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What is another word for
wear down
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Become worn
Make weary
Overcome
Break through
To diminish to nothing
To make someone tired
Annoy
To cause to become physically weaker
To express or describe in exaggerated terms
To make smooth, glossy or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding
To convince, or cause to believe, through reason or argument
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Verb
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Become worn
break down
eat away
erode
overcome
wear away
overuse
waste
wear
wear out
corrode
eat away at
abrade
fret
consume
rot
scour
grind down
bite into
destroy
gnaw
dissolve
decay
gnaw away at
rasp
crumble
rub
scrape
eat
deteriorate
spoil
nibble
grind
eat into
impair
gnaw away
bite at
bite
waste away
scratch
chafe
fray
file
rust
devour
disintegrate
graze
frazzle
undermine
scuff
corrade
weather
gall
burn into
burn through
decompose
scrape away
diminish
rub down
chip away at
wear through
eat at
chip away
whittle away
run through
melt
dissipate
damage
liquefy
exhaust
skin
excoriate
weaken
grate
flay
strip
roughen
lessen
sap
triturate
wear off
scrape out
erase
irritate
rub off
break up
buff
hone
smooth
sandpaper
polish
sand
defeat
use
knock down
smash down
work away at
rub away
crumble away
decline
dwindle
shrink
become worn
wash away
fade
bother
overwork
grind away
tax
go to seed
decrease
scrape off
become threadbare
jade
be worthless
cut down
use up
wear thin
oxidize
US
corrupt
tarnish
oxidate
flake
oxidise
UK
canker
unravel
tatter
shred
tear
distress
become ragged
become tattered
come apart
bark
hurt
rub painfully
rub against
pound
riffle
ripple
pinch
rub raw
burn
inflame
make ragged
wear threadbare
drag
brush
lacerate
be sore
be painful
peel
rip
ravel
go through
go into holes
more ❯
Verb
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Make weary
exhaust
fatigue
tire
drain
beat
defeat
weaken
jade
wear on
weary
disinterest
enervate
devitalize
flag
grow weary on
sap
turn off
wear out
pall
wear
stultify
pall on
hebetate
vex
be tedious to
discomfort
stupefy
annoy
be tedious
bore
put to sleep
send to sleep
leave cold
bore stiff
bend one's ear
cause weariness
bore to death
bore out of one's mind
bore to tears
bore stupid
burn out
talk one's ear off
bore rigid
turn one off
more ❯
Verb
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Overcome
endure
hold up
prevail
Verb
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Break through
break through
batter down
breach
break down
burst through
come through
destroy
infiltrate
penetrate
break
rupture
get through
split
force itself through
crack open
bust
burst
open
Verb
▲
To diminish to nothing
peter
check
contract
curb
decay
decline
degenerate
drain
droop
drop
ease
ebb
fade
lower
quiet
rebate
settle
shrink
sink
slash
slump
taper
wane
waste
abate
calm down
crumble
curtail
cut down
depreciate
deteriorate
devaluate
die down
diminish
drop off
dry up
dwindle
evaporate
fall off
lessen
let up
lighten
lose edge
modify
narrow down
peter out
quell
reduce
restrain
run low
shrivel
slacken
slack off
slow down
soften
subside
tail away
tail off
weaken
wear away
wither
decrease
moderate
decrement
de-escalate
depress
fall
recede
relent
minimize
US
plummet
plunge
downsize
wind down
die out
die away
grow less
minimise
UK
tone down
become smaller
ratchet down
taper off
fall away
become less
phase down
grow smaller
temper
downscale
dent
deplete
knock down
pare down
slacken off
make less
turn down
remit
pall
blur
drain away
mitigate
degrade
dilute
cut
dampen
attenuate
blunt
allay
deaden
alleviate
impair
erode
palliate
mute
muffle
damp
take the bite out
cut back
cushion
assuage
soothe
take the sting out
take the edge off
ease off
roll back
dull
go down
mark down
relax
descend
dip
scale down
slow
devalue
come to an end
crash
downgrade
pare
clip
fade away
bring down
cheapen
write down
step down
disappear
nosedive
narrow
drop away
shorten
discount
trim
abridge
minify
fail
melt away
go downhill
deflate
close
collapse
waste away
write off
slim down
flag
vanish
limit
retrench
tumble
dive
prune
shave
mollify
dissolve
quieten
settle down
break
ease up
axe
UK
get lower
dial down
make smaller
ax
US
get smaller
make cutbacks in
nose-dive
relieve
dim
sag
slip
calm
regress
get less
languish
abbreviate
withdraw
undervalue
retrogress
deduct
subdue
become lower
retire
truncate
retrocede
slake
come down
trail
lower in price
become weaker
couch
melt
put down
die off
extenuate
become weak
take a nosedive
give way
damp down
cut back on
take down
hit the floor
trim down
trim back
phase out
rocket
fall short
scale back
go through the floor
rachet down
whittle down
go away
fizzle out
release
fizzle
slope
dissipate
ration
restrict
disengage
lull
appease
contain
disperse
dock
incline downwards
slope down
tilt downwards
slant down
gutter
atrophy
grow
condense
defuse
quieten down
demote
wrinkle
slim
slack
tame
still
cease
set
grow faint
disintegrate
debase
cause to fall
ease up on
terminate
desist
cast down
amortise
UK
stifle
give out
be reduced
evanesce
give in
go into a tailspin
take a header
make fewer
cut down on
telescope
tighten
qualify
amortize
US
devalorize
worsen
lower in value
keep down
retreat
take the heat off
flow away
amputate
thin
crop
soft-pedal
be on the way out
grow dim
wear off
make reductions in
retrench on
salami-slice
come to a stop
fall down
level off
cool off
trail off
draw to a close
die away or out
die away or down
fade out
slack up
round down
become softer
become quieter
dip below the horizon
go downwards
cut in price
back away
drop back
fall back
pull out
return
get quieter
get softer
crumple
go back
move away
lower the price of
undersell
make cheaper
rein in
put on sale
retrograde
retract
back
back off
move further off
draw away
draw back
flow back
depart
move back
subtract
render worthless
offer at a giveaway price
reduce the price of
fall in
sink back
disgrade
demerit
drive down
drop down
cave in
reduce greatly
rationalize
US
economize
US
rationalise
UK
economise
UK
roll down
budget cut
trim away
tune down
more ❯
Verb
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To make someone tired
tire out
exhaust
tire
bankrupt
burn out
conk out
cripple
debilitate
disable
do in
drain
draw
enervate
enfeeble
fatigue
frazzle
impoverish
overdo
overexert
overextend
overfatigue
overtire
overwork
peter out
poop
poop out
prostrate
run ragged
sap
suck dry
take it out of
tucker
use up
weaken
wear out
weary
knock out
wear
bust
kill
tucker out
break
outwear
wash out
harass
do up
knacker
shatter
bush
flag
fag out
overtax
tax
jade
whack
sink
wear to a frazzle
devitalize
droop
deplete
languish
fizzle
succumb
incapacitate
strain
fail
pain
make tired
drop
bedraggle
sag
shag out
grow weary
drain of energy
bore
burden
plague
hit the wall
bonk
drowse
oppress
fade
glut
weigh
cause ennui
lose interest
grow tired
etiolate
waste
soften
fold
faint
overburden
overstrain
wilt
ennui
collapse
run out of steam
break down
run down
get tired
stress out
become exhausted
become drained
root
make sleepy
make weary
give out
put to sleep
go stale
take
wipe out
nearly kill
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
take it out of one
wear oneself to a frazzle
test
stretch
immobilize
US
paralyse
UK
undermine
encumber
lay low
paralyze
US
immobilise
UK
push
load
saddle
reduce
indispose
overload
impair
task
try
torpefy
lade
make weak
make feeble
make demands on
put out of action
overwhelm
annoy
vex
irk
weight
exasperate
stress
charge
lumber
entrust
drive
destroy
eviscerate
rack
render infirm
put a strain on
challenge
impose on
tear
shred
rip
pester
wear someone out
disempower
emasculate
disembowel
exenterate
get the better of
be exacting on
injure
hinder
hurt
harm
attenuate
extenuate
hamper
mar
blunt
unnerve
overcome
unstrengthen
crush
overpower
vitiate
exert
devastate
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
hamstring
extend
floor
sap your strength
overreach
overtask
handicap
make powerless
fell
make helpless
swamp
whelm
down
ruin
overturn
depress
overmaster
level
distend
wrench
tense
exploit
make impotent
disarm
overthrow
overdo it
exert excessively
drive too far
make too many demands on
tighten
work too hard
work oneself into the ground
exert to the limit
run oneself into the ground
knock oneself out
push to the limit
wreck
knock down
snow under
grind down
knock over
mow
bring someone to their knees
defeat
mow down
drown
trouble
upset
sweat
bowl down
bowl over
irritate
afflict
inconvenience
bring low
bother
torture
agonise
UK
crucify
frustrate
torment
excruciate
distress
agonize
US
martyr
wring
drive too hard
put upon
drive into the ground
be a hard taskmaster
be a slave driver
be a slave-driver
weigh down
empty
make severe demands on
give someone grief
overuse
pressure
overstretch
cumber
push too far
weigh heavily on
prey on
press hard on
make heavy demands on
ask too much of
put pressure on
more ❯
Verb
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Annoy
chafe
rasp
abrade
aggravate
annoy
bother
bug
eat
erode
exasperate
fray
frost
gall
get
grate
gripe
irk
irritate
itch
nark
nettle
peeve
persecute
pique
rile
ruffle
spite
tatter
vex
scour
anger
burn up
exercise
hack off
harass
incense
offend
provoke
put out
rage
wear away
wear out
worry
bite into
scrape away
wear to shreds
gnaw away at
upset
needle
displease
miff
disturb
infuriate
rankle
get to
rub up the wrong way
wind up
tick off
gravel
madden
ride
hassle
trouble
pester
enrage
drive up the wall
fret
distress
give someone the hump
get across
agitate
goad
inflame
exacerbate
get on your nerves
plague
perturb
roil
rark
torment
tease
nag
hurt
make someone see red
hump
outrage
pain
antagonize
US
drive mad
bum out
harry
hack you off
rub the wrong way
burn
affront
antagonise
UK
tee off
frustrate
drive crazy
make angry
get on one's nerves
badger
sting
rankle with
molest
disgust
get on someone's nerves
bedevil
drive to distraction
disgruntle
grate on
get at
hound
disquiet
get someone's back up
drive round the bend
make someone's blood boil
give someone the pip
afflict
ache
rattle
bite
make cross
gnaw
get one's goat
wear
drive round the twist
get your goat
get in your hair
make waves
give someone a hard time
ruffle someone's feathers
make someone's hackles rise
get in someone's hair
get under someone's skin
get up someone's nose
discompose
niggle
ire
enflame
mad
bait
discomfit
wound
mither
dog
steam up
throb
T-off
eat away at
give someone grief
get your back up
get under one's skin
put your back up
give a hard time
try someone's patience
get someone's dander up
get on your wick
smart
get on someone's wick
be on your back
raise someone's hackles
unravel
frazzle
prickle
disconcert
insult
discountenance
prick
dissatisfy
shred
chagrin
tear
embarrass
grieve
try
depress
injure
embitter
aggrieve
mortify
beset
excite
devil
discommode
incommode
excruciate
be sore
wear thin
pick on
pursue
turn off
become worn
become ragged
wear through
cheese off
be at
drive bananas
get under your skin
become tattered
eat at
rattle someone's cage
get someone's goat
egg on
come apart
rub you up the wrong way
put someone's back up
get under skin
get on nerves
be on the back of
put someone's nose out of joint
pinch
jar
tingle
affect
cramp
fluster
ail
inconvenience
wear on
intimidate
agonize
US
faze
twinge
bully
harm
perplex
heavy
discombobulate
be painful
get across someone
nudge
taunt
stick in one's craw
bore
sicken
nauseate
bum
send into a rage
torture
browbeat
cross
grill
hack
jar on
set one's teeth on edge
beleaguer
hector
acerbate
fire up
try the patience of
agonise
UK
be a pain in the neck
work up
get someone's hackles up
be a thorn in someone's flesh
be a thorn in someone's side
get your dander up
stir up
get someone
hit where one lives
try your patience
try one's patience
get on somebody's nerves
get a rise out of
distract
press
squeeze
compress
rouse
fester
drive nuts
chide
confound
steam
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
chivvy
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
brown off
impose upon
jar upon
grate upon
bristle
sour
ruffle one's feathers
concern
mess
break
henpeck
distemper
wig
get someone's wick
gnaw at
obsess
empurple
cause pain
resent
push someon's buttons
mess with
make ragged
wind somebody up
drive you up the wall
raise your hackles
get your hackles up
panic
excoriate
alarm
impose on
intrude upon
chivy
tire
wear upon
craze
boil
arouse
put your nose out of joint
feel painful
anguish
besiege
curse
rack
harrow
get up your nose
make your blood boil
make sore
raise hell
lose one's temper
blow up
pother
thwart
foil
set your teeth on edge
awake
quicken
goose
motivate
absorb
grab
ignite
attract
interest
eat up
push button
heat up
work on
haunt
keep after
confuse
unsettle
put on the spot
rile up
rub one the wrong way
scare
impede
tantalize
US
hinder
tantalise
UK
interrupt
be irritated
cause anxiety
make anxious
unnerve
ask for it
infest
be a nuisance to
give the business
incite
flurry
begrudge
crab
grudge
dishearten
weary
cause to panic
sadden
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
start
victimize
US
have had enough
make fed up
become bored
make discontented
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
lose patience
stir
shock
upset the apple cart
hang up
get even
cramp style
louse up
set on
work into lather
set one off
take a rise out of
put someone out
make blood boil
throw
put off
terrorize
US
get on someone
shake up
make nervous
horrify
devastate
cause discomfort
throw off balance
be tender
crucify
dragoon
expel
victimise
UK
wrong
beat
hunt
exile
terrorise
UK
stump
furbelow
cow
bluster
floor
frill
disrupt
flummox
fuddle
repulse
repel
disoblige
slight
put someone off their stroke
punish
play up
constrain
rattle one's cage
put into a flap
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
throw into tizzy
cause anguish
cause suffering
be hurtful to
cause offense
bleed
mourn
lambaste
nag at
cause sorrow
bruise
kill
get the knife into
single out
be on one's case
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
stick the knife into
cause pain to
convulse
cause discomfort to
nick
give offence to
make unhappy
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
hurt someone's feelings
thumb nose at
cut to the quick
pound
corrade
rub
suffer
become threadbare
rip
ravel
go through
fuss
go into holes
get in one's hair
mix up
give a bad time
go on at
keep on at
prod
heckle
dismay
importune
pressurize
US
stress
urge
dun
unhinge
pressurise
UK
be offensive
harp on at
discomfort
criticize
US
frighten
curdle
disappoint
cavil
preoccupy
peck at
zing
criticise
UK
attack
umbrage
key up
make your hackles rise
hurt somebody's feelings
put somebody's nose out of joint
make you see red
pressure
barrage
petition
solicit
discourage
chase
push
dispirit
cut
insist on
scandalize
US
spur
drive insane
disaffect
discontent
trigger
stress out
haze
chill
demoralize
US
unman
daunt
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
misplease
wing
revolt
cool
sound
cap
find fault with
roust
noodge
macerate
despoil
foray
bullyrag
strain
carp
make one see red
question
examine
quiz
tweak
push someone's buttons
push one's buttons
scandalise
UK
be like a red rag to a bull
mistreat
accost
encroach
intrude
obtrude
terrify
breath down someone's neck
be on someone's back
disrespect
diss
domineer
scold
demoralise
UK
jerk around
shake
dis
snub
play dirty
slur
humiliate
run up the wrong way
drive you crazy
give offence
turn one off
put down
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
be an affront to
possess
shatter
spook
indispose
psych
derail
drive you out of your mind
drive you off your head
drive you to distraction
drive out of mind
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
drive somebody up the wall
make livid
drive you round the bend
pick at
berate
turn
incapacitate
flip
hagride
undo
alarum
debilitate
bewilder
break in
flip out
freak out
weird out
turn on
lay up
rock the boat
make a scene
rag
scratch
scout
find fault
give chase
yap at
scratch around
rag on
track down
lean on
be on one's tail
be on one's back
take out after
search high heaven
leave no stone unturned
beat the bushes
turn inside out
turn upside down
put pressure on
bring pressure to bear on
be in someone's hair
catch
move
stimulate
galvanize
US
inspire
electrify
startle
exhilarate
wake
waken
animate
awaken
live off
exploit
burden
load
prey on
blackmail
plunder
extort
oppress
take advantage of
feed on
depredate
fleece
seize
consume
live on
devour
tax
raid
weigh
instigate
get going
inspirit
bestir
rally
galvanise
UK
vivify
fire the enthusiasm of
revive
innervate
enliven
redouble
light a fire under
foment
mount
whip up
magnify
enhance
deepen
pep up
spur on
fire the imagination of
intensify
heighten
whet
intensate
innerve
challenge
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to become physically weaker
sap
attenuate
deplete
erode
reduce
undermine
bleed
debilitate
devitalize
drain
enervate
enfeeble
etiolate
exhaust
impair
lessen
lower
prostrate
soften
tire
waste
weaken
consume
blunt
cripple
destroy
disable
rob
ruin
subvert
vitiate
wear away
wreck
eat away
diminish
fatigue
wear out
incapacitate
weary
shatter
do in
frazzle
knock out
damage
break
knacker
tire out
overtire
use up
poop
wash out
empty
immobilize
US
paralyse
UK
overtax
dissipate
paralyze
US
impoverish
immobilise
UK
hurt
fag out
burn out
spend
suck dry
bust
tax
sabotage
mar
spoil
decrease
harm
crush
take it out of
expend
torpefy
wear
injure
indispose
jade
whack
lay low
squander
tucker out
put out of action
outwear
handicap
overwork
go through
burn
kill
devour
corrode
wear to a frazzle
finish
poop out
bush
make feeble
make weak
threaten
emasculate
draw down
compromise
get through
hinder
run through
absorb
strain
hamstring
bankrupt
draw
harass
shrink
shake
disempower
peter out
do up
dilute
unstrengthen
thin
eat up
temper
take the edge off
mangle
tucker
overexert
overextend
overfatigue
impede
destabilize
US
abate
depress
use
milk
wither
water down
utilize
US
smash
conk out
sink
run ragged
blemish
tarnish
debase
dent
maim
play out
disfigure
destabilise
UK
deface
disarm
utilise
UK
mutilate
batter
run down
take out
fritter away
total
frivol away
overcome
sap the strength of
swallow up
bleed dry
empty out
shoot down
overwhelm
unnerve
overpower
moderate
cut
mitigate
contract
adulterate
devastate
faint
calm
eviscerate
fade
overdo
defeat
extenuate
degrade
assuage
disrupt
render infirm
oppress
blow
humiliate
constrict
gnaw
soothe
employ
deteriorate
demoralize
US
slash
ravage
demolish
pain
fail
lame
make powerless
pare down
devaluate
ease
taint
trash
invalidate
grind down
annihilate
cut back
take it out of one
thwart
foil
flaw
knock down
bring someone to their knees
demean
dismantle
corrupt
torpedo
demoralise
UK
make tired
restrict
divert
endamage
foul up
smirch
shock
crab
dry up
wash up
dig into
inactivate
mess up
louse up
muck up
make use of
drag through the mud
run out
chip away at
dump on
cause detriment to
burn through
unfit
throw monkey wrench in
waste away
kibosh
run up
unbrace
finish up
muzzle
blow through
pinion
render incapable
hogtie
hock
throw away
put the kibosh on
unhinge
wear someone out
atrophy
deprive
whittle
sap your strength
burden
emaciate
shrivel
plague
deflate
rarefy
lighten
offset
drowse
encumber
hamper
pay out
glut
droop
flag
weigh
exhaust one's supply of
finish off
throw
fritter
have a bad effect on
make unfit
spike
render powerless
sap one's strength
grow tired
cause ennui
fold
overburden
collapse
overstrain
wilt
ennui
pull the rug out from under
desecrate
frivol
dilapidate
wanton
sully
give out
grow weary
go stale
undo
lose interest
syphon
UK
siphon
US
defile
sideline
gut
raze
dismember
palsy
vandalize
US
dislimb
make lame
stifle
put to sleep
curtail
tap
bleach
sicken
whiten
blanch
wan
pale
prejudice
nick
besmirch
confine to a wheelchair
confine to bed
floor
cow
dry
catheterize
prune
handle roughly
fiddle
vandalise
UK
wrench
trifle
do mischief to
dispirit
subdue
check
narrow
limit
curb
downsize
downscale
make helpless
down
overturn
overmaster
level
fell
swamp
whelm
drop
minimize
US
undercut
detract
belittle
minimise
UK
crumble
draw off
vanquish
quash
demote
overthrow
make impotent
get last drop
get rid of
pump out
free from
take up
filter off
cut down
retrench
make weary
snow under
knock over
mow down
drown
mow
chip away
numb
dull
eat
downgrade
disrate
suppress
jeopardize
US
deaden
dampen
abrade
tame
extinguish
bowl down
bowl over
disintegrate
de-escalate
make weaker
root
rout
dissolve
weather
afflict
blight
wound
bring low
nearly kill
wipe out
shame
halt
lavish
cool
nibble
rot
decay
fret
have recourse to
put to use
take last of
avail oneself of
humble
disgrace
stop
jam
bring down
blast
bloody
cross up
inconvenience
scorch
evacuate
extend
lace
sophisticate
allay
muffle
discredit
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
scrape away
deactivate
freeze
disenable
misuse
misspend
bring to ruin
cause instability
interfere with
jeopardise
UK
rough up
screw up
detract from
shake up
smash up
mollify
benumb
sate
appease
relieve
slake
damp
alleviate
cauterize
US
devalue
clamp
wheel-clamp
wear oneself to a frazzle
scour
eat away at
bite
bite at
tone down
dishonour
UK
prostitute
abase
tie
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
render inoperative
make inoperative
prevent from working
action
render inactive
bring to a halt
disqualify
arrest
be detrimental to
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of commission
do harm to
wreak havoc on
eat into
break up
gnaw away at
splurge
lose
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cauterise
UK
desensitize
US
obtund
dishonor
US
foul
blacken
chasten
cheapen
misapply
misemploy
ebb
thin out
put down
take down a peg
take down
reduce the status of
drag down
bemean
cast down
lower the status of
bring shame to
botch
slim down
fiddle away
pour down the drain
burn up
be wasteful with
throw around like confetti
run dry
spend like water
gamble away
trifle away
spend recklessly
soften up
exenterate
disembowel
whittle away
mine
dig
frustrate
tunnel
sandbag
challenge
put a damper on
dig out
hollow out
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
knock the bottom out of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
poke full of holes
throw a spanner in the works of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To express or describe in exaggerated terms
overdo
exaggerate
overstate
overplay
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
amplify
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
magnify
color
US
colour
UK
embellish
embroider
inflate
overdramatize
overembellish
overdraw
overuse
belabour
UK
blow up
carry
do to death
go overboard with
pile on
belabor
US
camp up
fatigue
ham up
hype
overburden
overestimate
overindulge
overload
overrate
overreach
overtax
overtire
overvalue
overwork
pressure
puff
put on
stretch
drive oneself
go overboard
lay it on thick
make a thing about
make a thing of
pull the longbow
run riot
strain oneself
talk big
go too far
lay it on
lay something on thick
make a big thing about
make a big thing of
make a production of
make federal case
wear oneself out
bite off too much
blow up out of all proportion
lay it on with a trowel
make a mountain out of a molehill
make a production out of
run into the ground
make a big deal out of
overstress
hyperbolize
dwell on
pad
catastrophize
elaborate
enhance
labour
UK
expand
aggrandize
fudge
labor
US
overpitch
make too much of
build up
stress
ham it up
emphasize
US
heighten
strain
enlarge
emphasise
UK
play up
pile it on
go to extremes
elaborate on
stretch the truth
make a federal case of
make a big thing out of
over-elaborate
blow out of proportion
misrepresent
exalt
overstretch
overstrain
misreport
boost
lie
harp on
falsify
misuse
abuse
touch up
maximize
US
pyramid
romanticise
UK
romanticize
US
accentuate
go on about
point up
overemploy
maximise
UK
hike
brag
boast
misquote
fabricate
gild
expand on
distort
varnish
intensify
dress up
lay on
expound on
overcharge
attach too much weight to
attach too much importance to
draw the long bow
harp on about
lay it on with a shovel
blow out of all proportion
place too much emphasis on
flesh out
burden
bite off more than you can chew
tax
mug
overact
accent
charge
load
overstate the case
show off
get carried away
labor at
aggravate
put-on
over-embroider
over-embellish
over-colour
puff up
dwell upon
make a mountain out of
make mountain of molehill
underline
supercharge
give someone a sob story
increase
overwrite
lay too much emphasis on
pound
rehash
repeat
impress
highlight
over-emphasize
hackney
augment
oversell
add detail to
blow-up
enlarge on
exaggerate information
go into detail about
spread on thick
make mountain out of molehill
distend
ginger up
overelaborate
yeast
add flesh to
jazz up
extend
swell
pump up
overexpose
linger over
discuss at length
add colour
drive home
go on
escalate
scam
up
caricature
corrupt
romance
overexaggerate
stereotype
lay too much stress on
do over
hammer away at
tarry over
flog to death
drag out
cram
surcharge
widen
fill
bloat
balloon
spread
draw the longbow
cook up
pile it on about
shoot a line
pretty up
loud talk
make something out of nothing
disguise
vulgarize
US
beat a dead horse
hammer home
lay it on thick about
beef up
drive up
swell up
go up
emphasize too much
go on and on about
go over the top about
big up
blow something out of all proportion
lay it on with a trowel about
make a drama out of a crisis
pervert
garble
manipulate
misrelate
poison
misstate
airbrush
belie
bend
fake
massage
vulgarise
UK
overdo it
embellish the truth
over-praise
soft-soap
overstate one's case
pay extravagant compliments
sweet-talk
give fulsome praise
lay on with a trowel
cook
misinterpret
sensationalize
US
quote out of context
take out of context
put a spin on
give a false account of
gloss over
play-act
execute
playact
melodramatize
stage
enact
act
farcialize
show
perform
splash
burlesque
produce
tragedize
present
sensationalise
UK
give color to
play to the gallery
play to gallery
make a performance of
play on heartstrings
overpraise
chew the scenery
tear a cat
ham
strengthen
deepen
warp
redouble
consolidate
promote
twist
step up
slant
amp up
jack up
hike up
emote
raise
travesty
glorify
enrich
compound
multiply
spin
doctor
alter
change
add to
exacerbate
brighten
worsen
broaden
inflame
adulterate
make worse
tamper with
rouse
rise
intensate
fix
trump up
palter
fiddle
prevaricate
con
phony up
equivocate
chew up the scenery
stretch a point
theatricalize
make a song and dance about
make a big thing of something
make too much of something
make a fuss
interlard
blow up out of proportion
magnify importance
make larger
make a big deal out of something
allow too much for
overcalculate
express emotion
juggle
fill out
concentrate
interfere with
tinker with
patch
fiddle with
sharpen
reinforce
dilate
forge
mount
sweeten
counterfeit
quicken
gain strength
pick up
overplay it
heat up
lighten
pour it on
set off
spike
darken
add fuel
whet
point
tone up
heap on
run up
jump up
fan the flames of
invent
dignify
elevate
debase
camp it up
vitiate
advance
ennoble
contravene
salt
put on an act
rig
traverse
gloss
deacon
four-flush
fake it
deceive
contort
frame up
fib
canonize
US
enthrone
ensky
enshrine
deify
parody
coat
grace
overprize
empower
conceal
deck
window-dress
adorn
sugar-coat
camouflage
blarney
blow smoke
miscolor
pass off
cover up
skew
angle
snow
cheese
give a false idea of
cloak
bias
beard
mask
mangle
pirate
confuse
dress
foreground
jump
acclaim
applaud
praise
canonise
UK
honor
US
parlay
distinguish
honour
UK
commend
underscore
garnish
beautify
ornament
bedeck
exceed
overreckon
overassess
rate too highly
assess too highly
think
overesteem
feature
punctuate
press
exaggerate the worth of
begild
engild
plate
paint
aureate
overlay
wash
tinsel
whitewash
aurify
glitter
illuminate
italicize
US
accelerate
think too highly of
expect too much of
praise too highly
think too much of
exaggerate the merits of
prize too highly
supersize
stoke
make much of
italicise
UK
supplement
call attention to
draw attention to
turn spotlight on
bring to the fore
lengthen
add
expatiate
turn up
make louder
soup up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make smooth, glossy or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding
rub
apply
polish
smooth
spread
shine
smear
buff
burnish
dress
furbish
gloss
grind
smoothen
clean
put
scour
wipe
anoint
bark
brush
caress
coat
cover
curry
daub
dry
erase
excoriate
glance
glaze
grate
graze
irritate
mop
paint
plaster
put on
scrub
slather
squeeze
swab
triturate
cream in
work in
rub down
wash
towel
sponge
wax
varnish
dust
brighten
lacquer
dab
rub up
buff up
soak up
mop up
cleanse
enamel
shellac
sleek
finish
dry off
abrade
put a shine on
dight
smother
layer
sand
lather
pumice
polish up
make dry
clear
japan
veneer
face
slick
lay
squeegee
lay on
incrust
give a shine to
glass
overlay
clean up
put a finish on
exfoliate
towel dry
level
round
stain
comb
sandpaper
paste
swab down
luster
US
lustre
UK
sheen
patina
oil
make glossy
roll
make brilliant
put a gloss on
give a sheen
blot
butter
texture
gild
whiten
purge
flush
put on a finish
sluice
rinse
bone
refine
perfect
groom
elaborate
develop
smooth off
swill
clear up
wipe up
pat
towel off
vitrify
make lustrous
make vitreous
make shiny
frost
absorb
blot up
rub dry
sop up
dab dry
wipe tears from
remove the water from
wipe water from
decorate
cover with icing
adorn
embellish
ice
place
affix
fasten
bestow
exert
join
massage
rub in
cover with
smear on
paint on
rub on
spread on
spread over
bring into contact with
shampoo in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To convince, or cause to believe, through reason or argument
persuade
convince
induce
coax
get
influence
entice
sway
urge
cause
coerce
compel
inveigle
prompt
cajole
encourage
incline
instigate
motivate
advise
dispose
impel
impress
incite
lure
move
sell
tempt
bring
counsel
drive
exhort
lead
make
procure
reason
convert
draw
enlist
propagandise
UK
propagandize
US
proselytise
UK
proselytize
US
brainwash
proselyte
argue into
bring around
talk into
talk someone into
wheedle someone into
win over
cause to believe
convert to
get round
lead to do
plead with
press someone into
pressure someone into
pressurize someone into
prevail on
reason someone into
turn on to
work over
bring to senses
lead to believe
prevail upon
prod someone into
twist someone's arm
bring someone round
gain confidence of
win argument
prove to
sell one on
stimulate
press
bias
bring round
inspire
provoke
actuate
prod
manipulate
force
affect
talk round
pressurize
US
predispose
trigger
indoctrinate
condition
prejudice
rouse
pressure
push
goad
turn
pressurise
UK
spur
satisfy
bend
egg on
activate
wheedle
put across
mould
UK
gain
bribe
instill
US
stir
propel
get around
instil
UK
teach
mold
US
seduce
nudge
excite
spark
coax into
prick
direct
stir up
touch
control
spur on
suborn
twist one's arm
inculcate
re-educate
argue
colour
UK
determine
corrupt
suck in
twist somebody's arm
make willing
pay off
buy off
program
US
inspirit
arouse
hook
color
US
square
strike
galvanize
US
programme
UK
get on your side
animate
nobble
instruct
galvanise
UK
work
get to
get at
steer
whip up
suggest
make a believer
beguile
bring round to the idea of
intimidate
drill
sweet-talk
crack
train
lean on
alter
guide
promote
constrain
educate
oblige
initiate
impassion
impact
catechize
inflame
buy
budge
jaundice
evangelize
US
goose
slant
invigorate
US
govern
necessitate
poison
pique
embolden
sting
work on
foment
envigorate
UK
drive on
set off
fire up
fix
have
recruit
nag into
put up to
root on
set on
soften up
evangelise
UK
grease the palm
turn on
bring pressure upon
make of a mind to
bring to God
pervert
take care of
alter conviction
cause to adopt
bring home to
spread the gospel
agitate
preach to
spread the word
bring to reason
spread the gospel to
spread the word to
make someone see the light
bring into the fold
make converts of
woo
talk over
smooth-talk
change
talk someone round
allure
hypnotize
US
adapt
blandish
put the heat on
put the screws on
bring over
jog
quicken
mobilize
US
order
set going
prepare
prime
mobilise
UK
enthuse
prove
chivvy
hypnotise
UK
charm
win round
assure
reach
cultivate
effect
sic
crowd
remind
sound
impose on
orient
overcome
require
reassure
carry
conduct
give
make expectant
make you of a mind to
squeeze
steamroll
bulldoze
put a bomb under
jog memory
win around
impress on
effectuate
enkindle
prevail
make certain
get somebody on your side
gain somebody's support
prepossess
put pressure on
obligate
change one's mind
show one the error of their ways
make one see the light
show someone the error of their ways
dispel someone's doubts
snare
make a deal with
sweeten the pot with
pay hush money to
subvert
tamper with
tend
exploit
jockey
play
finagle
demand
recommend
gain one's confidence
twist
pick
abet
brew
raise
ferment
put the squeeze on
tell on
wheedle into
draw in
cajole into
dragoon
muscle
sandbag
sell to
impact on
lead by the nose
turn one's head
start
put mind at ease
demonstrate to
reason someone into believing
dispel doubt
put someone's mind at rest
cause to feel certain
impress to
soft-soap
make biased
distort
skew
make partial
make partisan
work upon
swing
blackjack
prod into
agitate for
set
breed
forward
craze
taunt
juice
fan the fire
key up
solicit
psych
further
rally
occasion
elicit
verge
favour
UK
look
favor
US
school
pull strings with
browbeat
exert influence on
kick-start
energize
US
incentivize
US
evoke
steel
propose
caution
put someone up to something
apply pressure
forewarn
hearten
exhilarate
uplift
empower
vitalize
kindle
bring about
preach
admonish
incentify
refresh
incentivise
UK
energise
UK
help
scheme
get going
plot
insinuate
originate
needle
hint
plan
rev up
rabble-rouse
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
bring pressure to bear upon
cut any ice with
bring pressure to bear on
advocate
be willing
gravitate toward
be partial
lean to
be predisposed
not mind
be disposed
change belief
seek converts
make converts
embrace
evangelize to
be born again
bring to Christ
accept
adopt
get into
defend
make see the light
stand behind
bend somebody's ear
uphold
approve
secure someone's support
oil someone's hand
work up
add fuel
steam up
make waves
show a preference for
pump up
suggest to
hint to
cheer on
pep up
boost up
tutor
discipline
lesson
imbue
ground
reward
plant
implant
coach
radicalize
US
fanaticize
radicalise
UK
extremize
give someone a backhander
lubricate
tip
sweeten the pot
approach
tamper
grease palm
influence by gifts
give an inducement to
do business
make a deal
keep someone sweet
oil the palm of
give someone a sweetener
oil palm
buy back
sugar
soap
break down
reform
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