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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
Disturbing in nature, causing anxiety or concern
Excessive, as results from obsession
(
of a person or governing body
)
Cruel or severe in nature
Requiring great effort or exertion
Noun
Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will
The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks
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 tease, typically in a good-natured way
Present participle for to put down or control by cruelty or force
Present participle for to treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly
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
harsh
acute
unbearable
painful
searing
insufferable
terrible
dreadful
bitter
piercing
sharp
unendurable
galling
afflicting
exquisite
hurtful
awful
cruel
heartrending
burning
frightful
hellish
stabbing
shooting
heavy
fearsome
consuming
vicious
blistering
grave
serious
overwhelming
profound
deep
intolerable
ferocious
strong
almighty
killing
excessive
peracute
hard
explosive
hellacious
penetrating
furious
intensive
ghastly
fearful
pounding
cutting
overpowering
concentrated
poignant
critical
heavy-duty
powerful
significant
worrying
bad
oppressive
brutal
thumping
splitting
savage
grim
weighty
grueling
US
heightened
punishing
shrill
sudden
gruelling
UK
very bad
heartbreaking
damaging
wounding
keen
harmful
injurious
mortal
chastening
repressive
unrelenting
biting
burdensome
extremely painful
stinging
caustic
throbbing
heart-rending
rough
gut-wrenching
unsparing
very painful
desperate
transcending
suffocating
stifling
overbearing
intimidating
shattering
trying
plaguing
troubling
vexing
bothersome
harrying
dire
considerable
big
tough
urgent
sober
sombre
UK
sobering
sedate
forbidding
strenuous
solemn
somber
US
sad
life-threatening
far-reaching
great
forceful
drastic
compelling
passionate
potent
dangerous
very great
uncontrollable
flaming
alarming
fiery
major
pressing
crucial
marked
fervent
parlous
appalling
fervid
impassioned
shocking
ardent
horrible
earnest
exigent
frenzied
sore
vigorous
wild
forcible
deep-seated
feverish
all-consuming
zealous
horrendous
red-hot
consequential
perfervid
torrid
fanatical
atrocious
perilous
heated
inordinate
turbulent
precarious
rampant
extraordinary
energetic
exceptional
crying
vital
ugly
terrific
mighty
horrifying
imperative
passional
eager
woeful
tumultuous
horrid
disastrous
chronic
imperious
horrific
rabid
importunate
volcanic
outrageous
emergent
unpleasant
abominable
tempestuous
necessitous
lousy
uncontrolled
nasty
devastating
crushing
immoderate
threatening
vile
intemperate
emphatic
warm-blooded
climacteric
high-priority
life-and-death
relentless
terrifying
real
frightening
compulsive
excited
wretched
gruesome
enormous
right
hazardous
monstrous
catastrophic
deplorable
scary
dread
unspeakable
unfortunate
hideous
direful
hot
emotional
enthusiastic
convulsive
dismal
ruinous
abrupt
warm
risky
inveterate
impossible
proper
confirmed
formidable
rapid
steep
redoubtable
paroxysmal
wholehearted
clamant
pervasive
volatile
swift
undue
fundamental
taxing
lamentable
lurid
grisly
macabre
frantic
important
blustery
unrestrained
nightmarish
frenetic
supreme
stormy
resounding
deep-rooted
instant
boisterous
ungovernable
inflamed
sickening
overriding
fast
titanic
stark
driving
rampaging
rotten
exacting
godawful
dominating
powerhouse
high
unchecked
unfettered
uncurbed
unbridled
obsessive
beastly
momentous
hefty
afflictive
menacing
tremendous
intensified
capital
principal
spine-chilling
hair-raising
diabolical
active
telling
very strong
portentous
gale force
out of control
dynamic
full of force
upsetting
hot-blooded
incorrigible
sheer
inclement
gusty
tragic
cut-throat
arduous
toilsome
bleak
nagging
immense
abhorrent
very grave
charged
aggravated
unstoppable
stiff
squally
hateful
difficult
grinding
demonstrative
blazing
incandescent
ablaze
smarting
knifelike
amorous
cyclonic
precipitous
precipitate
troublesome
distressful
heinous
religious
superheated
glowing
execrable
dreaded
egregious
huge
unsettling
mad
inconvenient
unnerving
petrifying
unwelcome
punk
astounding
sublime
clamoring
US
riotous
protracted
close
full
unqualified
agitated
messed up
lively
clamouring
UK
storming
unmanageable
delirious
mother of all
diligent
strained
towering
exaggerated
vivid
pungent
now or never
impetuous
irresistible
heartfelt
peppery
enraged
habitual
blustering
coercive
aroused
hectic
animated
avid
abject
true
genuine
entrenched
devout
virulent
knock-down-and-drag-out
blood-and-guts
rampageous
hammer and tongs
bang-bang
meteoric
elemental
punchy
knockout
dominant
commanding
puissant
gutsy
honest
hard-core
unfeigned
rooted
hardcore
sincere
intrenched
hardened
stirring
thorough
bona fide
rousing
irrepressible
besetting
overshadowing
persistent
essential
mind-blowing
tense
bred-in-the-bone
thoroughgoing
settled
deeply felt
paramount
necessary
unutterable
unstable
fevered
white-hot
disagreeable
integral
emergency
immediate
impelling
leading
indispensable
foremost
key
required
primary
pathologic
pathological
annoying
irrefutable
overmastering
profuse
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
top-priority
must-have
chief
pre-eminent
called-for
demanded
life and death
of great consequence
time-critical
of the utmost importance
of the essence
roaring
all-powerful
dicey
unsafe
iffy
grewsome
nightmare
God-awful
irritating
miserable
nerve-racking
highly charged
touch-and-go
knife-edge
notable
sizable
substantial
noteworthy
wicked
lewd
offensive
calamitous
wrong
clamorous
meaningful
landmark
gloomy
ominous
hopeless
large-scale
material
large
monumental
appreciable
abysmal
sensational
eventful
much
distinctive
headline
outstanding
noticeable
preponderant
obvious
rare
earth-shattering
signal
resonant
cardinal
especial
impactful
historic
special
memorable
striking
decisive
unforgettable
pivotal
all-important
keynote
worthy of attention
carrying a lot of weight
quantum
uncommon
generous
imposing
impressive
milestone
conclusive
glaring
fateful
front-page
high-level
extensive
unusual
pronounced
remarkable
unordinary
ponderable
newsworthy
glorious
conspicuous
particular
earthshaking
bodeful
irretrievable
oppressing
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more than flesh and blood can bear
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Adjective
▲
Causing great pain or anguish
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
painful
grievous
excruciating
harrowing
harsh
torturous
bitter
cruel
galling
afflicting
hurtful
heartrending
distressing
traumatic
dreadful
distressful
woeful
disquieting
heartbreaking
disturbing
unpleasant
grim
severe
appalling
troubling
stressful
awful
difficult
tragic
bad
tragical
upsetting
discomforting
heart-rending
dismal
troublesome
nasty
irksome
distasteful
unpalatable
sad
wretched
gut-wrenching
lamentable
hard
miserable
unsettling
perturbing
unfortunate
regrettable
frightening
disconcerting
horrible
worrisome
horrific
terrible
daunting
shocking
horrifying
poor
doleful
savage
deplorable
brutal
loathsome
ghastly
agitating
worrying
dire
uncomfortable
troublous
horrendous
macabre
grave
bleak
objectionable
horrid
forbidding
poignant
execrable
abominable
atrocious
foul
lousy
vile
gruesome
frightful
rotten
fraught
hairy
nightmarish
grisly
tough
hellacious
mean
monstrous
afflictive
ruthless
heavy
hostile
revolting
trying
alarming
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
depressing
disagreeable
unhappy
saddening
vexatious
displeasing
oppressive
unwelcome
sorrowful
oppressed
vicious
stark
merciless
unpleasing
vexing
unbearable
unlucky
pitiful
sombre
UK
somber
US
gloomy
unnerving
unendurable
affecting
chilling
onerous
unsavory
US
dismaying
yukky
yucky
unsavoury
UK
pitiless
impoverished
anguished
uncongenial
taxing
disheartening
disappointing
discouraging
cheerless
insufferable
hopeless
dispiriting
dreary
glum
melancholic
depressive
melancholy
discomposing
intolerable
crushing
austere
fierce
abysmal
stiff
rough
burdensome
rugged
relentless
ferocious
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
punishing
mortifying
sucky
offensive
annoying
icky
sour
murderous
unrelenting
inhuman
searing
rigorous
abhorrent
unlovely
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
concerning
intense
unkind
poverty-stricken
exacting
off-putting
pain-filled
parlous
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
frustrating
foreboding
terrifying
unpropitious
sinister
inauspicious
fearful
crippling
punitive
distressed
shattering
unforgiving
haunting
overwhelming
terribly bad
very bad
dangerous
unamusing
aggravating
tearing
racking
Spartan
scarring
hellish
devastating
extremely upsetting
hardhanded
wicked
remorseless
great
sore
inclement
calamitous
intemperate
provoking
hard-hearted
humourless
UK
sober
crummy
odious
repellent
detestable
irritating
humorless
US
repulsive
repugnant
solemn
unsatisfactory
stinking
hideous
lurid
disgusting
nauseating
unacceptable
sedate
sickening
obnoxious
gross
undesirable
diabolical
pathetic
unappealing
repellant
uncool
awkward
grotty
godawful
uninviting
grody
ugly
nauseous
beastly
extremely bad
sorry
morose
joyless
desolate
comfortless
pitiable
drab
rueful
funereal
disconsolate
nagging
dejecting
dispirited
mirthless
dolorous
dolesome
cold
lachrymose
confronting
heart-wrenching
mournful
piteous
moving
dark
forlorn
drear
tear-jerking
tearful
plaintive
touching
abject
morbid
black
lugubrious
injurious
blue
disastrous
sullen
depressed
teary
harmful
afflicted
adverse
inhospitable
perilous
grief-stricken
dejected
downcast
stirring
crestfallen
downhearted
heartbroken
down
woebegone
ominous
despairing
sepulchral
despondent
low
direful
godforsaken
down in the mouth
dour
down in the dumps
ruthful
emotional
inconsolable
heartsick
heartsore
gray
US
damaging
catastrophic
grey
UK
exigent
heavy-hearted
dolent
inopportune
low-spirited
weighty
precarious
unfriendly
challenging
unpromising
sorrowing
inferior
hangdog
saddened
plangent
heavyhearted
brokenhearted
hefty
arduous
cataclysmic
murky
droopy
negative
shameful
bothersome
tenebrous
weepy
broken-hearted
elegiac
treacherous
discommodious
plutonian
Cimmerian
pressing
spartan
cast down
impressive
egregious
troubled
straitened
ill-fated
disenchanting
impactful
desolating
dirty
problematic
tricky
regretful
threatening
wounding
squalid
sordid
to be pitied
tight
grieving
sticky
destructive
hateful
backbreaking
scurvy
invidious
pessimistic
perplexing
thorny
prickly
delicate
hurting
serious
suffering
too bad
downbeat
testing
acute
hazardous
critical
knotty
filthy
rough going
indigent
scungy
problematical
ticklish
chancy
dodgy
iffy
tenebrific
dreich
saturnine
chill
sunless
lonesome
elegiacal
tortuous
scabrous
stringent
dirgeful
dubious
suspect
questionable
long-faced
in pain
hard-pressed
shadowy
tortured
full of hardship
doubtful
strained
ill-omened
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
eerie
ill-advised
scary
disillusioning
dampening
unspeakable
demanding
thrilling
sentimental
gory
formidable
blameworthy
reprehensible
disgraceful
wrong
untimely
untoward
fearsome
commiserative
nostalgic
derisible
dingy
pensive
mind-blowing
expressive
embittering
wearisome
beseeching
ruined
entreating
imploring
commiserable
dissatisfying
base
emotive
passionate
feel-bad
unattractive
mighty
tender
unadvantageous
disadvantageous
ruinous
heinous
powerful
gnarly
trashy
shoddy
crashing
cataclysmal
fatal
detrimental
cursed
jinxed
anticlimactic
ignominious
eye-watering
irritable
bewildering
weeping
bewailing
bemoaning
wailing
funeral
aching
deploring
agonized
US
destitute
derisory
mourning
devastated
rancid
pesky
desperate
uplifting
a pity
inimical
damning
toilsome
telling
dolorific
inexcusable
substandard
grubby
cheap
scummy
lame
inadequate
sneaking
despicable
contemptible
ratty
cruddy
scabby
paltry
affective
stern
inexorable
meagre
UK
heartwarming
meager
US
darkening
acheronian
acherontic
agonised
UK
deadly
infelicitous
catastrophal
god-awful
mephitical
revulsive
God-awful
chronic
ill-timed
strong
extreme
soul-stirring
looking on the black side
heart-warming
fateful
biting
lonely
cloudy
emotionally moving
scandalous
arousing affect
ill-boding
in a blue funk
out of sorts
down and out
bummed out
fed up
let-down
not happy
in the dumps
sensitive
controversial
bereft
threnodic
dirge-like
in sorrow
in mourning
full of sorrow
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Disturbing in nature, causing anxiety or concern
perturbing
disturbing
distressing
upsetting
unsettling
disquieting
troubling
troublesome
worrisome
bothersome
worrying
discomforting
discomposing
alarming
unpleasant
trying
irksome
irritating
disconcerting
annoying
dismaying
harassing
aggravating
agitating
vexing
nagging
difficult
nasty
distressful
troublous
wearisome
provoking
frightening
tiresome
disagreeable
discommoding
discouraging
inconvenient
startling
burdensome
creepy
depressing
painful
foreboding
hard
sinister
ominous
perplexing
gloomy
severe
onerous
intrusive
embarrassing
laborious
threatening
toilsome
disruptive
pessimistic
consequential
impeding
prophetic
uncertain
nerve-racking
vexatious
concerning
exasperating
harrowing
traumatic
taxing
galling
niggling
thorny
awkward
problematic
harrying
tricky
teasing
hairy
grave
daunting
maddening
infuriating
gnawing
pesky
irking
prickly
scary
sticky
frustrating
nettlesome
disappointing
mean
afflicting
nerve-wracking
anxious-making
ugly
wicked
plaguy
agonizing
US
dreadful
agonising
UK
dire
plaguing
bothering
taunting
provocative
displeasing
objectionable
rankling
grating
infernal
wretched
repugnant
deplorable
abrasive
unwelcome
riling
antagonizing
US
enraging
tedious
challenging
jarring
forbidding
puzzling
lamentable
knotty
confounded
chafing
peeving
carking
incommodious
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
offensive
goading
insulting
affronting
inflammatory
incendiary
inflaming
agitational
agitative
controversial
in-your-face
unnerving
discomfiting
uncomfortable
dodgy
delicate
ticklish
sensitive
fraught
tense
uneasy
problematical
flustering
boring
tough
devastating
bedevilling
UK
confronting
unamusing
unpleasing
nervous
restless
punchable
uncongenial
anxious
touchy
bedeviling
US
catchy
humiliating
tricksy
rough
spiny
cringeworthy
nail-biting
cringey
formidable
gnarly
cringe-making
hurtful
shocking
numbing
invasive
destabilising
UK
destabilizing
US
unfortunate
anxiety provoking
off-putting
gut-wrenching
awful
complex
complicated
involved
intricate
convoluted
vexed
baffling
charged
uncalled-for
tickly
bitter
torturous
compromising
dolorous
bumpy
demeaning
degrading
causing discomfort
itchy
distressed
afflictive
grievous
ill-fitting
scratchy
embarrassed
dicey
untimely
discountenancing
toe-curling
excruciating
shameful
strenuous
heavy
rugged
operose
touch-and-go
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Excessive, as results from obsession
obsessive
compulsive
obsessional
besetting
irresistible
uncontrollable
driven
impulsive
dominating
neurotic
consuming
gripping
fanatical
addictive
excessive
fanatic
haunting
pathological
controlling
fixed
fixated
headstrong
inescapable
infatuated
possessed
wackadoo
wackadoodle
OCD
preoccupied
unrelenting
unyielding
all-consuming
intense
strong
powerful
overpowering
profound
overwhelming
burning
raging
forceful
compelling
extreme
immoderate
driving
devouring
pervasive
marked
overriding
very strong
severe
flaming
voracious
potent
unbearable
crushing
irrepressible
overbearing
devastating
shattering
ardent
fervid
unutterable
oppressive
stifling
intolerable
profuse
suffocating
irrefutable
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
telling
overmastering
weighty
penetrating
exhausting
overshadowing
deep-seated
mind-blowing
Adjective
▲
(
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
tough
sharp
strict
fierce
vicious
bitter
caustic
biting
nasty
cutting
uncharitable
remorseless
rigorous
scathing
obdurate
ferocious
gruff
cold-blooded
stony
uncaring
inflexible
vitriolic
unyielding
mordant
unbending
hostile
brusque
searing
hurtful
uncompromising
stinging
malicious
stringent
trenchant
unfriendly
acrimonious
virulent
acerbic
compassionless
spiteful
cold
venomous
indurate
sarcastic
curt
rude
affectless
cold-hearted
ironhearted
inconsiderate
imperious
acrid
tart
mordacious
stonyhearted
abrasive
surly
heavy
desensitized
US
soulless
stoney
acid
pachydermatous
stiff
insensate
sardonic
churlish
hateful
devastating
uncompassionate
aggressive
inexorable
astringent
desensitised
UK
autocratic
acerb
blunt
excessive
satirical
corrosive
cantankerous
stony-hearted
withering
catty
malevolent
case-hardened
forbidding
implacable
firm
extreme
take-no-prisoners
overbearing
hardhearted
blistering
malignant
snarky
drastic
slash-and-burn
rancorous
barbed
wounding
domineering
demanding
beastly
vindictive
rugged
disagreeable
snappy
incisive
sour
crusty
monstrous
thick-skinned
unemotional
ill-natured
steely
absolute
forceful
tactless
uncivil
unpleasant
acidulous
crude
serious
acidic
snappish
antagonistic
repressive
crabbed
iron-fisted
poisonous
bloodthirsty
bad-tempered
irascible
fiendish
ill-tempered
stark
penetrating
trying
satiric
pungent
waspish
adamant
authoritative
snippy
bestial
fiery
indelicate
scornful
scalding
impolite
sullen
intense
discourteous
punishing
peremptory
piercing
with a heart of stone
intimidating
wild
splenetic
obstinate
punitive
cynical
cross
unceremonious
disparaging
short
grumpy
abrupt
brute
unreasonable
ungracious
resolute
grievous
hard-line
keen
disapproving
wicked
difficult
mean-spirited
testy
crabby
strong
bossy
no-nonsense
morose
grouchy
burdensome
indifferent
excruciating
furious
threatening
hardened
smart-mouthed
overweening
hardheaded
tyrannic
ill-humored
US
smart-aleck
ill-humoured
UK
irritable
masterful
crotchety
scorching
intractable
smart-alecky
immoderate
bad
undemocratic
inordinate
outrageous
arbitrary
choleric
high-handed
foul
sulky
wanton
boorish
angry
lowering
terse
dogmatic
totalitarian
unmoved
swingeing
glum
lacking compassion
headstrong
belittling
cranky
butcherly
pointed
crass
ungentle
iron-handed
inclement
louring
intransigent
bilious
intemperate
magisterial
inhospitable
vulgar
downright
coarse
thoughtless
unconcerned
apathetic
vile
chippy
unresponsive
undiplomatic
atrocious
comfortless
argumentative
anti-democratic
peevish
autocratical
immovable
prickly
crushing
galling
peppery
grave
acute
captious
stubborn
unsmiling
adamantine
unappeasable
unsociable
determined
bluff
overwhelming
filthy
touchy
derisive
querulous
hypercritical
moody
derogatory
gross
impatient
sanguinary
coldhearted
belligerent
fractious
fell
razor-edged
unflinching
sarky
offhand
terrible
malign
destructive
unpolished
bleak
depraved
coercive
dyspeptic
diabolical
somber
US
ornery
frowning
exorbitant
great
perverse
graceless
doctrinaire
narky
sombre
UK
solemn
gauche
gloomy
menacing
autarchic
awkward
offensive
radical
fussy
desperate
solid
crisp
devilish
indiscreet
unsubtle
evil
contemptuous
petulant
pugnacious
censorious
arrogant
unmannerly
saturnine
egregious
cutthroat
cavilling
UK
ratty
bullheaded
short-tempered
wrathful
censuring
faultfinding
cut-throat
bellicose
mocking
pettish
extortionate
caviling
US
tetchy
hellish
feral
marble-hearted
carping
frightening
heinous
hasty
explosive
eggy
soreheaded
peckish
unfair
cast-iron
liverish
forcible
dire
negative
snaky
almighty
ungenerous
potent
commanding
homicidal
unshakeable
short-spoken
pertinacious
steadfast
glowering
burning
unwavering
fixed
uncouth
powerful
adverse
pernicious
uncongenial
ironhanded
brusk
fault-finding
dogged
nagging
disinterested
substantial
picky
brisk
plain-spoken
challenging
stuffy
turbulent
bearish
rash
blundering
unrestrained
huffy
humourless
UK
humorless
US
cavillous
fearsome
frenzied
untamed
like a bear with a sore head
nefarious
impetuous
grating
utter
frightful
snippety
bloodless
untactful
untouched
aloof
curmudgeonly
dreadful
outspoken
miserable
crippling
stormy
frantic
snarling
tempestuous
horrible
unjust
rabid
formidable
thorough
extremely critical
ungentlemanly
scratchy
ill-mannered
disciplinarian
tasteless
quarrelsome
lukewarm
dry
single-minded
scowling
sheer
repellent
repugnant
halfhearted
aversive
hotheaded
confrontational
combative
miffy
bad-mannered
overpowering
unfavourable
UK
monocratic
deadly
dominating
perfectionist
frank
extravagant
sky-high
unsophisticated
particular
hard to please
hardline
bloody
unfavorable
US
scrappy
tsarist
czarist
over-censorious
out of sorts
out-and-out
mean-looking
unamenable
unaccommodating
in a bad mood
viperous
discouraging
intolerable
bullying
clumsy
inimical
overexacting
unpermissive
frigid
mortal
quick-tempered
far-reaching
resentful
slashing
flagitious
cool
importunate
imprudent
malefic
brash
fretful
officious
sticklerish
overscrupulous
envenomed
snide
unsentimental
rowdy
bungling
haughty
inept
maladroit
impolitic
contentious
dangerous
brassbound
ironfisted
cavalier
judgemental
awful
vehement
frenetic
blustery
sober
uncultured
base
judgmental
condemning
complete
assertive
uncultivated
wilful
dastardly
pushy
immoral
unqualified
overcritical
raging
disrespectful
salty
insensible
rubbing the wrong way
whingy
total
hard-bitten
willful
volatile
profound
evil-intentioned
brooding
contrary
antipathetic
flagrant
taxing
uncommunicative
temperamental
edgy
hard-hitting
mulish
stroppy
vigorous
lowbred
complaining
dominant
despiteful
low
disputatious
agitated
pure
demeaning
tumultuous
unmitigated
veritable
imperative
on edge
unladylike
troublesome
locked in
ignorant
uncomfortable
hellacious
uncontrollable
sorehead
whingeing
ossified
rank
painful
delirious
mardy
mumpish
high-maintenance
mad
over-particular
deep
preposterous
raspy
convulsive
high and mighty
boot-faced
over-exacting
stiff-necked
hard as nails
arrant
harrowing
unadulterated
injurious
choosy
poker-faced
uptight
over-rigorous
over-strict
unalloyed
out of temper
enraged
ugly
bloody-minded
high
dark
finicky
discomforting
hard to satisfy
fastidious
cross-grained
hot-tempered
dusty
undue
finical
disciplinary
momentous
set
set in stone
short-fused
on a short fuse
unblunted
iniquitous
invariable
steep
annoying
irritating
unconscionable
undeviating
abominable
towering
unadaptable
derisory
penal
unrefined
spiky
baroque
really hard
unamiable
unkindly
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
shabby
unpersuadable
ill
overextravagant
insane
plethoric
overmuch
overdue
hard to take
unswerving
unchristian
unremitting
unpolitic
injudicious
dismal
infernal
unloving
unchangeable
bound
unhelpful
careless
controlling
edged
uncommiserating
villainous
squally
ireful
realistic
spiritless
dead set
vengeful
sedate
staid
sobersided
earnest
reproachful
mighty
vituperative
exigent
loutish
subjugating
lordly
smart
straightforward
over the top
dog-eat-dog
outright
uncivilised
UK
uncivilized
US
ghastly
Neronian
vitriolous
undermining
obstructive
disobliging
invalidating
squint-eyed
opinionated
tenacious
appalling
jeering
uncontrolled
quibbling
pigheaded
immutable
energetic
agonizing
US
impertinent
one-party
poignant
dead
clamorous
feisty
misanthropic
riotous
imperial
oafish
indecorous
uninviting
egotistic
browbeating
not nice
unmanageable
demoniac
disputative
cussed
dreary
shirty
inconvincible
lewd
animated
sinister
definite
strenuous
pat
unruly
insistent
dissatisfied
as hard as nails
baleful
ill-bred
lowbrow
unapproachable
not sorry
hairsplitting
consuming
discrediting
vexatious
improper
stone-hearted
inelegant
crazed
displeased
ironical
undomesticated
slaughterous
taunting
primitive
rapier-like
laconic
maniacal
passionate
ironic
shrewish
wry
persistent
common
dirty
incompliant
indignant
disdainful
by the book
fearful
roughneck
incult
raffish
foreboding
ominous
all-powerful
po-faced
scoffing
self-opinionated
out of humor
chuffy
ultimate
utmost
tremendous
impassioned
feverish
hot
gray
US
grey
UK
cocky
loud
straight from the shoulder
agonising
UK
matter-of-fact
sharp-tongued
to the point
dynamic
hysterical
cyclonic
foul-mouthed
melancholic
dejected
supreme
right
maximum
paroxysmal
volcanic
cheerless
thundering
proper
cold fish
unstirred
icy
uber
hard-faced
knock-down-and-drag-out
blood-and-guts
knock-down
out of control
drag-out
hammer and tongs
tough nut to crack
nasty-tempered
full-blooded
clipped
hot-blooded
unhappy
tortuous
reeking
stinking
harmful
whopping
sound
inflated
sweeping
fascist
prohibitive
tonic
acetic
corroding
alkaline
hideous
brief
selfish
heedless
OTT
overstrict
coruscating
spartan
irreconcilable
unempathetic
poor
uncordial
Rhadamanthine
self-centred
UK
servile
ravening
sharp-worded
double-edged
premeditated
constraining
prohibiting
governing
restrictive
exploitive
complicated
loveless
detached
distant
toxic
hardass
stingy
very severe
impenetrable
graphic
arch
treacherous
cannibalistic
cursing
imperceptive
absolutist
unrepenting
indefatigable
avaricious
unregenerate
greedy
uncontrite
summary
petty
adversarial
tiresome
irate
breviloquent
ordered
disciplined
unlimited
polemic
puritanical
uncalled-for
gusty
piquant
mean machine
precise
unaccountable
direct
having a killer instinct
stabbing
unconstitutional
untoward
lifeless
defiant
warlike
dystopian
self-centered
US
unsympathizing
lambent
despicable
heaving
choppy
pushing
driving
czarlike
infamous
contemptible
hefty
obnoxious
without sentiment
sneering
titanic
powerhouse
boisterous
dramatic
taciturn
roughshod
refractory
hard-core
pressing
hardcore
possessive
needy
single-party
grueling
US
insufferable
unbearable
odious
unprincipled
snarly
pithy
decisive
mechanical
precipitate
loathsome
joyless
simplistic
sworn
unfaltering
aggrieved
aggravated
black-hearted
wise
two-fisted
Eeyorish
robust
throwing one's weight about
highly effective
niggling
wrenching
unhumorous
sudden
very hard
unmannered
sketchy
lethal
fatal
thunderous
dripping with malice
self-willed
impassive
agonistic
hate-filled
oversimplistic
hard-shelled
grasping
mortified
utilitarian
inexpressive
faceless
subhuman
dogmatical
resolved
ascetical
dyed-in-the-wool
ascetic
unsafe
scrupulous
systematic
meticulous
painstaking
businesslike
bald
ill-disposed
at each other's throats
unromantic
ribald
obscene
indecent
profane
bidding
ordering
cloddish
mannerless
inured
forced
unconsiderate
racking
pounding
afflicting
gruelling
UK
rejective
damaging
weighty
uncomic
indurated
off
crack-the-whip
pompous
dictative
proud
toughened
nitpicking
erosive
tense
unaffected
raving
incessive
dodgy
intimidatory
ill-boding
unsusceptible
roughcast
vulgarian
bawdy
backward
immature
unflexible
unswayable
torpid
irreversible
exact
concrete
unalterable
like a bull in a china shop
pernickety
hectic
sly
infuriated
rapacious
tight
nonliterate
non-literate
ferine
unchanging
unvarying
static
unimpressionable
upfront
horrid
rough-hewn
loud-mouthed
low-bred
disgruntled
bristly
huffish
sensitive
untutored
serious-minded
with a long face
fed up
impenitent
insentient
minatory
serpentine
minacious
abhorrent
abandoned
tigerish
biffo
aggers
subtle
deadpan
gritty
distasteful
unmoving
changeless
storm-tossed
rotten
throwing weight around
oversensitive
pouty
discontented
chaotic
tiring
death-dealing
low-down
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
very bad
unplacatable
unmollifiable
unpacifiable
artless
droll
predatory
uncooperative
grumbling
whiny
whining
exasperated
crybaby
necessary
ironclad
uncalled for
overnice
unexpected
calumniatory
exaggerated
consequential
zealous
unusual
exceptional
condemnatory
deprecatory
iracund
iracundulous
pouting
waxy
annoyed
ill-chosen
in bad taste
in poor taste
pulling no punches
heathen
heathenish
barbarian
natural
exceptive
active
eventful
arduous
lively
hard-and-fast
judgy
mean business
griping
waspy
grousing
growling
sore
fretting
vinegary
childish
obstreperous
dishonourable
UK
fanatical
waggish
deprecating
scurrilous
bound and determined
deaf to
blind to
not mincing one's words
speaking one's mind
calling a spade a spade
regimental
not beating about the bush
corrupt
startling
with force
using force
by force
uncomplimentary
hair-splitting
humbling
scolding
pass-remarkable
critic
nit-picking
out of humour
execrable
ignominious
dishonorable
US
detestable
low-minded
deplorable
scummy
currish
uneducated
criticizing
US
reproving
decided upon
hard and fast
writ in stone
cut-and-dried
strait-laced
unconventional
overkill
unseemly
uncommon
remarkable
straight-faced
low-key
quietly humorous
laborious
exhausting
opprobrious
thin-skinned
nonsensical
fabulous
lavish
fancy
irrational
hot under the collar
in a mood
out-of-sorts
easily offended
having got out of bed on the wrong side
as cross as two sticks
foul-tempered
having got out of bed the wrong side
monosyllabic
unanticipated
Neandertal
jungli
Neanderthal
unshakable
disapprobatory
damning
denunciatory
denouncing
pejorative
berserk
contumelious
blood-sucking
unmalleable
restless
testing
bullish
honest
candid
attacking
pushful
swift
shocking
quick
unforeseen
immediate
rapid
unpredicted
too much
iron
patent
regnant
insolent
terrorizing
US
invective
resounding
ungovernable
unimpressible
slating
knocking
bullhead
O.T.T.
out of proportion
thuggish
full
bustling
flustering
madhouse
tireless
rampaging
rampant
vituperatory
scurrile
scurril
exquisite
unchecked
unbridled
storming
unfettered
uncurbed
inflamed
emphatic
strong-minded
not afraid to call a spade a spade
pronounced
striking
strong-willed
bull-headed
unwise
inadvisable
iron-willed
in driver's seat
on your high horse
crack the whip
maddened
flaming
ruinous
urgent
concentrated
intensive
enormous
significant
major
proof against persuasion
hanging tough
categorical
criticising
UK
full of reproof
spirited
busy
bumpy
full on
wearing
action-packed
raucous
aroused
crazy
fuming
terrorising
UK
radge
vituperous
unflattering
insulting
ungallant
heavy-duty
unchivalrous
unthinking
unperceptive
stupid
full of force
gale force
hot-headed
fascistic
rustic
clodhopping
unneighborly
thoroughgoing
unequivocal
consummate
unconditional
out and out
bang-bang
categoric
positive
unambiguous
warts and all
real
simple
unabated
undiminished
regular
revengeful
ill-advised
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
▲
Requiring great effort or exertion
difficult
arduous
challenging
demanding
hard
excruciating
grueling
US
harsh
rigorous
strenuous
testing
tough
backbreaking
daunting
exacting
exhausting
fatiguing
gruelling
UK
laborious
onerous
punishing
taxing
tortuous
trying
backbreaker
bruising
burdensome
debilitating
draining
insufferable
painstaking
ponderous
rough
tiring
torturous
unforgiving
wearisome
wearying
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
back-breaking
brutal
formidable
harrowing
hellish
immense
intense
intimidating
severe
tiresome
troublesome
unbearable
unremitting
uphill
upstream
bothersome
crushing
cumbersome
depleting
distressing
fierce
galling
gargantuan
grievous
grinding
hairy
herculean
Herculean
jarring
labored
US
laboured
UK
ominous
operose
oppressive
painful
problematic
sapping
shattering
titanic
toilsome
unpleasant
vigorous
weighty
worksome
ambitious
distressful
effortful
energy-consuming
ferocious
forbidding
grim
hard-won
heavy
intolerable
merciless
no picnic
not easy
prohibitive
savage
solemn
tedious
toilful
unyielding
wearing
colossal
cruel
difficile
easier said than done
gigantic
mighty
thorny
tough going
unnerving
vicious
almighty
awful
crippling
discomforting
knackering
moiling
nerve-racking
problem
really hard
staggering
stressful
troubling
uncomfortable
unsparing
uphill battle
very hard
drudgy
extreme
killer
scabrous
slavish
sticky
torturesome
unendurable
dicey
hazardous
high-impact
high-pressure
impossible
marathon
rugged
serious
sweaty
tall
killing
like getting blood out of a stone
murderous
stiff
stringent
hellacious
persnickety
pressing
exigent
imperious
tricky
time-consuming
Augean
pick-and-shovel
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
cyberbullying
force
duress
compulsion
enforcement
constraint
threat
violence
influence
demand
persuasion
victimization
US
menace
insistence
victimisation
UK
exaction
strong-arm tactic
strong-arming
obligation
strong arm tactics
reign of terror
force majeure
warning
hardship
blackmail
fulmination
control
commination
domineering
fearmongering
thunder
driving
scare tactic
discrimination
witch hunt
foul play
requirement
provocation
entreaty
badgering
pestering
nagging
goading
ambush
terrorism
ill-treatment
pains
conscription
strong arm
sway
power
maltreatment
teasing
mistreatment
goad
impulsion
spur
impelling
shakedown
extraction
rapacity
squeezing
squeeze
entrapment
demanding money with menaces
more ❯
Noun
▲
The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks
ribbing
teasing
badgering
badinage
banter
bothering
chaff
disturbing
exasperating
harassing
irritating
joking
kidding
mocking
plaguing
provoking
raillery
taunt
taunting
tickling
vexing
repartee
jesting
joshing
persiflage
backchat
wordplay
quips
witticisms
crosstalk
drollery
sallies
ripostes
give-and-take
witty conversation
witty remarks
bons mots
pleasantry
wit
witticism
mockery
wisecracks
swordplay
jocularity
ragging
bantering
wisecracking
kidology
josh
asteism
borak
cut and thrust
ridicule
chaffing
quipping
jeering
derision
fun
bants
play
exchange
dissing
chitchat
gossip
small talk
playful jab
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
distressing
disturbing
torturing
persecuting
upsetting
bugging
oppressing
harrowing
perturbing
paining
racking
agonizing
US
burdening
agitating
agonising
UK
teasing
haunting
beleaguering
grieving
riding
fretting
exasperating
disquieting
wounding
gnawing at
discomposing
straining
stressing
picking on
bullying
excruciating
molesting
saddening
galling
getting to
depressing
ruffling
narking
weighing down
riling
mithering
concerning
dogging
disconcerting
chafing
flustering
perplexing
rattling
angering
unsettling
peeving
dismaying
fazing
goading
fussing
lying heavy on
ailing
mistreating
niggling
getting
displeasing
burning up
taunting
mortifying
hacking off
offending
piquing
miffing
aggrieving
getting at
causing suffering to
weighing heavily on
abusing
maltreating
pursuing
alarming
winding up
stinging
ill-treating
discommoding
taxing
eating
injuring
grating
getting on your nerves
blighting
assailing
bumming out
keeping on at
smiting
martyring
outraging
going on at
unhinging
rankling
crucifying
flurrying
spiting
affecting
preying on
dejecting
infuriating
making miserable
hanging over
importuning
chivying
putting out
attacking
getting in your hair
disheartening
incensing
maddening
cutting to the quick
discriminating against
ticking off
frustrating
tantalizing
US
preying on your mind
keeping after
obsessing
tantalising
UK
discomforting
inflaming
frazzling
distempering
making anxious
insulting
derailing
hagriding
rubbing up the wrong way
rasping
rankling with
dispiriting
freaking out
scourging
frosting
weirding out
griping
tyrannizing
US
browbeating
getting across
itching
discomfiting
dunning
enraging
lacerating
inconveniencing
affronting
crushing
tyrannising
UK
beating
gnawing
gripping
unnerving
graveling
gravelling
weighing on
throwing
bending someone's ear
giving a bad time
making wretched
driving round the bend
discombobulating
casting down
causing anguish to
alaruming
distracting
having it in for
causing anxiety to
undoing
exercising
stirring up
hacking you off
having a down on
scaring
terrorizing
US
taking over
giving someone the hump
moving
preoccupying
intimidating
getting down
wringing
nudging
possessing
frightening
searing
interrupting
embarrassing
dissing
nagging at
discouraging
traumatizing
US
disgusting
pothering
leaning on
terrorising
UK
hazing
breathing down someone's neck
bringing down
chagrining
working on
burning
spooking
dashing
harping on at
driving round the twist
discountenancing
abrading
inflicting pain on
inflicting suffering on
grating on
shaking
roiling
making uneasy
putting down
biting
getting on one's nerves
dumping on
causing discomfort to
getting on your wick
eating away at
traumatising
UK
making waves
making someone see red
eating at
getting your back up
getting under your skin
taking control of
eating up
hurting somebody's feelings
throwing off balance
shaking up
mocking
rending
engrossing
facing
appalling
scolding
stabbing
consuming
brutalizing
US
confronting
antagonizing
US
domineering
henpecking
absorbing
tearing
pushing around
piercing
confusing
berating
testing
overwhelming
fixating
ridiculing
pecking at
despairing
chiding
imposing on
gibing
daunting
abasing
causing pain
punishing unfairly
holding
picking at
pressing
giving the business
fascinating
disrupting
martyrizing
pressing down on
intruding upon
mangling
whipping
maiming
exacerbating
wearying
draining
festering
dampening spirits
causing concern to
antagonising
UK
dissatisfying
making uncomfortable
brutalising
UK
desolating
niggling at
carping at
egging on
making somebody's hackles rise
convulsing
shocking
rattling one's cage
flooring
pushing
causing trouble to
infatuating
controlling
flipping out
cowing
pricking
debilitating
driving crazy
causing anxiety
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
making gloomy
tearing to pieces
making desolate
making despondent
making your blood boil
knocking for six
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
guying
rousting
pressurizing
US
damaging
excoriating
terrifying
accosting
pressurising
UK
carping
fearing
stewing
sweating
causing disquiet to
prodding
suffering
devastating
curdling
weighing
breaking one's heart
puzzling
criticizing
US
dragging down
making blue
putting a damper on
putting into a funk
breaking the heart of
musing
labouring
UK
laboring
US
panicking
reminding
insisting
grinding
lying heavily on
psyching out
throwing off
chastening
putting pressure on
squirming
bringing pressure to bear on
razzing
addling
jeering
scratching around
ragging on
yapping at
bullyragging
noodging
scarring
frenzying
deranging
touching
searching high heaven
incommoding
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
getting your hackles up
getting your dander up
ruffling one's feathers
getting up someone's nose
insisting on
violating
manipulating
exploiting
humiliating
barracking
booing
disparaging
slighting
putting on the rack
embittering
enflaming
madding
iring
strapping
doing a number on
breaking
arousing anxiety in
pushing buttons
making it tough for
nit-picking
cutting up
taking the mickey
overcharging
tearing at
humping
disappointing
stretching
sapping
exhausting
causing to panic
shouting down
sweating out
criticising
UK
reviling
reproaching
belittling
kicking up a fuss
kicking up a stink
deeply upsetting
inflicting trauma
inciting
causing annoyance to
causing resentment to
getting on the nerves of
taking the piss out of
grilling
tiring
messing with
finding fault with
punishing repeatedly and unfairly
stressing out
turning
incapacitating
bewildering
crazing
flipping
sickening
driving you up the wall
starting
hissing
jerking around
disrespecting
getting in the hair of
steaming up
getting your goat
sticking it to
dishing it out
giving it to
dishing out
upbraiding
overriding
cutting
driving mad
firing up
making cross
teeing off
giving someone the pip
driving to distraction
entangling
hampering
deriding
misusing
wronging
slapping
finding fault
aggressing
tearing to shreds
keying up
laying up
turning on
getting someone
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
dominating
enslaving
gnawing away at
gnawing away
wearing on
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
putting the squeeze on
jibing at
shouting at
flummoxing
exciting
tiring out
making severe demands on
making demands on
putting a strain on
wearing out
jumping on one's case
falling upon
falling on
fuddling
aching
starting in on
taking the heart out of
shouting catcalls at
butting in
making game of
stirring
giving the needle
throbbing
taking advantage of
doing an injustice to
ill-using
stumping
immolating
demonizing
US
using
wearing
tyrannizing over
smarting
grumbling at
singling out
demonising
UK
demoralizing
US
causing anguish
causing someone distress
making fun of
putting into a flap
putting someone off their stroke
making nervous
throwing into tizzy
causing someone to lose their composure
throwing into a tizz
stepping on the toes of
chillin
chilling
giving offence to
inflicting
hurting the feelings of
dampening
going for jugular
laying a bad trip on
giving no quarter
befalling
imposing
wrecking
wreaking
causing discomfort
pinching
dragging
damping
enervating
darkening
demoralising
UK
dulling
stacking the deck
having your knife into
running down
reducing to tears
mixing up
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
constraining
playing up
harming
causing pain to
nicking
killing
bruising
visiting
avenging
descending on
descending upon
bringing down on
forcing upon
hyperfocusing
hyperfocussing
having a grip on
becoming an obsession with
having a hold on
boring
impeding
crossing
hindering
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
joshing
jiving
needling
winding up
goofing on
slinging off at
pulling one's leg
making a fool of
riding
japing
hazing
chiacking
humiliating
showing up
affronting
belittling
girding
underrating
fleering
holding up to shame
making a monkey of
sniffing at
ranking out
quipping at
sneezing at
holding in contempt
giving Bronx cheer
looking down on
turning up one's nose
making a monkey out of
mimicking
cartooning
deflating
unmasking
exposing
slurring
squibbing
censuring
gibing at
taking a swipe at
having a crack at
treating contemptuously
thumbing nose at
showing contempt for
showing contempt
saying contemptuously
making cutting remarks about
running down
curling your lip at
turning your nose up at
making a game of
making a laughing-stock
exposing to ridicule
making someone a laughing stock
poking borack
laughing out of court
railing at
tearing to pieces
snickering
smiling
travestying
leering
swiping
cracking
decrying
grinning
dumping
jesting
burlesquing
sniggering
curling one's lip
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 tease, typically in a good-natured way
teasing
ribbing
kidding
mocking
chaffing
taunting
ridiculing
deriding
joshing
ragging
needling
joking
jiving
razzing
riding
rallying
satirising
UK
satirizing
US
roasting
baiting
bantering
twitting
gibing
annoying
funning
guying
goading
harassing
quizzing
plaguing
worrying
hassling
heckling
bothering
chiacking
pestering
hazing
harrying
badgering
provoking
irritating
aggravating
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
shucking
smoking
rotting
hectoring
sledging
importuning
vexing
beleaguering
deviling
devilling
gnawing
nudging
disturbing
spoofing
slamming
dogging
snapping
sounding
laughing at
scoffing at
jeering at
making fun of
jibing at
poking fun at
winding up
sending up
goofing on
making jokes about
ragging on
poking mullock at
making sport of
slinging off at
taking the mickey
picking on
putting on
putting down
making a monkey of
having on
flouting at
messing around
pulling someone's leg
leading on
flirting with
poking borak at
pulling one's leg
swipeing at
taking the piss out of
giving a hard time
messing with
jeering
scorning
insulting
sneering
flouting
disdaining
affronting
offending
scouting
reviling
outraging
reproaching
slapping
upbraiding
jabbing
digging
louting
twittering
sneering at
dumping on
gibing at
getting at
jesting
fooling around
fooling about
making a monkey out of
quipping
fooling
hoaxing
playing a prank
playing a practical joke
frazzling
scoffing
wisecracking
japing
gagging
jollying
yucking
yukking
pretending
calling names
playing
messing
gambolling
UK
gamboling
US
frolicking
playing a joke on
playing a practical joke on
getting a rise out of
taking a rise out of
putting someone on
pulling someone's chain
playing the fool
playing tricks
playing a trick
rotting someone
playing a joke
messing about
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to put down or control by cruelty or force
oppressing
subjugating
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
dominating
persecuting
maltreating
crushing
subjecting
torturing
abusing
plaguing
harassing
enslaving
hegemonizing
wronging
harrying
hounding
coercing
besetting
exploiting
overthrowing
scourging
aggrieving
distressing
ruling
forcing
mastering
annoying
chastening
despotizing
encumbering
handicapping
outraging
pressing
riding
saddling
straining
taxing
trampling
vexing
worrying
controlling
ill-treating
keeping down
treating harshly
holding sway over
grinding down
tyrannizing over
ruling over
holding down
beating down
trampling on
riding roughshod over
walking all over
trampling underfoot
picking on
putting upon
weighing heavy upon
putting screws to
ruling with a rod of iron
ruling with an iron hand
intimidating
browbeating
domineering
bullying
terrorizing
US
victimizing
US
suppressing
terrorising
UK
victimising
UK
pushing around
mistreating
repressing
menacing
threatening
putting down
kicking around
subduing
overpowering
overbearing
cowing
brutalizing
US
overwhelming
brutalising
UK
bringing someone to their knees
pushing about
ill-using
messing over
afflicting
molesting
weakening
destroying
scaring
dictating
manhandling
hectoring
frightening
misusing
mishandling
ordering about
ordering around
dictating to
lording it over
domineering over
bulldozing
ruling despotically
playing the heavy with
keeping under thumb
having someone under your thumb
treating brutally
kicking about
leaning on
treading on
bossing about
bossing around
conquering
steamrollering
subordinating
gaining mastery over
gaining ascendancy over
gaining control of
bringing to heel
rendering helpless
rendering incapable
rendering powerless
keeping under
punishing
excruciating
overcoming
yoking
crucifying
disfranchising
squashing
disenfranchising
squelching
hobbling
depriving
getting hooks into
keeping in subjection
keeping in submission
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Present participle for to treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly
ill-using
abusing
maltreating
mistreating
misusing
mishandling
manhandling
bullying
brutalising
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brutalizing
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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
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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 execute vengeance
wracking
destroying
wrecking
ruining
demolishing
devastating
smashing
annihilating
shattering
razing
decimating
totalling
totaling
pulverising
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US
wasting
desolating
extinguishing
creaming
vaporising
UK
vaporizing
US
nuking
trashing
defeating
avenging
pulling down
tearing down
rubbing out
doing in
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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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