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Past tense for to bother, harass, or annoy persistently
Past tense for to nag or scold, especially persistently
Past tense for to subject to meticulous examination
Past tense for to take small bites or nibbles at or out of
Past tense for to cause mental distress to
Past tense for to criticize or express contempt for
Past tense for to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct
Past tense for to toy or tinker with something, especially aimlessly
Past tense for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
Past tense for to argue about petty and trivial matters
Past tense for to eat food, especially enthusiastically or greedily
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Verb
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Past tense for to bother, harass, or annoy persistently
harassed
badgered
pestered
bullied
toyed with
found fault with
fiddled with
hassled
harried
needled
nagged
dogged
henpecked
heckled
prodded
moaned at
grumbled at
worked on
picked on
kept complaining to
harped on at
pecked at
hounded
persecuted
chivvied
teased
hectored
provoked
baited
importuned
goaded
criticized
US
carped at
moaned on at
scolded
bent someone's ear
kept on at
busted someone's balls
given a hard time
urged
kept after
gave a hard time
gnawed at
found fault
berated
egged
criticised
UK
busted chops
upbraided
breathed down someone's neck
nudged
rid
ridden
rode
went on at
took it out on
taken it out on
gone on at
more ❯
“Despite his attempts to ignore her, she continued to
pick at
him with her constant questions and criticisms.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to nag or scold, especially persistently
needled
hounded
dogged
nagged
henpecked
pecked at
badgered
harassed
pestered
hectored
bullied
tormented
bothered
bugged
criticized
US
scolded
berated
browbeat
carped
intimidated
domineered
chided
found fault
cavilled
UK
picked on
criticised
UK
caviled
US
niggled
chid
fussed
irritated
rode
rid
ridden
browbeaten
gave a hard time
given a hard time
“She tends to
pick at
her children, constantly criticizing every little thing they do.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to subject to meticulous examination
analyzed
US
examined
analysed
UK
evaluated
explored
scrutinised
UK
scrutinized
US
studied
inspected
researched
reviewed
considered
pondered
assayed
interpreted
investigated
probed
questioned
chewed over
delved into
dug into
went into
gone into
went over
gone over
went through
gone through
been through
looked at
pored over
thought about
thought through
got down to brass tacks
gotten down to brass tacks
picked apart
cut
viewed
regarded
perceived
discerned
beheld
observed
eyeballed
estimated
surveyed
esteemed
treated
dissected
anatomized
determined
deconstructed
quested
looked upon
broke down
thought of
looked over
looked on
weighed
audited
sifted
looked into
enquired into
turned over
inquired into
sized up
beholden
broken down
experiments with
experimented with
contemplated
ruminated
deliberated
mulled over
meditated
thought over
cogitated
revolved
mused
debated
kicked around
meditated on
turned
perpended
entertained
reflected
wrestled with
brooded over
weighed up
mused on
reflected on
brooded
eyed
dwelled on
ruminated on
pored on
cerebrated
thought
puzzled over
put on thinking cap
figured
speculated
excogitated
deliberated on
racked brains
ruminated about
deliberated about
stewed over
reasoned
chewed on
brooded on
given thought to
gave thought to
pondered on
pondered over
cogitated about
beat one's brains out about
ruminated over
thought on
wondered
puzzled
rolled
brainstormed
speculated about
chewed the cud
turned over in one's mind
cogitated on
worried about
sweated over
mulled
agonized
US
hammered away at
wondered about
asked oneself about
thought hard
thought out
noodled around
agonised
UK
agonized over
brooded about
beaten one's brains out about
sorted out
appraised
discussed
digested
consulted
mooned
imagined
argued
judged
sweat
worried
flashed on
poured it on
knocked around
talked over
run up a flagpole
took stock of
taken stock of
given much thought to
asked oneself
given consideration to
gave much thought to
gave consideration to
identified
sounded out
worked over
checked out
tested
tried
had a look at
monitored
opened up
perused
left no stone unturned
philosophized
US
dreamt
UK
dreamed
US
cudgeled
US
marveled
US
marvelled
UK
cudgelled
UK
devised
dwelt
minded
dwelled
woolgathered
waded into
chawed
rehashed
sweated
rated
tracked
tested the waters
batted about
deliberated upon
compared
dived into
had in mind
chewed over things
used one's head
hashed over
puzzled out
conducted a survey of
entertained idea
experimented
dwelled upon
ran up a flagpole
kicked about
thought upon
batted it around
debated with oneself
considered the pros and cons of
thought hard about
canvassed
entertained the idea of
conducted research into
stewed about
dwelt upon
mulled over things
reflected upon
philosophised
UK
mused over
thought deeply
meditated upon
done research
did research
batted around
took a look at
taken a look at
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to take small bites or nibbles at or out of
pecked
bit
bitten
nibbled
nipped
picked
ate
eaten
ate listlessly
eaten listlessly
picked over
played with
toyed with
ate sparingly of
eaten sparingly of
sniffed at
ate like a bird
eaten like a bird
showed no appetite for
shown no appetite for
took very small bites from
taken very small bites from
pecked at
grazed
cropped
snacked on
grazed on
gnawed
gnawed at
took small bites
taken small bites
gnew
gnawn
took small bites from
taken small bites from
snapt
snapped
sheared
munched
nabbed at
took the bait
taken the bait
risen to the bait
rose to the bait
shore
shorn
sunk your teeth into
sank your teeth into
taken a chunk out of
took a chunk out of
got hooked
gotten hooked
fallen for it
fell for it
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to cause mental distress to
strained
distressed
troubled
irked
pained
stressed
worried
harassed
hassled
tried
bothered
annoyed
irritated
plagued
harried
bugged
disturbed
badgered
tormented
provoked
nagged
aggravated
persecuted
hounded
bedevilled
UK
bedeviled
US
teased
fretted
chivvied
beleaguered
molested
dogged
hectored
devilled
deviled
besieged
importuned
mithered
chivied
nudged
tantalized
US
dunned
reminded
insisted
pestered
got to
messed with
bent someone's ear
kept after
intruded upon
got in your hair
worked on
got at
tantalised
UK
picked on
rid
ridden
rode
gotten at
drove crazy
driven you up the wall
given a hard time
drove round the bend
drove you up the wall
driven up the wall
got on your nerves
gave a hard time
drove up the wall
gotten on one's nerves
gotten to
driven round the bend
got on one's nerves
gotten on your nerves
driven crazy
upset
disquieted
perturbed
agitated
unsettled
afflicted
dismayed
concerned
discomposed
alarmed
flustered
vexed
vext
oppressed
rattled
flurried
fussed
fazed
hurt
discomforted
frazzled
ailed
beset
tortured
distempered
unhinged
distracted
depressed
discombobulated
derailed
aggrieved
alarumed
hagrid
needled
exercised
weirded out
freaked out
cut up
grieved
saddened
ruffled
wound
wounded
taxed
unnerved
racked
displeased
scared
agonized
US
curst
miffed
disconcerted
anguished
peeved
perplexed
cursed
offended
discountenanced
despaired
burdened
threw
thrown
angered
confounded
injured
frightened
hagridden
hagrode
tested
chafed
weighed down
martyred
pricked
strapped
desolated
harrowed
indisposed
agonised
UK
pushed
undone
undid
teared
made anxious
goaded
caused anguish to
caused suffering to
made it tough for
made wretched
aroused anxiety in
gnawed at
pushed buttons
weighed on
caused anxiety to
sweated out
lied heavy on
made miserable
ticked off
shaken
broke
broken
nit-picked
shook
brake
torn
tore
done a number on
burnt up
thrown off balance
burned up
eaten at
ate at
threw off balance
did a number on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to criticize or express contempt for
threw shade
thrown shade
criticised
UK
criticized
US
knocked
panned
blasted
disparaged
slammed
lambasted
attacked
pilloried
roasted
besmirched
denigrated
deprecated
maligned
slated
vilified
castigated
excoriated
faulted
hammered
slurred
chastised
flamed
savaged
skewered
trashed
bashed
crucified
rubbished
ripped
scathed
slagged
dissed
judged
nitpicked
found fault with
cut down
dressed down
nit-picked
slagged off
bad-mouthed
put down
took down
taken down
tore into
torn into
cast aspersions on
came down on
come down on
found fault
fulminated against
laced into
laid into
nitpicked about
pulled apart
pulled to pieces
inveighed against
picked holes in
poured scorn on
railed against
ran down
run down
had a go at
gave a bad press to
given a bad press to
tore to shreds
torn to shreds
scoffed at
got at
gotten at
did down
done down
found lacking
passed judgment
nitpicked over
pummelled
UK
cut to bits
hit
cut up
hit out at
censured
chided
skinned
reproved
denunciated
passed strictures upon
objurgated
blamed
inveighed
skinned alive
rapped
derogated
blistered
aspersed
condemned
chid
vituperated against
lashed
cavilled at
scorched
mauled
pummeled
US
disapproved of
carped at
slashed
picked to pieces
reprobated
bagged on
fustigated
dispraised
jumped on
slogged
arraigned
nagged at
trimmed
carped
denounced
complained about
slugged
decried
fluffed
clobbered
rated
reprehended
sledged
bagged
zapped
reprimanded
done a number on
given some stick to
given bad press
animadverted on
given the business
gave some stick to
threw brickbats at
gave the business
gave bad press
hat
given flak to
gave flak to
did a number on
thrown brickbats at
hitten
abused
reviled
belittled
depreciated
read the riot act
vilipended
talked down
beat up on
cut down to size
slandered
cried down
berated
rebuked
reproached
upbraided
scolded
minimized
US
assailed
diminished
slanged
riled
dumped on
calumniated
yelled at
played down
chewed out
belaboured
UK
vituperated
harshed
contemned
derided
bawled out
growled
accused
jeered at
kissed off
carpeted
flayed
told off
trash-talked
tied into
curst
lit into
dismissed
ripped into
tongue-lashed
sailed into
belabored
US
smeared
traduced
cursed
cavilled
UK
discounted
railed
insulted
detracted from
caviled
US
potshotted
minimised
UK
shot down
harangued
gave something a battering
given something a battering
taken to task
slang
torn a strip off
barked at
gave someone a dressing-down
tore a strip off
given someone a dressing-down
took to task
took a dig at
wrote off
torn down
torn to pieces
written off
taken a dig at
poor-mouthed
taken down a peg
tore to pieces
took down a peg
tore down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct
remonstrated
objected
kicked
opposed
demurred
excepted
argued
challenged
condemned
criticised
UK
criticized
US
deplored
denounced
animadverted
blamed
censured
decried
deprecated
disapproved
disparaged
disputed
dissented
griped
grope
gripen
inveighed
nagged
recriminated
took exception
taken exception
argued against
opposed strongly
protested against
took issue
taken issue
complained vociferously about
raised objections to
expressed disagreement with
expressed disapproval of
lodged a protest against
spoke out against
spoken out against
took a stand against
taken a stand against
took exception to
taken exception to
took issue with
taken issue with
found fault
frowned upon
made a fuss about
sounded off
kicked up a fuss about
kicked up a stink about
objected strongly to
Verb
▲
Past tense for to toy or tinker with something, especially aimlessly
fiddled
trifled
toyed
played
messed
touched
felt
handled
fooled
fingered
pawed
thumbed
dabbled
doodled
fussed
twiddled
bumbled
played with
messed around
fooled around
messed with
fooled about
messed about
Verb
▲
Past tense for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
carped
complained
grumbled
moaned
whinged
whined
groused
griped
grope
gripen
beefed
grouched
bellyached
bleated
fussed
grizzled
muttered
nagged
wailed
growled
screamed
inveighed
keened
grumped
kvetched
murmured
caterwauled
repined
whimpered
crabbed
squealed
hollered
squawked
croaked
yowled
maundered
yammered
kicked
yawped
cavilled
UK
caviled
US
objected
yauped
nitpicked
chuntered
criticised
UK
criticized
US
quibbled
mithered
created
niggled
denounced
reproached
knocked
condemned
hypercriticized
censured
decried
bothered
disparaged
found fault
kicked up a fuss
nit-picked
sounded off
found fault with
split hairs
went on
gone on
picked holes
Verb
▲
Past tense for to argue about petty and trivial matters
bickered
argued
quarrelled
UK
quarreled
US
squabbled
wrangled
disputed
fought
foughten
rowed
altercated
scrapped
quibbled
spatted
spat
disagreed
brawled
argufied
controverted
clashed
hassled
tiffed
jarred
brabbled
sparred
debated
caterwauled
cavilled
UK
caviled
US
dug
scraped
fell out
fallen out
locked horns
crossed swords
had words
bandied words
had a row
chopped logic
had a disagreement
had a spat
had a tiff
fought like cat and dog
went at it hammer and tongs
gone at it hammer and tongs
had a barney
nastily argued
traded zingers
caused a scene
Verb
▲
Past tense for to eat food, especially enthusiastically or greedily
noshed
ate
eaten
devoured
gobbled
gulped
wolfed
consumed
scoffed
scarfed
swallowed
shifted
ingurgitated
inhaled
ingested
snarfed
munched
chomped
champed
dined
hoovered
tasted
took
taken
breakfasted
lunched
bevvied
bibbed
nibbled
gulped down
wolfed down
scoffed down
tucked into
partook of
partaken of
gobbled down
scarfed down
scarfed up
snarfed down
snarfed up
tucked in
got stuck into
fed on
ate up
eaten up
feasted on
munched on
breakfasted on
dined on
had breakfast
had dinner
had lunch
had tea
lunched on
had supper
ate between meals
eaten between meals
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