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Verb

(jocular) Variations of "said" in literature dependent on context

To have aroused someone

Past tense for to tease, typically in a good-natured way

Past tense for to harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)

Past tense for to speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse

Past tense for to woo or flirt with

Past tense for to separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers

Past tense for to hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look

Past tense for to persuade someone to do something

Past tense for to twist or pinch with a sharp or sudden movement

Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy

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(jocular) Variations of "said" in literature dependent on context

Verb

To have aroused someone

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

floated someone's boat

got going

lit someone's fire

tickled someone's fancy

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

given someone a thrill

gave someone a thrill

magnetized^US

magnetised^UK

mesmerized^US

mesmerised^UK

hypnotized^US

enamoured^UK

hypnotised^UK

energized^US

energised^UK

enamored^US

fired with enthusiasm

revitalized^US

made your mouth water

revitalised^UK

given someone a charge

gave someone a charge

juiced up

made someone feel sexually excited

caught your eye

gave pleasure to

hit on

whetted the appetite of

pepped up

lit a fire under

made someone feel sexy

engaged one's attention

preoccupied

held

whetted one's appetite

humored^US

humoured^UK

pressurized^US

made an impression on

held the attention of

dangled a carrot in front of

pressurised^UK

made someone feel good

kept someone hanging on

turned someone's head

aroused the curiosity of

gave a shot in the arm

given a shot in the arm

took your breath away

taken your breath away

gave someone great pleasure

given someone great pleasure

captured one's imagination

aroused one's curiosity

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“He chuckled nervously as she began to tease him with her dance moves.”

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Past tense for to tease, typically in a good-natured way

satirised^UK

satirized^US

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

taken the piss out of

treated with contempt

treated contemptuously

pulled someone's chain

played a practical joke on

played a practical joke

gambolled^UK

gamboled^US

shouted disapproval at

led up the garden path

had a joke on somebody

made someone a laughing stock

made a laughing-stock

given the Bronx cheer to

gave the Bronx cheer to

victimized^US

reveled^US

revelled^UK

victimised^UK

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“His classmates have known him since kindergarten and do not tease him about his tics.”

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Past tense for to harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

tantalised^UK

tantalized^US

rubbed up the wrong way

gotten on your nerves

breathed down someone's neck

carped at

made somebody's hackles rise

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

antagonized^US

gotten under your skin

antagonised^UK

ruffled one's feathers

given someone the hump

gave someone the hump

victimized^US

driven round the bend

victimised^UK

gotten on one's nerves

gotten up someone's nose

got up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

driven round the twist

drove round the twist

mixed up

assailed

got the knife into

sticked the knife into

sticked in one's craw

made it hot for someone

made things hot for someone

wigged

hacked

setted one's teeth on edge

criticized^US

tyrannized^US

discriminated against

tyrannised^UK

busted someone's balls

had it in for

made fun of

lashed at

criticised^UK

pushed someon's buttons

moaned at

preyed on your mind

gnawed away

rattled someone's cage

driven to distraction

drove to distraction

given the business

gave the business

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

gave someone the pip

given someone the pip

ran up the wrong way

got your hackles up

gotten your hackles up

put someone off their stroke

discountenanced

rubbed you up the wrong way

excited

hurt somebody's feelings

jangled

embittered

madded

tried the patience of

agonized^US

agonised^UK

set someone's teeth on edge

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

caused someone to lose their composure

made an enemy of somebody

pushed the buttons of

setted someone back on their heels

gotten on the wrong side of

got on the wrong side of

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

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Past tense for to speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse

libelled^UK

libeled^US

defamed

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

treated disrespectfully

called names

hurt somebody's feelings

cast aspersions on

cut to the quick

stepped on one's toes

criticized^US

dragged through the mud

criticised^UK

minimized^US

minimised^UK

pummelled^UK

done a hatchet job on

trivialized^US

trivialised^UK

stigmatized^US

pummeled^US

stigmatised^UK

brought into disrepute

smirched

flamed

blackened the name of

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

dragged through the mire

sullied the reputation of

blackened the reputation of

conducted a smear campaign against

made someone eat humble pie

looked down one's nose at

told lies about

cast slur on

slung mud

put out of countenance

showed up

made someone eat crow

run a smear campaign against

demonized^US

demonised^UK

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

spurned

deplored

faulted

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

took down a peg or two

tarred and feathered

villainized

blackened the character of

dragged someone's name through the mud

blackened someone's name

ran a smear campaign against

reflected badly on

brought shame on

brought low

knocked off high horse

marked down

settled someone's hash

taken down a peg or two

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

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Past tense for to woo or flirt with

behaved flirtatiously

made romantic advances to

womanized^US

womanised^UK

played fast and loose

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Past tense for to separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers

Verb

Past tense for to hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look

Verb

Past tense for to persuade someone to do something

Verb

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Past tense for to twist or pinch with a sharp or sudden movement

Adjective

Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy

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