostulate about
protest strongly at
make a fuss about
make a stand against
kick up a fuss about
thunder against
object to
raise objections to
make a protest against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick up a stink about
rage against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
remonstrate about
take great exception to
do a hatchet job on
speak ill of
depreciate
drag through the mud
blacken
diminish
dismiss
mock
detract
talk down
speak badly of
speak evil of
throw mud at
scandalize
US
poor-mouth
blacken the name of
undervalue
shoot down
play down
scoff at
write off
kiss off
scandalise
UK
give a bad name
detract from
disdain
sneer at
underrate
spread lies about
sling mud at
misprize
hate
misrepresent
despise
give someone a bad press
disrespect
sully
underestimate
give something a battering
sully the reputation of
degrade
marginalize
US
mudsling
marginalise
UK
abhor
pooh-pooh
pick to pieces
do down
look down on
demean
blacken the reputation of
taint
trivialize
US
conduct a smear campaign against
tarnish
downgrade
stain
lower
minify
spurn
opprobriate
loathe
go for the jugular
trivialise
UK
detest
make light of
treat lightly
fling mud at
jeer at
spread scandal about
tell lies about
bring into disrepute
abominate
laugh at
hold cheap
sully someone's reputation
badmouth
give someone bondi
humiliate
blaspheme
blacken the character of
tease
devalue
snoot
carp
debase
fustigate
demonize
US
scoff
demonise
UK
snub
sneer
high-hat
caricature
burlesque
drag through the mire
treat disrespectfully
put away
sniff at
throw shade
rip up
run a smear campaign against
laugh off
treat with contempt
take a swipe at
drag someone's name through the mud
drag someone's name through the mire
write false reports about
feel contempt for
look down upon
mark wrong
spread tales about
cut down to size
blacken someone's name
drag name through mud
be critical of
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
be malicious about
speak of with disfavour
backstab
gossip
lie
spite
refute
back-bite
gossip about
have a pop at
assault verbally
destroy
disagree with
cheapen
downcry
pile in
poormouth
start on
start in
disregard
take on
sell short
bring discredit to
snipe at
put hooks in
humble
discountenance
clamor against
affront
weigh into
make fun of
annoy
jump on one's case
snap someone's head off
hold forth against
tear to shreds
provoke
criticize unfairly
bad mouth
give black eye
outrage
knock off high horse
hurt
aggravate
mark down
take away
hurl insults at
animadvert upon
wound
take swipe at
throw stones at
walk over
sneeze at
nit-pick
upset
mortify
look down one's nose at
thumb nose at
befoul
villainize
irritate
disoblige
abase
smirch
blot
imprecate
frame
gird
jeer
judge
defile
pronounce
name
adjudge
damage
injure the reputation of
cast aspersion
taint someone's name
blacken someone's character
stain someone's good name
accuse falsely
sully someone's name
tarnish someone's name
soil someone's name
accurse
give offence to
muckrake
cause offence to
step on one's toes
hurt somebody's feelings
cut dead
nag at
regard with disgust
feel revulsion to
feel aversion to
feel disgust for
pass strictures upon
belie
strumpet
plaster
declare unfit
send up
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
lay at one's door
send up the river
downplay
dislike
understate
squash
squelch
sling mud
defame someone's character
run smear campaign
disrelish
shun
eschew
scout
poor mouth
pooh pooh
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
gibe
repudiate
shrink from
find intolerable
not be able to stomach
not be able to stand
feel contempt
have a down on
have no use for
not be able to bear
be allergic to
regard with contempt
be repelled by
spit on
be scornful about
heap scorn on
turn back on
be contemptuous about
hold in contempt
curl your lip at
spit in the face of
turn your nose up at
turn down
show contempt for
turn up one's nose at
spit in the eye of
dig
jinx
more ❯
Verb
▲
To defy or challenge someone to do something
dare
challenge
defy
provoke
goad
stump
bid
invite
summon
urge
bully
throw down the gauntlet
call someone's bluff
issue a challenge to
try
start something
ask for trouble
invite to debate
Verb
▲
To stir up feelings or emotions, typically that translate into action
incite
provoke
stimulate
generate
arouse
excite
kindle
animate
foment
encourage
activate
enkindle
promote
awaken
inflame
breed
raise
agitate
abet
make
actuate
brew
ferment
inspirit
pick
ignite
fuel
set
sting
craze
juice
psych
stir up
bring about
whip up
set off
work up
stoke up
set on
fan the flames of
key up
root on
fan the fire
instigate
trigger
cause
inspire
engender
rouse
prompt
induce
produce
spark off
initiate
occasion
create
give rise to
evoke
precipitate
foster
start
lead to
beget
elicit
effect
bring on
catalyze
US
spur
effectuate
result in
stir
catalyse
UK
spawn
touch off
trigger off
invoke
waken
rally
bring
set in motion
put in motion
spark
drive
call forth
fire
fire up
yield
begin
establish
translate into
fan
affect
quicken
be the cause of
enliven
develop
bring out
goad
contribute to
originate
institute
wake
bring to pass
galvanize
US
kickoff
motivate
move
whet
galvanise
UK
introduce
hatch
draw forth
work
urge
vivify
awake
pique
bring into being
impassion
make happen
egg on
kick-start
call into being
launch
end in
be at the bottom of
commence
invite
make for
revive
prod
increase
rev up
get going
spur on
intensify
bring forth
make possible
draw on
do
energize
US
bestir
cultivate
energise
UK
actualize
sow the seeds of
inaugurate
entail
compel
advance
electrify
impel
necessitate
be conducive to
set in
summon
culminate in
secure
start up
involve
start the ball rolling
drum up
form
realize
US
surface
materialize
US
set going
bear
spell
realise
UK
unfold
finish in
mean
manifest
crystallize
US
open
render
further
enact
result
wind up
tempt
exacerbate
kick in
pump up
enthuse
titillate
attract
prime
thrill
nurture
invigorate
US
accomplish
come into existence
come into being
strengthen
influence
achieve
get things rolling
cook up
draw
mobilize
US
mobilise
UK
push
materialise
UK
crystallise
UK
organize
US
propagate
instill
US
work into lather
muster
instil
UK
court
push forward
found
add to
organise
UK
be instrumental in
amount to
charge up
pep up
envigorate
UK
build up
risk
help
wake up
have a hand in
liven up
turn on
contribute
put in place
set up
give
terminate in
have a part in
draw out
add up to
conduce to
conduce
redound to
gee up
call up
conjure up
summon up
bring on oneself
be a source of
innovate
prick
brainstorm
fester
enhance
think up
come out with
dream up
reignite
rekindle
rile
recall
breathe life into
exercise
roil
jumpstart
suscitate
muster up
get up
propel
exhilarate
progenerate
plant
implant
lodge
educe
multiply
present
constitute
augment
challenge
add fuel
buoy
run
add fuel to the flames
sharpen
resurrect
pose
irk
incense
expedite
lead
cost
start off
bring up
juice up
fluster
upset
spook
get to
activize
jazz up
ruffle
have as a consequence
have as a result
equal
imply
compass
charge
grill
vex
manage
succeed
sow
crank up
conjure
play a part in
commove
jolt
needle
seek
boost
set afoot
get smoking
burn up
set on foot
cause to appear
feed
call
put up to
shake
shake up
madden
play a role in
transpire
fire the enthusiasm of
light a fire under
be a factor in
emerge
appear
arise
fortify
vitalize
support
sustain
fire the imagination of
feed the fire
make wild
occur
eventuate
engineer
open the door for
attain
nourish
uplift
power
heat up
dawn
emanate
invocate
be responsible for
cause to occur
cause to happen
forward
oil the wheels of
bring off
carry off
carry through
have the effect of
pull off
contrive
be partly responsible for
procure
happen
be likely to cause
be likely to lead to
erupt
call upon
conceive
buck up
amp up
perk up
rise
solicit
arrive
sprout
entice
be created
become apparent
become established
be born
come to pass
come out
kick off
woo
allure
spring up
entreat
issue
lure
countenance
command
get under way
give birth to
ask for
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
beg for
call for
flirt with
leave the door open to
whomp up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bring into a heightened emotional state
work
agitate
drive
excite
rouse
incite
inspire
envigorate
UK
invigorate
US
stir
stir up
whip up
wind up
arouse
egg on
electrify
energise
UK
energize
US
fire up
galvanise
UK
galvanize
US
goad
inflame
provoke
pump up
spur
work up
activize
animate
enliven
enthuse
fluster
foment
get to
inspirit
jazz up
juice up
liven up
move
psych
ruffle
spook
stimulate
titillate
trigger
upset
impel
propel
actuate
prompt
induce
motivate
urge
instigate
cause
activate
persuade
lead
influence
push
prod
sway
press
bring
incline
encourage
touch
nudge
quicken
bring around
set going
convert
convince
gain
get
satisfy
talk into
win over
fire
mobilise
UK
mobilize
US
work into lather
get going
key up
put up to
spur on
spark off
prevail on
prevail upon
boost
move forwards
push forwards
get moving
spark
pique
prick
sting
challenge
light a fire under
trouble
bother
disturb
worry
concern
perturb
disconcert
discompose
distress
unsettle
bug
disquiet
rattle
unnerve
discomfort
unhinge
flurry
frazzle
afflict
discomfit
haunt
vex
preoccupy
eat away at
alarm
dismay
faze
distract
coax
fuss
exhort
ail
alarum
force
distemper
confuse
impassion
exercise
undo
solicit
hagride
procure
derail
discombobulate
waken
agitate for
drive on
rev up
agitate against
craze
ferment
turn on
bug up
weird out
give someone grief
freak out
make anxious
make flip
cause anxiety to
burn up
push buttons
more ❯
Noun
▲
A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone
insult
dig
barb
affront
jeer
gibe
cut
sneer
brickbat
derision
outrage
slap
sarcasm
mockery
ridicule
scoff
crack
slam
teasing
catcall
comeback
provocation
taunting
ridiculing
criticism
goading
reproach
dump
jab
swipe
sledge
censure
put down
backhanded compliment
slap in the face
dirty dig
parting shot
snappy comeback
verbal abuse
slight
slur
jibe
epithet
diss
dis
abuse
indignity
aspersion
dart
offence
UK
offense
US
gird
cutting remark
poke
snub
scoffing
wisecrack
scorn
disparagement
name
disrespect
personality
discourtesy
contempt
obloquy
impertinence
invective
kick in the teeth
slander
libel
defamation
vilification
insolence
rudeness
razz
sting
fleer
gibing
incivility
impudence
disdainfulness
despite
depreciation
revilement
vitriol
lampooning
raillery
blasphemy
flame
pejorative
shaft
black eye
mocking remark
cheap shot
snide remark
verbal dig
disdain
rebuff
microaggression
mock
verbal jab
burlesque
banter
snidery
spite
dysphemism
dyslogism
quip
decry
grievance
mistreatment
hiss
boo
attack
insinuation
remark
innuendo
pointed comment
hit
take-down
hoot
shout
disapproval
hissing
raspberry
catcalling
snort
hectoring
booing
bird
shouting
heckling
interruption
barbed remark
rag
rank-out
joke
ride
twit
tease
barracking
knocking
Bronx cheer
injury
contumely
opprobrium
humiliation
shame
ignominy
vituperation
scurrility
aspersions
superciliousness
impugnment
unpleasantry
abusive remark
harsh call
knock
zinger
scandal
disparaging remark
left-handed compliment
indignation
pan
injustice
hurt
displeasure
harm
brush-off
exposé
animadversion
stricture
smear
belittlement
kick
suppression
burn
call-down
name-calling
wrong
hateful remark
atrocity
one in the eye
rebuke
desecration
character assassination
verbal attack
critical remark
rejection
dirty deed
blow to one's pride
more ❯
“I phrased it as a sarcastic
taunt
, but I genuinely wanted to know the answer.”
Noun
▲
A joke, typically a critical or unkind one
crack
joke
jest
gag
jibe
quip
wisecrack
aphorism
gibe
witticism
aside
banter
epigram
pleasantry
repartee
sally
boff
boffo
boffola
dig
drollery
giggle
insinuation
jape
josh
laugh
nifty
rib
slight
slur
waggery
funny
pun
remark
return
yuck
yuk
funny remark
one-liner
cutting remark
witty remark
smart remark
bon mot
barb
jeer
sneer
affront
insult
comeback
hoax
play on words
rejoinder
ruse
prank
wile
fun
double entendre
shaggy dog story
flash of wit
spoof
play
rib-tickler
more ❯
“The German mistook Ian's question as a playful
taunt
, one he was far too quick to respond to.”
Noun
▲
The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior
ridicule
mockery
derision
scorn
contempt
teasing
disdain
scoffing
caricature
parody
satire
joking
burlesque
jeer
kidding
jeering
joshing
sarcasm
badinage
sneering
banter
sneer
travesty
raillery
taunting
disparagement
jibing
ragging
chaff
dig
lampoon
ribbing
persiflage
rib
irony
laughter
gibe
sport
chaffing
farce
comeback
jab
slam
razz
swipe
mimicry
kidology
sneers
taunts
chiacking
goofing
razzing
roast
jibes
twitting
buffoonery
foolery
leer
mordancy
needling
put down
rally
sardonicism
put-on
winding up
parting shot
taking the mickey
pulling someone's chain
contumely
slight
derisiveness
provoking
mocking
badgering
harassing
irritating
vexing
exasperating
bothering
tormenting
disturbing
plaguing
tickling
wit
jesting
repartee
pleasantry
witticism
disrespect
wordplay
backchat
give-and-take
lampoonery
jeers
denigration
insult
pooh-poohing
spoof
Bronx cheer
skit
takeoff
pasquinade
crosstalk
quips
witticisms
ripostes
sallies
drollery
squib
wittiness
witty conversation
fun
causticity
play
send-up
witty remarks
play-on
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vilification
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UK
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black comedy
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US
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A shout or howl, typically expressing excitement or scorn
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bird
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razz
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wolf whistle
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goad
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provocation
stimulus
ultimatum
invitation
summons
gauntlet
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requisition
incitement
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yeast
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reason
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carrot
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US
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UK
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UK
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sweetener
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US
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grounds
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douceur
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driving force
carrot and stick
ammunition
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whip
inception
behest
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will
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abetment
needle
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coaxing
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US
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snare
food
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lift
trap
piquancy
refreshment
shove
tonic
impellent
motive power
pick-me-up
seducement
overture
kick-start
pressurisation
UK
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beseeching
inveiglement
blandishment
offer
arm-twisting
bang
fireworks
precipitant
siren song
reminding
reason why
eye-opener
cue
arousing
enkindling
spurring on
stoking up
hate-mongering
triggering off
convincing
inducing
persuading
conversion
suasion
consideration
bribe
hook
con
reward
leader
desire
brainwash
twist
perk
hard sell
sweet talk
snow job
soft soap
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