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What is another word for
tormenting
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Adjective
Unbearably or excruciatingly painful or torturous
Causing great pain or anguish
(
of a person or governing body
)
Cruel or severe in nature
Offensive, causing or eliciting a strong negative reaction
Excessive, as results from obsession
Tempting, especially that which is beyond reach
Noun
Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will
The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior
Verb
Present participle for to annoy or harass, especially in an unkind or bothersome way
Present participle for to mock, taunt or tease someone in a manner designed to provoke them
Present participle for to cause or experience severe mental or physical suffering
Present participle for to intimidate with threats or bullying behavior
Present participle for to cause to feel fearful or scared
Present participle for to domineer with superior strength or force
Present participle for to treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly
Present participle for to be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion
Present participle for to execute vengeance
Present participle for suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs
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Unbearably or excruciatingly painful or torturous
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
excruciating
harrowing
racking
torturing
torturous
raging
wrenching
anguishing
distressing
disturbing
extreme
fierce
intense
struggling
suffering
tearing
tormentous
tortuous
vehement
violent
grievous
severe
unbearable
painful
insufferable
harsh
searing
acute
dreadful
unendurable
bitter
piercing
galling
terrible
afflicting
sharp
exquisite
hurtful
cruel
intolerable
heartrending
burning
frightful
hellish
stabbing
shooting
awful
killing
oppressive
consuming
fearsome
pounding
punishing
vicious
blistering
overwhelming
profound
thumping
splitting
deep
savage
excessive
ferocious
strong
heavy
grueling
US
almighty
explosive
hellacious
penetrating
hard
gruelling
UK
furious
ghastly
intensive
fearful
cutting
overpowering
brutal
concentrated
very bad
poignant
heavy-duty
keen
onerous
burdensome
throbbing
repressive
unrelenting
grim
biting
grave
rough
stinging
caustic
very painful
desperate
transcending
unsparing
suffocating
stifling
trying
plaguing
troubling
vexing
bothersome
harrying
overbearing
weighty
Spartan
uncomfortable
intimidating
shattering
chastening
extremely painful
powerful
heartbreaking
worrying
serious
heightened
peracute
shrill
heart-rending
sudden
gut-wrenching
great
forceful
drastic
critical
dire
urgent
very great
compelling
potent
passionate
crucial
uncontrollable
pressing
flaming
marked
vigorous
fiery
fervent
forcible
rampant
fervid
impassioned
wild
ardent
exigent
crying
dangerous
inordinate
sore
frenzied
all-consuming
turbulent
deep-seated
zealous
extraordinary
exceptional
major
earnest
red-hot
fanatical
vital
torrid
feverish
significant
energetic
rabid
perfervid
life-and-death
heated
devastating
bad
immoderate
tumultuous
mighty
crushing
intemperate
parlous
warm-blooded
tempestuous
imperative
alarming
eager
real
clamant
importunate
imperious
right
uncontrolled
emergent
enormous
necessitous
impossible
proper
supreme
resounding
climacteric
swift
rapid
steep
abrupt
rampaging
appalling
unchecked
unfettered
uncurbed
unbridled
emphatic
enthusiastic
woeful
tremendous
warm
undue
fast
wholehearted
passional
hot
consequential
inflamed
tough
diabolical
convulsive
out of control
shocking
ruinous
volcanic
perilous
precarious
hazardous
life-threatening
outrageous
high
full of force
paroxysmal
gale force
emotional
deep-rooted
active
intensified
blustery
unrestrained
stormy
pervasive
ungovernable
strenuous
titanic
stark
driving
frantic
powerhouse
dynamic
boisterous
overriding
dominating
telling
very strong
hot-blooded
immense
terrific
unstoppable
incorrigible
relentless
huge
astounding
sheer
sublime
chronic
smarting
knifelike
inclement
protracted
close
full
unqualified
gusty
diligent
towering
exaggerated
very grave
meteoric
strained
vivid
pungent
stiff
squally
mortal
heartfelt
cut-throat
ablaze
amorous
precipitous
precipitate
mother of all
charged
demonstrative
blazing
cyclonic
avid
abject
true
genuine
entrenched
devout
incandescent
considerable
disastrous
religious
superheated
riotous
glowing
mad
storming
unmanageable
honest
hard-core
unfeigned
rooted
sincere
intrenched
peppery
enraged
excited
arduous
toilsome
threatening
bleak
ugly
taxing
frenetic
coercive
aroused
stirring
inveterate
thorough
bona fide
rousing
agitated
lively
delirious
sobering
big
difficult
exacting
menacing
grinding
punchy
knockout
dominant
commanding
gutsy
roaring
all-powerful
volatile
impetuous
thoroughgoing
settled
deeply felt
irresistible
hefty
virulent
blustering
horrific
unpleasant
horrible
horrendous
nagging
hectic
elemental
puissant
instant
knock-down-and-drag-out
blood-and-guts
rampageous
hammer and tongs
bang-bang
bred-in-the-bone
confirmed
essential
clamorous
troublesome
distressful
abominable
upsetting
paramount
necessary
important
portentous
catastrophic
overshadowing
integral
emergency
immediate
impelling
fundamental
risky
leading
indispensable
capital
foremost
key
required
primary
principal
mind-blowing
irrepressible
besetting
atrocious
godawful
rotten
lousy
beastly
vile
afflictive
momentous
chief
demanded
compulsive
unutterable
pre-eminent
high-priority
top-priority
must-have
called-for
life and death
of great consequence
time-critical
of the utmost importance
of the essence
irrefutable
overmastering
profuse
obsessive
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more than flesh and blood can bear
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Adjective
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Causing great pain or anguish
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
painful
grievous
excruciating
harrowing
harsh
torturous
bitter
cruel
galling
afflicting
hurtful
heartrending
distressing
disturbing
traumatic
distressful
troubling
disquieting
upsetting
troublesome
difficult
unsettling
dreadful
discomforting
unpleasant
severe
worrisome
worrying
perturbing
heartbreaking
stressful
nerve-racking
awful
nasty
grim
woeful
hard
frightening
irksome
trying
grave
appalling
daunting
bad
tragical
alarming
heart-rending
tragic
troublous
hairy
gut-wrenching
sad
dismal
vexatious
terrible
wretched
miserable
agitating
savage
lamentable
disconcerting
forbidding
uncomfortable
concerning
heavy
horrifying
discomposing
shocking
unfortunate
poor
doleful
deplorable
taxing
regrettable
distasteful
unpalatable
harassing
brutal
bothersome
dismaying
dire
horrible
horrendous
tough
horrific
objectionable
horrid
loathsome
vicious
merciless
poignant
nagging
execrable
ghastly
atrocious
foul
frightful
abominable
lousy
vile
gruesome
rotten
saddening
grisly
fraught
macabre
nightmarish
bleak
unbearable
vexing
afflictive
hellacious
mean
unendurable
sorrowful
onerous
burdensome
monstrous
unnerving
oppressive
crushing
hostile
thorny
problematic
heart-breaking
sticky
depressing
gloomy
nerve-wracking
pitiful
revolting
disagreeable
exacting
annoying
affecting
unhappy
serious
insufferable
tiresome
toilsome
ominous
laborious
wearisome
ruthless
oppressed
stark
awkward
anguished
shattering
solemn
fierce
rough
rugged
ferocious
intense
rigorous
unforgiving
unlucky
discouraging
irritating
sombre
UK
somber
US
provoking
niggling
confronting
haunting
tricky
prickly
harrying
chilling
abysmal
fearful
unsavory
US
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
mortifying
unwelcome
displeasing
pitiless
impoverished
offensive
icky
yukky
sour
yucky
unsavoury
UK
uncongenial
unlovely
unpleasing
nail-biting
gnawing
scary
anxious-making
dicey
killer
hellish
hazardous
easier said than done
slavish
torturesome
wearying
weighty
toilful
drudgy
labored
US
back-breaking
tall
upstream
laboured
UK
grueling
US
vigorous
tortuous
wearing
crippling
high-pressure
arduous
really hard
tough going
intimidating
testing
titanic
mighty
fatiguing
operose
uphill
ambitious
jarring
worksome
strenuous
tiring
scabrous
depleting
demanding
uphill battle
moiling
backbreaking
killing
knackering
hard-won
intolerable
sweaty
tedious
challenging
punishing
immense
no picnic
extreme
formidable
energy-consuming
marathon
difficile
impossible
cumbersome
gruelling
UK
unsparing
sapping
prohibitive
unremitting
problem
draining
Herculean
bruising
ponderous
gargantuan
effortful
not easy
staggering
colossal
unyielding
exhausting
herculean
debilitating
painstaking
very hard
almighty
grinding
gigantic
pain-filled
terrifying
unkind
dangerous
tearing
terribly bad
very bad
inconvenient
intrusive
impeding
disruptive
creepy
prophetic
threatening
discommoding
uncertain
perplexing
startling
sinister
embarrassing
foreboding
aggravating
consequential
pessimistic
overwhelming
poverty-stricken
scarring
acute
devastating
extremely upsetting
critical
murderous
unrelenting
relentless
wicked
stiff
hardhanded
inhuman
searing
sore
remorseless
great
sharp
intemperate
inclement
calamitous
peracute
significant
hard-hearted
damaging
wounding
harmful
injurious
mortal
humourless
UK
crummy
repellent
humorless
US
repulsive
sober
odious
detestable
repugnant
unsatisfactory
stinking
hideous
lurid
disgusting
nauseating
unacceptable
sedate
obnoxious
undesirable
diabolical
sickening
gross
repellant
uncool
grotty
godawful
abhorrent
grody
pathetic
unappealing
uninviting
ugly
nauseous
beastly
off-putting
extremely bad
high-impact
backbreaker
like getting blood out of a stone
cheerless
disheartening
hopeless
dreary
disappointing
sorry
morose
joyless
desolate
glum
comfortless
pitiable
melancholy
drab
dispiriting
rueful
depressive
melancholic
funereal
disconsolate
mirthless
dejecting
dispirited
dolorous
dolesome
cold
lachrymose
heart-wrenching
disastrous
catastrophic
cataclysmic
direful
inferior
ruinous
dark
forlorn
mournful
piteous
egregious
destructive
inadequate
ill-fated
contemptible
mediocre
rubbish
adverse
luckless
shoddy
morbid
unpropitious
hapless
ill-starred
heinous
chronic
shameful
unfavourable
UK
inauspicious
unfavorable
US
abject
disgraceful
fatal
unspeakable
laughable
black
substandard
cataclysmal
God-awful
outrageous
fateful
second-rate
star-crossed
drear
moving
sucky
cursed
fearsome
jinxed
scandalous
dingy
damning
cheap
snakebitten
paltry
snakebit
tear-jerking
trashy
untoward
junky
rubbishy
out of luck
hard luck
shabby
god-awful
inexcusable
inept
despicable
touching
lame
reprehensible
tenebrous
low-grade
dirty
shadowy
desperate
third-rate
pants
deadly
afflicted
untimely
cruddy
catastrophal
sepulchral
meager
US
sleazy
sullen
bum
trumpery
parlous
base
meagre
UK
unsuccessful
hateful
common
infelicitous
ridiculous
schlock
schlocky
doomed
coarse
derisory
gray
US
grey
UK
depressed
plaintive
a load of pants
bargain-basement
eerie
iniquitous
troubled
ill-omened
to be pitied
ignominious
duff
useless
obscene
terrific
noxious
lethal
inopportune
grotesque
ghostly
gory
spine-chilling
noisome
grubby
scummy
scurvy
ratty
scabby
detrimental
fulsome
poxy
spooky
nightmare
punk
austere
unsightly
sordid
spookish
inhospitable
rancid
lugubrious
disadvantageous
cheapjack
stirring
dour
invidious
gimcrack
low
colorless
US
colourless
UK
murky
perilous
disadvantaged
misfortunate
cut-rate
low-rent
dull
el cheapo
blighted
treacherous
commiserable
godforsaken
tender
stricken
tearful
lacklustre
UK
deep
lackluster
US
ruined
absurd
ludicrous
silly
dim
unexciting
blah
uninteresting
uninspiring
foolish-looking
down on luck
boring
monotonous
lonely
sad sack
lifeless
humdrum
nefarious
glaring
flagrant
bungling
flagitious
unforgivable
ropy
devastative
senseless
inglorious
preposterous
exceptionable
blue
unearthly
bodger
unadvantageous
unpardonable
unconscionable
indefensible
hurting
annihilatory
deleterious
evil
dislikeable
dislikable
insupportable
discreditable
derisible
plangent
pensive
accursed
villainous
damnable
revulsive
sneaking
cursed with ill-luck
unjustifiable
unpromising
inimical
catty
brackish
annihilative
grewsome
emotional
criminal
opprobrious
weird
shady
crashing
sick
unhealthy
pesky
pits
slipshod
crude
feeble
heartsickening
ruthful
beyond contempt
sentimental
unenviable
impressive
tawdry
accident-prone
impactful
defective
incompetent
beseeching
entreating
imploring
nostalgic
death-obsessed
expressive
gut-churning
from hell
sick-making
spine-tingling
poor-quality
cheap-jack
tough luck
behind eight ball
bad break
baleful
passionate
straitened
unfriendly
hard-pressed
discommodious
tortured
full of hardship
doubtful
strained
ill-boding
negative
pressing
precarious
exigent
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
low quality
dilapidated
redoubtable
dread
deathly
subpar
wanting
bush
crumby
suboptimal
deficient
dissatisfactory
wrong
not much cop
thankless
broken
forsaken
destitute
unprosperous
bodeful
pained
shattered
flimsy
shlocky
wack
faulty
off
cheesy
seedy
shlock
weak
in a bad way
burdened
worthless
irretrievable
oppressing
commiserative
hefty
hair-raising
rough going
run down
bush-league
low-quality
down at heel
unattractive
gnarly
eye-watering
woebegone
hexed
voodooed
loser
behind the eightball
poor fish
jonah
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(
of a person or governing body
)
Cruel or severe in nature
harsh
cruel
hard
barbaric
brutish
draconian
maleficent
pitiless
ruthless
sadistic
savage
severe
torturous
truculent
unsparing
violent
wolfish
barbarous
relentless
unrelenting
brutal
callous
inhuman
mean
oppressive
stern
unfeeling
unkind
abusive
despotic
dictatorial
dour
exacting
heartless
inhumane
intolerant
merciless
tyrannical
tyrannous
unsympathetic
austere
authoritarian
grim
insensitive
murderous
onerous
rough
suppressive
unforgiving
unmerciful
illiberal
ramrod
rigid
unpitying
critical
flinty
hardhanded
hard-hearted
heavy-handed
hard-boiled
hard-nosed
hard-shell
strict
tough
fierce
vicious
bitter
uncharitable
sharp
remorseless
biting
obdurate
cutting
rigorous
inflexible
cold-blooded
caustic
stony
nasty
scathing
uncaring
unyielding
ferocious
unbending
uncompromising
vitriolic
mordant
searing
stinging
stringent
trenchant
compassionless
indurate
sarcastic
hurtful
spiteful
malicious
hostile
cold
cold-hearted
affectless
virulent
heavy
acrimonious
ironhearted
stonyhearted
desensitized
US
soulless
acerbic
stoney
inexorable
pachydermatous
mordacious
insensate
implacable
imperious
unfriendly
stiff
venomous
desensitised
UK
sardonic
case-hardened
acrid
take-no-prisoners
devastating
acid
hardhearted
stony-hearted
excessive
astringent
slash-and-burn
catty
inconsiderate
firm
uncompassionate
autocratic
thick-skinned
satirical
withering
corrosive
extreme
drastic
barbed
domineering
blistering
wounding
overbearing
aggressive
malevolent
forbidding
demanding
forceful
iron-fisted
acidulous
serious
incisive
vindictive
acidic
absolute
rancorous
with a heart of stone
rugged
monstrous
abrasive
acerb
bloodthirsty
hateful
malignant
snarky
tart
steely
repressive
adamant
beastly
gruff
pungent
penetrating
satiric
fiendish
bestial
punitive
wild
scalding
unemotional
authoritative
grievous
intense
indifferent
resolute
punishing
poisonous
unpleasant
peremptory
scornful
hardened
lacking compassion
bossy
unmoved
inclement
brusque
obstinate
burdensome
unreasonable
trying
hard-line
headstrong
smart-mouthed
antagonistic
overweening
keen
smart-aleck
piercing
stark
strong
smart-alecky
immoderate
high-handed
masterful
undemocratic
inordinate
intransigent
hardheaded
outrageous
rude
intractable
arbitrary
intimidating
bad
wanton
swingeing
intemperate
brute
butcherly
excruciating
churlish
iron-handed
curt
threatening
scorching
cynical
unconcerned
wicked
tyrannic
totalitarian
fiery
belittling
unappeasable
stubborn
anti-democratic
determined
adamantine
disparaging
mean-spirited
atrocious
fell
surly
crushing
cantankerous
autocratical
immovable
coldhearted
disagreeable
apathetic
sour
magisterial
furious
lowering
overwhelming
dogmatic
waspish
foul
no-nonsense
gross
unflinching
razor-edged
sarky
grave
disapproving
sanguinary
solemn
coercive
malign
pointed
bullheaded
exorbitant
great
ungentle
diabolical
difficult
louring
autarchic
ill-natured
menacing
vile
radical
unresponsive
derisive
desperate
solid
thoughtless
unwavering
pugnacious
unshakeable
inhospitable
cutthroat
arrogant
stormy
bleak
egregious
evil
doctrinaire
sullen
cut-throat
formidable
dogged
terrible
angry
irascible
extortionate
splenetic
somber
US
feral
crabbed
sombre
UK
marble-hearted
acute
destructive
explosive
offensive
unsmiling
morose
unfair
cast-iron
forcible
dire
glum
heinous
almighty
ungenerous
potent
homicidal
devilish
derogatory
commanding
contemptuous
hypercritical
fixed
burning
frigid
powerful
pernicious
ungracious
ironhanded
cross
steadfast
substantial
profound
pertinacious
mortal
censuring
mocking
carping
insensible
untamed
uncivil
challenging
turbulent
utter
downright
comfortless
hellish
picky
crippling
depraved
censorious
tempestuous
unjust
frenzied
rabid
thorough
bloodless
wilful
aloof
sulky
frightening
dry
frantic
single-minded
crabby
sheer
mulish
stiff-necked
overpowering
willful
monocratic
deadly
dominating
intolerable
extravagant
sky-high
filthy
hardline
ossified
bloody
strenuous
belligerent
cavilling
UK
glowering
tsarist
czarist
coarse
fussy
out-and-out
perfectionist
unsentimental
bullying
adverse
inimical
unkindly
unremitting
unpermissive
hard-hitting
set
crude
far-reaching
slashing
cool
snide
bilious
bearish
malefic
disinterested
officious
envenomed
disciplinarian
flagitious
unswerving
dangerous
brassbound
ironfisted
rowdy
dog-eat-dog
haughty
nagging
vehement
blustery
uncultured
boorish
faultfinding
overscrupulous
caviling
US
wrathful
complete
assertive
uncultivated
pushy
unqualified
raging
cavillous
dastardly
extremely critical
bound
crass
unrestrained
stone-hearted
total
hard-bitten
fault-finding
fearsome
evil-intentioned
demeaning
untouched
frowning
antipathetic
grumpy
frenetic
flagrant
ill-tempered
dreadful
frightful
bad-tempered
choleric
horrible
dominant
despiteful
low
agitated
pure
taxing
over-particular
unmitigated
veritable
imperative
over-censorious
locked in
hard to please
uncomfortable
grating
insistent
hellacious
uncontrollable
rank
tumultuous
lukewarm
over-exacting
scowling
repellent
repugnant
halfhearted
aversive
delirious
hard as nails
pat
pigheaded
perverse
opinionated
self-willed
inconvincible
self-opinionated
tenacious
mad
deep
preposterous
convulsive
high and mighty
arrant
unadulterated
unalloyed
enraged
high
dark
discomforting
mean-looking
undue
negative
galling
disciplinary
momentous
set in stone
iniquitous
bellicose
unloving
invariable
steep
corroding
unconscionable
undeviating
abominable
resentful
complicated
towering
unadaptable
laborious
derisory
penal
unrefined
unamiable
shabby
baroque
finicky
really hard
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
fastidious
captious
particular
uncouth
overextravagant
insane
plethoric
overmuch
overdue
unpersuadable
unamenable
unaccommodating
humourless
UK
humorless
US
argumentative
moody
contentious
unchristian
overexacting
querulous
infernal
importunate
ill
unchangeable
concentrated
intensive
controlling
villainous
squally
testy
spiritless
dead set
vengeful
sober
tactless
mighty
vituperative
sticklerish
exigent
erosive
loutish
judgemental
judgmental
subjugating
lordly
cranky
smart
vulgar
base
over the top
salty
brooding
outright
unsusceptible
crotchety
condemning
uncivilised
UK
uncivilized
US
peppery
ghastly
quibbling
Neronian
vitriolous
meticulous
squint-eyed
unaffected
appalling
fractious
grouchy
blunt
jeering
uncontrolled
discourteous
immutable
overcritical
one-party
poignant
impolite
dead
ornery
hairsplitting
clamorous
imperial
oafish
unpolished
indecorous
uninviting
egotistic
browbeating
quarrelsome
unmanageable
demoniac
bound and determined
lewd
indelicate
unmannerly
sinister
definite
troublesome
gloomy
baleful
ill-bred
lowbrow
crusty
unapproachable
tireless
riotous
energetic
disrespectful
improper
inelegant
crazed
impetuous
ironical
undomesticated
nefarious
slaughterous
taunting
primitive
rapier-like
maniacal
tasteless
lowbred
unruly
ironic
refractory
ill-mannered
indefatigable
animated
wry
not nice
chippy
common
vigorous
as hard as nails
cold fish
dirty
incompliant
indignant
disdainful
by the book
wearing
fearful
roughneck
incult
unladylike
ungentlemanly
raffish
foreboding
ominous
all-powerful
scoffing
high-maintenance
ultimate
utmost
tremendous
hotheaded
impassioned
feverish
painful
hot
bad-mannered
poker-faced
gray
US
grey
UK
cocky
loud
sharp-tongued
dynamic
hysterical
unabated
cyclonic
ignorant
persistent
bloody-minded
foul-mouthed
over-rigorous
over-strict
supreme
right
maximum
paroxysmal
volcanic
cheerless
thundering
proper
hard to satisfy
unstirred
icy
uncongenial
uber
knock-down-and-drag-out
blood-and-guts
knock-down
out of control
drag-out
hammer and tongs
tough nut to crack
full-blooded
boot-faced
hanging tough
unhappy
tortuous
harrowing
reeking
stinking
harmful
whopping
sound
inflated
sweeping
unblunted
fascist
prohibitive
tonic
acetic
alkaline
irreconcilable
selfish
heedless
OTT
overstrict
spartan
edged
hideous
upsetting
snarling
coruscating
without sentiment
Rhadamanthine
self-centred
UK
hatchetjob
coldblooded
satanic
ravening
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
premeditated
constraining
prohibiting
governing
restrictive
exploitive
cursing
loveless
arch
uptight
distant
cannibalistic
stingy
very severe
unempathetic
ireful
uncordial
earnest
absolutist
detached
volatile
treacherous
servile
summary
petty
impenetrable
unrepenting
avaricious
unregenerate
greedy
uncontrite
ordered
disciplined
uncommiserating
irritable
sharp-worded
double-edged
puritanical
uncalled-for
killer instinct
gusty
piquant
mean machine
precise
unaccountable
tiresome
having a killer instinct
stabbing
polemic
unconstitutional
abstruse
recondite
complex
labored
US
laboured
UK
confused
te
knotty
poor
lifeless
unlimited
self-centered
US
unsympathizing
despicable
heaving
choppy
dismal
pedantic
stuffy
contemptible
realistic
dyspeptic
hefty
lambent
obnoxious
sneering
titanic
powerhouse
boisterous
dramatic
infamous
sworn
dystopian
awkward
single-party
odious
mechanical
pushing
driving
czarlike
awful
loathsome
dreary
pernickety
iron
immoral
assiduous
unflagging
unstoppable
sedulous
peevish
irate
hard-core
pressing
graceless
unprincipled
wise
possessive
needy
two-fisted
roughshod
robust
throwing one's weight about
highly effective
sedate
staid
sobersided
temperamental
aggrieved
aggravated
at each other's throats
very hard
lethal
fatal
thunderous
uncommunicative
impassive
obtuse
imperceptive
hard-shelled
grasping
utilitarian
inexpressive
faceless
subhuman
dogmatical
careless
bidding
ordering
confrontational
stroppy
adversarial
inured
unmannered
sketchy
unsafe
forced
black-hearted
inattentive
unsensitive
impervious
feelingless
incurious
oblivious
damaging
resolved
ascetical
dyed-in-the-wool
ascetic
untoward
weighty
uncomic
indurated
discouraging
bull-headed
crack-the-whip
pompous
dictative
proud
toughened
raving
incessive
hair-splitting
pounding
unmovable
hard-headed
brick-wall
cloddish
mannerless
torpid
strong-minded
unmalleable
dodgy
intimidatory
ill-boding
graphic
unromantic
defiant
warlike
feisty
combative
infuriated
rapacious
scrupulous
systematic
painstaking
heightened
ill-disposed
nonliterate
non-literate
ferine
unimpressionable
dead set on
horrid
iron-willed
contumacious
backward
immature
joyless
dripping with malice
unhelpful
impenitent
insentient
inured to
irreversible
exact
concrete
unalterable
tigerish
biffo
aggers
overparticular
pass-remarkable
punctilious
rejective
nit-picking
storm-tossed
rotten
unfaltering
throwing weight around
unimpressible
hate-filled
death-dealing
minatory
viperous
serpentine
minacious
abhorrent
abandoned
unchanging
unvarying
static
low-down
rough-hewn
loud-mouthed
low-bred
snarly
unplacatable
unmollifiable
unpacifiable
predatory
necessary
ironclad
uncooperative
proof against persuasion
impertinent
unshakable
bullhead
unrepentant
recalcitrant
hectic
unmoving
changeless
melancholic
hard-faced
dejected
saturnine
ugly
tight
sly
mortified
po-faced
undermining
obstructive
disobliging
invalidating
contrary
diagnostic
niggling
discriminating
nitpicking
judgy
exceptive
humbling
calumniatory
scolding
analytical
reproachful
overnice
discerning
critic
heathen
heathenish
barbarian
natural
ill-humoured
UK
ill-humored
US
subtle
deadpan
mean business
snappy
snappish
agonistic
scrappy
dishonourable
UK
scurrilous
exaggerated
consequential
zealous
unusual
exceptional
deaf to
blind to
regimental
corrupt
droll
laconic
with force
using force
by force
unflexible
crisp
unswayable
execrable
ignominious
dishonorable
US
detestable
low-minded
deplorable
scummy
currish
uneducated
hard-and-fast
fanatical
discrediting
vexatious
opprobrious
chaotic
tiring
unconventional
overkill
unseemly
uncommon
remarkable
decided upon
hard and fast
writ in stone
cut-and-dried
strait-laced
Neandertal
jungli
Neanderthal
waggish
deprecating
gritty
choosy
ribald
obscene
indecent
profane
bluff
do or die
dug in
hold the fort
standing pat
sticking to one's guns
hold your ground
standing one's ground
hold the line
contumelious
blood-sucking
imprudent
nonsensical
fabulous
lavish
fancy
irrational
active
eventful
arduous
lively
matter-of-fact
straight-faced
low-key
quietly humorous
bullish
pushful
roughcast
vulgarian
bawdy
finical
patent
regnant
insolent
passionate
invective
eroding
berserk
exhausting
untutored
too much
resounding
ungovernable
rampaging
rampant
consuming
restless
testing
vituperatory
scurrile
scurril
terrorizing
US
artless
unceremonious
O.T.T.
out of proportion
pronounced
striking
strong-willed
exquisite
unchecked
unbridled
storming
unfettered
uncurbed
inflamed
emphatic
annoying
irritating
in driver's seat
on your high horse
crack the whip
thuggish
enormous
significant
major
categorical
full
bustling
flustering
madhouse
agonizing
US
flaming
ruinous
urgent
spiky
vituperous
aroused
agonising
UK
maddened
hard to take
spirited
busy
bumpy
full on
action-packed
raucous
heavy-duty
rubbing the wrong way
crazy
fuming
terrorising
UK
radge
full of force
gale force
fascistic
thoroughgoing
unequivocal
consummate
unconditional
out and out
prickly
hot-tempered
hot-headed
disputative
disputatious
categoric
positive
unambiguous
oxidizing
US
strongly acid
bleaching
scarring
dissolvent
disintegrative
oxidising
UK
real
simple
undiminished
regular
bang-bang
revengeful
plumb
unabridged
untempered
unmoderated
fair
perfect
unmollified
killer
flat
crashing
cotton-picking
unmixed
undiluted
clear-cut
unrelieved
clean
bodacious
all-out
blank
unalleviated
very
unbroken
unmodified
flat-out
unsoftened
stone
straight-out
deep-dyed
in every way
blooming
without pity
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Offensive, causing or eliciting a strong negative reaction
provoking
annoying
aggravating
irritating
vexatious
vexing
exasperating
galling
irksome
maddening
infuriating
disturbing
frustrating
tiresome
irking
distressing
offensive
goading
insulting
affronting
incendiary
inflammatory
agitational
inflaming
agitative
controversial
in-your-face
bothersome
upsetting
worrisome
worrying
trying
troublesome
pesky
nagging
unpleasant
nettlesome
troublous
burdensome
disagreeable
disappointing
mean
teasing
afflicting
ugly
wicked
plaguy
displeasing
objectionable
rankling
grating
unsettling
traumatic
infernal
harassing
wretched
repugnant
troubling
thorny
painful
deplorable
abrasive
unwelcome
riling
antagonizing
US
discouraging
enraging
niggling
inconvenient
tedious
challenging
jarring
forbidding
puzzling
perturbing
lamentable
knotty
taxing
wearisome
problematic
harrying
confounded
chafing
peeving
carking
awkward
difficult
incommodious
tricky
concerning
nettling
festering
pestilential
antipathetic
pestiferous
pestilent
wearing
demanding
rebarbative
plaguey
unsatisfying
pesty
unattractive
impossible
antagonising
UK
cussed
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
agitating
disconcerting
boring
discommoding
bedevilling
UK
discomposing
discomforting
unpleasing
agonizing
US
unnerving
unamusing
punchable
agonising
UK
uncongenial
bedeviling
US
humiliating
distasteful
unpalatable
plaguing
acid
afflictive
inciting
instigative
rousing
arousing
heelish
accursed
disquieting
aggressive
instigating
outrageous
incensing
nauseating
provocative
heady
confrontational
rabble-rousing
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Excessive, as results from obsession
obsessive
compulsive
besetting
obsessional
consuming
gripping
haunting
neurotic
all-consuming
dominating
fanatical
addictive
controlling
driven
excessive
fanatic
fixed
impulsive
irresistible
inescapable
pathological
uncontrollable
wackadoo
wackadoodle
fixated
headstrong
infatuated
possessed
preoccupied
unrelenting
unyielding
chronic
habitual
persistent
inveterate
confirmed
hardened
overpowering
compelling
overwhelming
driving
incurable
incorrigible
addicted
irrational
intense
urgent
constant
recurrent
ineradicable
strong
powerful
extreme
profound
potent
forceful
hooked
irrepressible
deep-seated
oppressive
overmastering
violent
unreasonable
irredeemable
frequent
hopeless
clinical
illogical
dependent
regular
by habit
ardent
fervid
unreasoning
uncontrolled
pathologic
burning
raging
enthusiastic
passionate
devouring
immoderate
exhausting
unbearable
obstinate
overbearing
shattering
crushing
devastating
unavoidable
established
seasoned
pervasive
stifling
intolerable
unutterable
marked
overriding
inexorable
habituated
profuse
suffocating
irrefutable
very strong
telling
weighty
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
inevitable
sure
unpreventable
ungovernable
imperative
certain
adamant
dyed-in-the-wool
hard-core
ingrained
prevalent
recurring
fated
destined
ineluctable
bred-in-the-bone
deep-dyed
long-standing
deep-rooted
fierce
ferocious
furious
explosive
frenzied
vehement
wild
fiery
acute
turbulent
tumultuous
flaming
rabid
stormy
feverish
deep
tempestuous
almighty
dreadful
terrible
blistering
ghastly
hard
heavy
hellacious
rough
unbridled
exquisite
intemperate
keen
rampant
torrid
fearful
frightful
fearsome
intensive
unchecked
vigorous
volcanic
vicious
fervent
heavy-duty
impassioned
zealous
eager
earnest
perfervid
excruciating
great
unrestrained
sharp
energetic
severe
cyclonic
hot
rampaging
volatile
paroxysmal
uncurbed
warm-blooded
out of control
emotional
warm
passional
excited
charged
heated
demonstrative
blazing
incandescent
religious
superheated
glowing
convulsive
blustery
frantic
harsh
resounding
impetuous
biting
forcible
red-hot
hot-blooded
unfettered
emphatic
storming
knock-down-and-drag-out
blood-and-guts
roaring
full of force
bang-bang
hammer and tongs
gale force
wholehearted
hectic
brutal
mighty
all-powerful
penetrating
overshadowing
abandoned
wanton
mind-blowing
aggressive
unruly
frenetic
mad
uninhibited
gusty
rife
extravagant
runaway
unconstrained
unrepressed
inclement
menacing
boisterous
bitter
thundery
squally
bumpy
thunderous
windy
savage
howling
unpredictable
out of hand
typhonic
blustering
swirling
choppy
destructive
blind
ebullient
bursting
at the boiling point
chaotic
restless
rugged
stormful
committed
assiduous
dedicated
steadfast
allegiant
animated
heartfelt
inordinate
riotous
spirited
inflamed
unmanageable
messianic
desperate
agonizing
US
painful
enraged
ruinous
concentrated
strenuous
peppery
agonising
UK
dynamic
outrageous
aroused
coercive
moving
inspiring
eloquent
stirring
steamed up
poignant
high-pressure
hotblooded
stimulated
expressive
precipitate
thrilling
affecting
headlong
quickened
high-powered
relentless
major
drastic
heightened
significant
extraordinary
exceptional
serious
critical
cut-throat
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Tempting, especially that which is beyond reach
tantalising
UK
tantalizing
US
alluring
enticing
exciting
frustrating
provocative
provoking
teasing
tempting
drawing
persuading
beautiful
mouthwatering
joshing
mocking
bantering
playful
mischievous
joking
jokey
irritating
taunting
ribbing
bothering
kidding
disturbing
tongue-in-cheek
plaguing
badgering
harassing
tickling
vexing
exasperating
flirtatious
coy
coquettish
enigmatic
suggestive
jesting
rallying
razzing
funning
fooling
chaffing
derisive
quizzical
jeering
spiteful
hurtful
flippant
lighthearted
humorous
funny
facetious
amusing
sardonic
more ❯
Noun
▲
Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will
intimidation
coercion
pressure
harassment
bullying
oppression
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
threats
terrorization
menacing
browbeating
harrying
threatening
hounding
extortion
scaring
terrifying
tyrannization
subduing
railroading
steamrollering
pressuring
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
unnerving
cowing
daunting
frightening
menaces
persecution
plaguing
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
bulldozing
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
fear
arm-twisting
scare tactics
strong-arm tactics
force
duress
compulsion
enforcement
constraint
threat
violence
influence
demand
obligation
persuasion
menace
insistence
exaction
strong-arm tactic
strong-arming
strong arm tactics
reign of terror
force majeure
warning
hardship
blackmail
fulmination
control
commination
domineering
fearmongering
thunder
scare tactic
provocation
entreaty
badgering
pestering
nagging
goading
ambush
terrorism
foul play
requirement
pains
conscription
maltreatment
victimisation
UK
mistreatment
victimization
US
sway
power
strong arm
urgency
monkey
hang-up
engrossment
driving
exigency
prepossession
preoccupation
craving
duty
tiger by the tail
have on the brain
spur
impulsion
necessity
shakedown
goad
spring
impelling
motive
extraction
rapacity
conscience
squeezing
entrapment
squeeze
demanding money with menaces
administration
imposition
application
prosecution
implementation
execution
fulfilment
UK
administering
discharge
carrying out
effectuation
pursuance
reinforcement
enforcing
putting into practice
prescription
compulsory law
whip
necessitation
lash
martial law
fulfilling
fulfillment
US
more ❯
Noun
▲
The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior
ribbing
teasing
badgering
badinage
banter
bothering
chaff
disturbing
exasperating
harassing
irritating
joking
kidding
mocking
plaguing
provoking
raillery
taunt
taunting
tickling
vexing
joshing
persiflage
mockery
derision
repartee
ridicule
ragging
chaffing
jeering
jesting
kidology
razzing
scoffing
sneering
disdain
sarcasm
disparagement
scorn
jibing
wordplay
jeer
quips
backchat
witticisms
crosstalk
ripostes
sallies
pleasantry
drollery
sport
gibe
goofing
give-and-take
winding up
witty conversation
witty remarks
bons mots
taking the mickey
contempt
satire
sneer
dig
irony
parody
lampoon
jab
slam
sneers
witticism
wisecracks
taunts
josh
swordplay
swipe
contumely
mimicry
wit
jocularity
chiacking
sardonicism
roast
jibes
twitting
play
fun
needling
leer
put down
leg-pulling
asteism
parting shot
pulling someone's chain
slight
joke
disrespect
derisiveness
japing
wisecracking
gibes
quipping
insult
good-humoured mockery
roasting
lampoonery
bants
gossip
exchange
dissing
chitchat
small talk
playful jab
aggravation
botheration
vexation
bugging
importunity
disturbance
pestering
annoyance
harassment
bedevilment
harrying
bantering
borak
playfulness
cut and thrust
caricature
burlesque
travesty
rib
laughter
farce
comeback
razz
rally
foolery
mordancy
buffoonery
put-on
Bronx cheer
catcall
brickbat
hiss
boo
hoot
abuse
heckling
raspberry
obloquy
jeers
denigration
scoff
bird
pooh-poohing
snort
shout
lampooning
crack
slap
dump
ridiculing
backhanded compliment
wittiness
whistle
frivolity
insults
vilification
scornfulness
wolf whistle
heckle
shout of derision
backhander
pilgarlic
barb
provocation
patter
sally
riposte
jibe
skylarking
clowning about
antics
jokes
fooling around
mischief
clowning around
rejoinder
humour
UK
answer
quip
reply
humor
US
pleasant conversation
bon mot
response
disapproval
hissing
catcalling
hectoring
booing
shouting
interruption
cut
goading
barracking
aspersion
knocking
sledge
reproach
affront
criticism
outrage
censure
slap in the face
dirty dig
verbal abuse
snappy comeback
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to annoy or harass, especially in an unkind or bothersome way
bothering
troubling
harassing
plaguing
annoying
hassling
vexing
harrying
pestering
irritating
nagging
hounding
badgering
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
irking
besetting
needling
aggravating
provoking
hurting
baiting
nettling
hectoring
cursing
chivvying
heckling
besieging
trying
anguishing
deviling
devilling
victimising
UK
victimizing
US
ragging
ribbing
chaffing
punishing
giving a hard time
driving up the wall
giving someone grief
driving bananas
playing cat and mouse
putting through wringer
rubbing salt in wound
worrying
afflicting
disturbing
distressing
torturing
persecuting
upsetting
bugging
oppressing
harrowing
perturbing
paining
racking
agonizing
US
burdening
agitating
teasing
riding
agonising
UK
beleaguering
grieving
fretting
haunting
exasperating
disquieting
wounding
gnawing at
discomposing
straining
stressing
picking on
molesting
bullying
excruciating
saddening
galling
getting to
depressing
goading
dogging
ruffling
weighing down
narking
riling
mithering
concerning
taunting
disconcerting
chafing
flustering
rattling
perplexing
angering
unsettling
peeving
dismaying
fazing
lying heavy on
fussing
ailing
offending
mistreating
maltreating
getting at
niggling
getting
displeasing
burning up
winding up
hacking off
mortifying
piquing
miffing
weighing heavily on
aggrieving
ill-treating
causing suffering to
abusing
alarming
pursuing
stinging
outraging
discommoding
injuring
grating
importuning
eating
getting on your nerves
blighting
bumming out
assailing
keeping on at
smiting
martyring
going on at
unhinging
rankling
insulting
crucifying
flurrying
hanging over
spiting
tyrannizing
US
scourging
taxing
affecting
dejecting
making miserable
infuriating
chivying
putting out
disheartening
attacking
getting in your hair
incensing
maddening
cutting to the quick
discriminating against
ticking off
hazing
tyrannising
UK
frustrating
tantalizing
US
keeping after
affronting
tantalising
UK
gnawing
mocking
discomforting
inflaming
preying on
frazzling
distempering
making anxious
putting down
ridiculing
derailing
hagriding
rankling with
rubbing up the wrong way
rasping
dispiriting
freaking out
frosting
weirding out
griping
browbeating
getting across
nudging
itching
gibing
discomfiting
dunning
enraging
lacerating
crushing
weighing on
inconveniencing
beating
unnerving
graveling
gravelling
throwing
bending someone's ear
casting down
making wretched
exercising
discombobulating
giving a bad time
causing anguish to
alaruming
driving round the bend
distracting
having it in for
causing anxiety to
undoing
dumping on
stirring up
deriding
hacking you off
having a down on
scaring
terrorizing
US
getting down
guying
giving someone the hump
preying on your mind
wringing
intimidating
moving
frightening
discouraging
interrupting
embarrassing
dissing
nagging at
traumatizing
US
disgusting
searing
pothering
leaning on
terrorising
UK
bringing down
breathing down someone's neck
chagrining
working on
spooking
dashing
obsessing
making fun of
harping on at
discountenancing
burning
abrading
inflicting pain on
inflicting suffering on
grating on
shaking
roiling
making uneasy
driving round the twist
biting
getting on one's nerves
causing discomfort to
getting on your wick
eating away at
traumatising
UK
taking the piss out of
taking over
making waves
eating at
making someone see red
getting your back up
getting under your skin
hurting somebody's feelings
throwing off balance
shaking up
rending
facing
appalling
scolding
stabbing
brutalizing
US
razzing
confronting
antagonizing
US
domineering
criticizing
US
henpecking
tearing
twitting
jeering
rallying
pushing around
confusing
berating
testing
quizzing
piercing
overwhelming
reviling
slapping
pecking at
sledging
despairing
touching
daunting
scoffing at
jeering at
criticising
UK
chiding
imposing on
reproaching
abasing
causing pain
punishing unfairly
slamming
picking at
festering
upbraiding
pressing
giving the business
cutting
disrupting
poking fun at
martyrizing
pressing down on
ragging on
intruding upon
mangling
whipping
maiming
exacerbating
wearying
draining
dampening spirits
causing concern to
antagonising
UK
gripping
dissatisfying
taking the mickey
exciting
making uncomfortable
brutalising
UK
desolating
niggling at
making sport of
carping at
egging on
making somebody's hackles rise
convulsing
wearing
shocking
stirring
jibing at
flooring
pushing
making gloomy
making despondent
causing trouble to
causing anxiety
rattling one's cage
flipping out
cowing
pricking
swipeing at
debilitating
making desolate
driving crazy
cramping
confounding
indisposing
making things hot for someone
putting off
putting your back up
turning off
hitting where one lives
working over
giving someone the works
tearing to pieces
making your blood boil
knocking for six
taking control of
doing in
trying your patience
making angry
hunting
bedogging
showing antagonism to
disapproving of
inflicting anguish on
suffering from
feeling ill will towards
showing ill will towards
pushing about
bearing a grudge towards
grizzling
carping
stressing out
rousting
damaging
bullyragging
despoiling
macerating
foraying
noodging
suppressing
excoriating
terrifying
accosting
prodding
curdling
possessing
causing disquiet to
suffering
getting on the nerves of
fearing
stewing
sweating
devastating
breaking one's heart
jerking around
slighting
dragging down
making blue
putting a damper on
putting into a funk
breaking the heart of
puzzling
musing
labouring
UK
laboring
US
getting in the hair of
panicking
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
grinding
reminding
insisting
striking
disparaging
psyching out
throwing off
chastening
barracking
booing
scratching around
yapping at
squirming
pressurizing
US
searching high heaven
disrespecting
pressurising
UK
lying heavily on
addling
violating
manipulating
exploiting
humiliating
weighing
scarring
frenzying
deranging
shouting down
incommoding
rousing
thrilling
getting your hackles up
getting your dander up
ruffling one's feathers
getting up someone's nose
insisting on
belittling
putting on the rack
strapping
doing a number on
breaking
arousing anxiety in
pushing buttons
making it tough for
nit-picking
cutting up
overcharging
overriding
hissing
tearing at
disappointing
stretching
sapping
exhausting
finding fault
embittering
enflaming
madding
iring
humping
causing to panic
deeply upsetting
inflicting trauma
inciting
grilling
tiring
sweating out
dominating
enslaving
finding fault with
punishing repeatedly and unfairly
misusing
wronging
causing annoyance to
causing resentment to
turning
incapacitating
bewildering
crazing
flipping
sickening
starting
putting pressure on
kicking up a fuss
kicking up a stink
messing with
sticking it to
dishing it out
giving it to
dishing out
bringing pressure to bear on
driving you up the wall
sneering
firing up
lying
shouting at
eating up
steaming up
getting your goat
driving mad
making cross
teeing off
giving someone the pip
driving to distraction
tearing to shreds
keying up
laying up
turning on
getting someone
weakening
destroying
grinding down
gibing at
sneering at
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
raising your hackles
rubbing the wrong way
sending into a rage
taking a rise out of
getting a rise out of
setting on
setting off
getting across someone
working into lather
rocking the boat
making a scene
immolating
demonizing
US
using
shouting catcalls at
butting in
making game of
entangling
hampering
louting
scorning
twittering
disdaining
jabbing
flouting
scouting
digging
tyrannizing over
aggressing
giving offence to
demonising
UK
tiring out
making severe demands on
making demands on
putting a strain on
wearing out
taking advantage of
doing an injustice to
ill-using
grumbling at
singling out
flummoxing
aching
putting the squeeze on
throbbing
hurting the feelings of
fuddling
taking the heart out of
jumping on one's case
smarting
falling upon
falling on
stumping
stepping on the toes of
starting in on
demoralizing
US
giving the needle
causing anguish
causing someone distress
chillin
chilling
putting into a flap
putting someone off their stroke
stacking the deck
making nervous
having your knife into
throwing into tizzy
causing someone to lose their composure
throwing into a tizz
inflicting
going for jugular
laying a bad trip on
giving no quarter
dampening
befalling
imposing
wrecking
wreaking
causing discomfort
pinching
kidding
dragging
damping
enervating
darkening
demoralising
UK
dulling
joshing
running down
reducing to tears
joking
mixing up
jiving
prickling
twingeing
twinging
making someone fed up
casting a gloom upon
beating down
harshing someone's mellow
giving someone the blues
making sad
making unhappy
knocking sideways
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
bringing tears to your eyes
knocking the stuffing out of
bearing down
breaking someone's heart
dashing hopes
keeping under
satirizing
US
roasting
constraining
playing up
harming
bantering
causing pain to
nicking
killing
bruising
funning
visiting
avenging
chiacking
shucking
smoking
rotting
descending on
descending upon
bringing down on
forcing upon
spoofing
snapping
sounding
satirising
UK
laughing at
sending up
goofing on
making jokes about
poking mullock at
slinging off at
putting on
making a monkey of
having on
flouting at
messing around
boring
pulling someone's leg
impeding
crossing
hindering
leading on
poking borak at
flirting with
pulling one's leg
more ❯
“But rather than
torment
her sister with more questions, Scarlett decided to let the matter drop.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to mock, taunt or tease someone in a manner designed to provoke them
mocking
ridiculing
taunting
teasing
scorning
gibing
insulting
jeering
disdaining
knocking
disparaging
contemning
pillorying
denigrating
scoffing
slighting
jibing
dissing
panning
jeering at
making fun of
jibing at
sneering at
poking fun at
pooh-poohing
heaping scorn on
ragging on
dumping on
pouring scorn on
lampooning
deriding
satirizing
US
scoffing at
satirising
UK
poking mullock at
making sport of
taking the mickey
taking the piss out of
caricaturing
parodying
laughing
snickering at
sniggering at
sending up
making jokes about
smiling at
sneering
dismissing
detracting
chaffing
flouting
vilifying
skewering
laughing at
scouting
ribbing
twitting
slamming
razzing
roasting
rallying
quizzing
kidding
bantering
detracting from
ragging
louting
shooting down
holding up to ridicule
flouting at
putting down
treating with contempt
doing a number on
despising
belittling
look down one's nose at
disrespecting
sniffing at
spurning
fleering
riding
hazing
rejecting
humiliating
discounting
snubbing
treating contemptuously
disregarding
abhorring
showing up
making a fool of
regarding with contempt
running down
looking down on
railing at
looking down upon
turning your nose up at
cocking a snook
sneezing at
offending
affronting
outraging
wounding
joshing
mimicking
jiving
needling
slapping
japing
chiacking
slurring
cartooning
deflating
unmasking
exposing
reviling
thumbing one's nose
winding up
slagging off
goofing on
shunning
discrediting
booing
disbelieving
cutting down
slinging off at
fleering at
scouting at
making light of
condemning
frowning on
holding in disdain
lookng down at
pulling one's leg
digging at
showing contempt
holding up to shame
making a game of
making a laughing-stock
exposing to ridicule
making someone a laughing stock
poking borack
laughing out of court
making a monkey out of
undervaluing
misprizing
abominating
chillin
hating
showing contempt for
chilling
holding in contempt
defying
ignoring
vilipending
failing
disobeying
disesteeming
having no use for
brushing off
refusing to acknowledge
disfavoring
having contempt for
disfavouring
more ❯
“People, particularly other children at school, would always tease and
torment
me about my freckles.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause or experience severe mental or physical suffering
distressing
torturing
harrowing
troubling
plaguing
afflicting
worrying
racking
persecuting
paining
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
excruciating
crucifying
maltreating
mistreating
abusing
mortifying
molesting
breaking
causing suffering to
causing agony to
causing pain to
inflicting anguish on
bedevilling
UK
bedeviling
US
besetting
harassing
cursing
bothering
anguishing
besieging
oppressing
wounding
hurting
stressing
trying
vexing
annoying
grieving
irritating
disturbing
burdening
straining
smiting
rending
taxing
wringing
devastating
blighting
buffeting
buffetting
causing trouble to
perturbing
harming
wronging
stabbing
piercing
convulsing
searing
shaking
tearing
giving someone grief
crushing
shattering
rocking
gutting
cutting up
hurting deeply
killing
causing discomfort to
giving pain to
upsetting
irking
pestering
harrying
ailing
exasperating
affecting
martyring
discommoding
pursuing
gripping
pressing
striking
visiting
taking
more ❯
“Their preferred weapon was a poison that could put a person in great physical pain, then
torment
them with past woes.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to intimidate with threats or bullying behavior
threatening
browbeating
intimidating
bullying
harassing
oppressing
domineering
persecuting
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
menacing
coercing
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
dragooning
pressuring
hassling
hectoring
hounding
harrying
hustling
plaguing
bulldozing
bullyragging
pressing
pushing around
leaning on
strong-arming
using strong-arm tactics on
putting the screws on
cowing
terrorizing
US
blackjacking
terrorising
UK
railroading
bogarting
scaring
frightening
steamrollering
mau-mauing
terrifying
spooking
enforcing
picking on
forcing
badgering
compelling
unnerving
awing
aweing
affrighting
obliging
constraining
dominating
blustering
chivvying
pushing about
scaring the bejesus out of
twisting someone's arm
scaring off
riding roughshod over
daunting
smothering
suffocating
ruffling
abusing
crowding
heckling
antagonizing
US
mistreating
taunting
chivying
antagonising
UK
whipping around
scaring hell out of
uttering threats to
putting heat on
issuing threats to
bludgeoning
subduing
buffaloing
riding
overawing
cajoling
goading
pushing
making
driving
impelling
assailing
wheedling
importuning
arguing
obligating
muscling
talking
sandbagging
besieging
besetting
swaying
impressing
prevailing on
having someone do something
coming at
putting pressure on
insisting on
troubling
putting the heat on
vexing
nagging
prodding
pestering
squeezing
fast-talking
influencing
putting the squeeze on
brainwashing
using pressure on
bringing pressure to bear on
press-ganging
persuading
urging
bouncing
working on
turning on the heat
bossing about
bossing around
twisting one's arm
acting on
putting under an obligation
spurring
breathing down someone's neck
tightening the screws on
turning the screws on
imposing on
subjugating
bothering
compressing
squashing
condensing
constricting
lording it over
insisting
politicking
selling
overbearing
despotizing
putting through the wringer
putting the chill on
holding a gun to one's head
working over
walking heavy
riding roughshod
provoking
worrying
steamrolling
requiring
inducing
dogging
kicking
commanding
causing
ramrodding
having
tightening the screw on
ordering
prevailing upon
blackmailing
putting up to
turning the screw on
effecting
demanding
putting screws to
mangling
bringing pressure to bear
putting the bite on
more ❯
“Wicked but clever men may point the finger of scorn at them, accuse them of entertaining merely temporal views, and endeavor to
torment
them with threats and promised persecutions.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to feel fearful or scared
scaring
frightening
cowing
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
terrifying
spooking
affrighting
daunting
petrifying
alaruming
frighting
horrifying
scarifying
startling
striking terror in
striking terror into
filling with terror
inspiring panic in
scaring off
scaring the bejesus out of
scaring to death
appalling
alarming
intimidating
panicking
shocking
aweing
awing
upsetting
frightening out of your wits
putting the fear of God into
“There was no fire and brimstone, no wicked imps to
torment
us.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to domineer with superior strength or force
overwhelming
overpowering
dominating
subjugating
subduing
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
crushing
mastering
maltreating
oppressing
persecuting
abusing
conquering
suppressing
hounding
repressing
enslaving
harassing
intimidating
torturing
browbeating
mistreating
domineering
menacing
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
threatening
victimising
UK
victimizing
US
brutalising
UK
brutalizing
US
plaguing
ruling
bullying
steamrollering
subordinating
ill-treating
putting down
treating harshly
holding sway over
gaining mastery over
bringing someone to their knees
gaining ascendancy over
gaining control of
ruling over
riding roughshod over
walking all over
pushing around
beating down
bringing to heel
trampling on
trampling underfoot
tyrannizing over
weighing heavy upon
rendering helpless
rendering incapable
rendering powerless
distressing
aggrieving
picking on
kicking around
wronging
coercing
harrying
overbearing
cowing
keeping down
trampling
chastening
holding down
grinding down
ruling with a rod of iron
ruling with an iron hand
pushing about
ill-using
messing over
scaring
bulldozing
manhandling
overcoming
hegemonizing
exploiting
scourging
subjecting
hectoring
frightening
misusing
mishandling
annoying
overthrowing
handicapping
pressing
encumbering
outraging
worrying
forcing
smothering
straining
overloading
despotizing
vexing
besetting
riding
taxing
saddling
playing the heavy with
kicking about
leaning on
treading on
bossing about
bossing around
putting upon
putting screws to
bringing under the yoke
putting the squeeze on
dictating
keeping under thumb
ordering about
ordering around
having someone under your thumb
dictating to
lording it over
domineering over
ruling despotically
treating brutally
pressurizing
US
bossing
railroading
prevailing
predominating
preponderating
reigning
blustering
squeezing
swaggering
henpecking
bending
pressurising
UK
lording
strong-arming
giving orders to
ruling the roost
calling the shots
leading by the nose
throwing your weight around
being in the saddle
putting the screws on
running the show
bending to your will
running things
pushing the buttons
lording over
using strong-arm tactics on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly
ill-using
abusing
maltreating
mistreating
misusing
mishandling
manhandling
bullying
brutalising
UK
brutalizing
US
hurting
harming
oppressing
harassing
misemploying
prostituting
spoiling
tainting
battering
neglecting
dissipating
exhausting
overburdening
overtaxing
overworking
squandering
wasting
ill-treating
kicking around
messing over
knocking about
treating badly
taking apart
injuring
wronging
mauling
molesting
victimizing
US
harrying
victimising
UK
knocking around
handling roughly
dumping on
persecuting
messing up
treating roughly
doing wrong
pushing around
damaging
marring
assaulting
hitting
striking
beating
torturing
roughhousing
doing over
banging up
ruining
roughing up
totalling
totaling
bunging up
shaking up
beating up
cutting up
interfering with
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Present participle for to be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion
obsessing
engrossing
preoccupying
consuming
absorbing
gripping
possessing
fixating
haunting
holding
fascinating
hounding
plaguing
besetting
controlling
infatuating
eating up
becoming an obsession with
taking control of
preying on
taking over
having a grip on
having a hold on
preying on your mind
occupying
enthralling
overcoming
concerning
distracting
dominating
overwhelming
engulfing
troubling
affecting
bedevilling
UK
bedeviling
US
disturbing
devouring
immersing
grasping
getting
swamping
worrying
taking in
torturing
racking
harrowing
afflicting
monopolizing
US
overpowering
overburdening
monopolising
UK
overloading
swallowing up
staying with
eating away at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to execute vengeance
wracking
destroying
wrecking
ruining
demolishing
devastating
smashing
annihilating
shattering
razing
decimating
totalling
totaling
pulverising
UK
pulverizing
US
wasting
desolating
extinguishing
creaming
vaporising
UK
vaporizing
US
nuking
trashing
defeating
avenging
pulling down
tearing down
rubbing out
doing in
Verb
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Present participle for suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs
convulsing
jerking
shuddering
agitating
shaking
bucketing
jiggling
joggling
jolting
jouncing
juddering
quaking
quivering
vibrating
wabbling
wobbling
contorting
twisting
working
bothering
disturbing
rocking
shaking uncontrollably
shaking violently
stirring
trembling
unsettling
writhing
thrashing about
going into spasms
shaking up
suffering a fit
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