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Verb
To cause anguish or distress to
To physically surround or enclose, typically in a hostile manner
To take violent or aggressive action against
To overwhelm with an excessive amount of something
To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers
To persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
To be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion
To confound or perplex someone
Adjective
To be overcome or overwhelmed by something (typically negative)
Feeling or expressing distress or anxiety
Having been subjected to oppression
Surrounded or attacked by hostile forces
Surrounded by hostile or enemy forces
(
idiomatic, figuratively
)
Burdened or weighed down, especially by a mass of something unpleasant
Teeming or filled with people, animals or things
Enamored or very attracted to someone
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Verb
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To cause anguish or distress to
torment
plague
trouble
afflict
harass
bother
worry
bedevil
torture
vex
rack
oppress
annoy
persecute
harrow
pester
agonise
UK
agonize
US
harry
curse
hound
besiege
hassle
anguish
excruciate
nag
badger
haunt
bug
beleaguer
assail
dog
affect
attack
embarrass
perplex
overwhelm
entangle
hamper
aggress
ride
weigh down
pick on
drive up the wall
put the squeeze on
give a hard time
give a bad time
give the business
jump on one's case
fall on
fall upon
start in on
give the needle
distress
disturb
burden
irk
upset
strain
irritate
pain
perturb
cause suffering to
stress
exasperate
tax
blight
try
aggravate
disquiet
crucify
agitate
discompose
grieve
unsettle
smite
hurt
discommode
gnaw at
lie heavy on
ail
depress
aggrieve
wound
give someone grief
nettle
press
provoke
needle
weigh heavily on
importune
pursue
fluster
tease
rattle
fuss
fret
concern
chafe
unhinge
cause trouble to
mistreat
martyr
wring
punish
wrong
mither
molest
ruffle
hector
scourge
alarm
cause agony to
faze
prey on
inconvenience
tear
dismay
scare
dun
flurry
distemper
frazzle
hagride
discomfit
nag at
derail
be a burden to
take over
confront
burn up
weigh on
face
maltreat
freak out
weird out
make anxious
abuse
gall
rile
peeve
pique
bait
rend
nark
mortify
chivvy
get
grate
convulse
buffet
devil
rasp
eat
displease
heckle
grip
injure
frost
harm
gripe
discomfort
itch
frustrate
niggle
distract
inflict anguish on
obsess
goad
spite
alarum
ill-treat
exercise
undo
bend someone's ear
hang over
tantalize
US
frighten
tantalise
UK
disconcert
despair
be a burden on
hack off
put out
get down
cause anxiety to
weigh heavily on one's mind
take control of
get to
make uneasy
be a great weight on
suffer
bedog
labor
US
labour
UK
muse
petition
solicit
pressurize
US
be in someone's way
squirm
sear
cast down
press down on
excoriate
terrorize
US
tear away at
belabour
UK
gut
pierce
stab
grizzle
miff
terrorise
UK
shake
weigh
throw
cut up
unnerve
rock
devastate
sadden
offend
be prey to
test
discombobulate
deject
roust
cause pain to
confuse
terrify
accost
pother
be the victim of
dishearten
cause disquiet to
goose
victimize
US
appall
US
rag
be afflicted with
be plagued with
suffer from
be troubled by
rib
put off
throw off
psych out
spook
appal
UK
urge
pressurise
UK
incommode
dash
chaff
belabor
US
bombard
be burdened with
be blighted with
be bedevilled by
hang up
upset the applecart
put someone's nose out of joint
get even
go on at
possess
mess with someone's head
do someone's head in
sweat out
victimise
UK
overcharge
prey on your mind
harp on at
make uncomfortable
stir up
niggle at
cause discomfort to
cause concern to
grind at
weigh heavily on someone's mind
egg on
bum out
be a nuisance to
drive bananas
discriminate against
play cat and mouse
be a pest to
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
come back to haunt
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
be a weight on one's mind
get the knife into
stick the knife into
preoccupy
dish it out
stick it to
give it to
dish out
strike
take
visit
sicken
subjugate
tyrannize
US
dominate
disgust
crush
rark
subject
insult
taunt
heavy
chivy
enslave
browbeat
nudge
hegemonize
interrupt
bore
hinder
impede
cross
coerce
rub up the wrong way
exploit
overthrow
get on your nerves
grate on
rule
intrude upon
impose on
force
master
get on your wick
encumber
trample
despotize
saddle
chasten
outrage
handicap
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
tyrannise
UK
control
make somebody's hackles rise
get on someone's case
keep down
treat harshly
hold sway over
grind down
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
be cruel to
walk all over
tyrannize over
rule with an iron hand
put screws to
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
put upon
ride roughshod over
beat down
be brutal to
anger
infuriate
rankle
wind up
incense
tick off
madden
gravel
enrage
give someone the hump
affront
get across
roil
exacerbate
antagonize
US
inflame
hump
get in your hair
hack you off
antagonise
UK
drive crazy
get under your skin
get at
drive mad
get on one's nerves
be on your back
gnaw
disgruntle
sting
make someone see red
bully
rub the wrong way
drive round the bend
rankle with
tee off
disoblige
get your goat
get your back up
put your back up
shock
discourage
make angry
drive to distraction
make waves
cut to the quick
dispirit
ridicule
eat away at
dissatisfy
daunt
burn
drive round the twist
traumatize
US
keep after
keep on at
eat at
haze
try your patience
make your blood boil
traumatise
UK
demoralize
US
be at
disrupt
mock
turn off
intimidate
put down
hurt somebody's feelings
ire
abrade
enflame
chagrin
mad
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
make cross
demoralise
UK
discountenance
gibe
steam up
dump on
wear on
give someone the pip
T-off
get your dander up
embitter
horrify
get up someone's nose
send into a rage
nauseate
work on
razz
shake up
weary
drive you up the wall
fire up
confound
jar on
slight
get your hackles up
sour
psych
be on the back of
guy
scandalize
US
rally
prick
chill
put to trouble
jar
dis
stew
repel
disappoint
excite
henpeck
cow
josh
get across someone
dampen
slap
banter
roast
throw off balance
rattle one's cage
debilitate
scandalise
UK
make miserable
knock for six
make unhappy
rub you up the wrong way
make fun of
jeer
poke fun at
panic
cheese off
mess with
get a rise out of
take the piss out of
make sport of
set one's teeth on edge
hit where one lives
try the patience of
deride
disaffect
stir
unman
prod
twit
joke
fear
jive
floor
scold
sweat
stress out
berate
cavil
quiz
diss
revolt
repulse
disrespect
bite
sap
jangle
wear
chide
rouse
desolate
bring down
revile
break
domineer
fun
flip out
be on one's case
kid
fester
reproach
peck at
criticize
US
craze
tire
acerbate
bum
sledge
stretch
hack
slam
upbraid
jibe at
deeply upset
break one's heart
impose
umbrage
give offence to
pick at
eat up
dampen spirits
put a damper on
make things hot for someone
move
rag on
make it hot for someone
cause anguish to
make wretched
shatter
shuck
make discontented
inflict trauma
criticise
UK
drain
scoff at
cause anxiety
jeer at
get someone
spoof
be a pain in the neck
abase
give trouble
be a thorn in someone's side
get on the wrong side of
take the mickey
work up
stick in one's craw
make despondent
be a thorn in someone's flesh
dull
make it tough
rattle someone's cage
wear out
make someone fed up
swipe at
pull one's leg
put in a spot
have on
lead on
put on the spot
fool around
derange
chevy
damage
dragoon
steam
tangle
curdle
drive nuts
insist
remind
single out
breath down someone's neck
empurple
puzzle
indispose
cut
wig
noodge
bullyrag
make an enemy of somebody
interfere
meddle
scorn
disillusion
turn
incapacitate
flip
bewilder
cramp
grind
rile up
snit
pet
tiff
huff
drive insane
beleague
insist on
discontent
get on someone
mess
scar
push button
heat up
scratch around
yap at
search high heaven
hit a sour note
get someone's wick
incite
give someone hell
exhaust
lie heavily on
key up
turn on
lay up
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
cause offense
lambaste
cause sorrow
ask for it
grill
lean on
cause to panic
zing
get on the nerves of
put pressure on
start
carp
put on edge
get on
set on edge
misplease
sneer
boo
rock the boat
make a scene
bring pressure to bear on
push one's buttons
make blue
drag down
break the heart of
put into a funk
be in someone's hair
run up the wrong way
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
get in the hair of
jerk around
hiss
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
put
consternate
push someon's buttons
kid around
disparage
hurt deeply
interfere with
envenom
flout
disenchant
suppress
lower
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
disdain
dispraise
slander
alienate
irritate greatly
impose upon
cause inconvenience to
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
barge in on
intrude on
unstring
abominate
thumb nose at
jar upon
grate upon
scout
play dirty
estrange
torque off
work into lather
set off
set on
take a rise out of
abash
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
wear upon
offend morals of
horn in on
knock the wind out of
rasp one's nerves
devitalize
do in
tear to pieces
barrack
throw a curve
knock props out
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
take aback
create difficulties for
flummox
harsh one's mellow
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
hurt the feelings of
fill with loathing
butt in on
override
push
poison
get on someone's back
lose patience
empoison
fuddle
find fault
jab
dig
lout
have had enough
become bored
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
humble
defeat
overcome
twitter
reluct
awe
shout at
jest
stump
brown off
drive you out of your mind
drive you to distraction
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make you see red
make livid
drive you round the bend
drive you crazy
sneer at
make game of
be bothered
inflict
gnaw away at
gnaw away
be a weight on someone's mind
overawe
shout catcalls at
bear down on
damp down
shout down
droop
repress
prostrate
quip
make nervous
disadvantage
jaundice
make your gorge rise
be repugnant to
make someone's stomach rise
put someone off their stroke
wreck
wreak
befall
wisecrack
put into a flap
gibe at
throw into a tizz
jape
make bitter
be autocratic
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into tizzy
cast a pall over
make resentful
gag
make downhearted
discommodate
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
jolly
make rancorous
yuck
yuk
be a burden
be a nuisance
dampen the spirits of
pretend
beat
drag
darken
damp
enervate
cause to lose heart
dampen someone's hopes
cause to lose hope
take the wind out of your sails
knock the stuffing out of
harsh someone's mellow
make one's heart bleed
give someone the blues
make desolate
pour cold water on
cast a gloom upon
run down
make gloomy
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
make sad
reduce to tears
knock sideways
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
dash hopes
break someone's spirit
throw cold water on
break someone's heart
play
mix up
cause someone difficulty
fool about
yank someone's chain
be facetious
avenge
crunch
overextend
satirize
US
be a problem to
descend upon
descend on
force upon
bring down on
give someone bother
overdo
make someone go out of his way
chiack
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
smoke
rot
sound
snap
satirise
UK
laugh at
make ill
send up
make jokes about
goof on
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
disagree
sling off at
put on
pull someone's leg
poke borak at
flirt with
flout at
make a monkey of
mess around
make unwell
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
more ❯
“My disturbing dreams and pseudomemories still
beset
me with unabated force.”
Verb
▲
To physically surround or enclose, typically in a hostile manner
surround
circle
encircle
encompass
compass
enclose
environ
beleaguer
besiege
girdle
ring
hem in
box in
fence in
ring round
shut in
invest
gird
blockade
circumscribe
leaguer
engird
lay siege to
wreathe
envelop
embrace
siege
inclose
confine
hedge in
belt
wrap
girth
band
bound
skirt
border
round
fringe
circumvent
engirdle
girt
enwind
trap
begird
enwreath
hem
close in on
close in
wall in
storm
orbit
circuit
circumnavigate
cincture
set upon
fence
block off
shut off
come at from all sides
bind
edge
rim
verge
margin
enfold
delimit
loop
encase
limit
outline
contain
enwreathe
throng
enclave
cut off
go around
close around
lock in
corral
frame
hedge
pen
coop up
flank
pen in
coop
mew up
line
cordon off
encage
immure
box up
impound
isolate
rail in
constrain
kettle
form a barrier round
form a ring around
seal off
pen up
trim
cage
close
house
wall
closet
mure
seal
fix
mew
hurdle
case
fence off
form a ring round
close off
set
tie
be bounded by
pound
block
hold
bottle up
entrap
enwrap
constrict
circulate
tour
coil
circumduct
ensphere
restrict
lock up
move around
form a barrier around
palisade
picket
straiten
cover
include
hinder
coil around
go round
keep
put inside
embower
circumfuse
bower
mount
writhe around
enring
capture
box
frame in
set in a frame
gird in
hold back
ring in
cage in
hold in
segregate
demarcate
establish
determine
barricade
specify
quarantine
shut
delineate
intern
distinguish
demark
prescribe
bar
rope
rail
curb
set the limits of
set the boundaries of
set out
mark
mark off
lay down
terminate
stake out
set bounds to
define
mark out
tape off
rope off
screen off
separate off
partition off
curtain off
shut up
keep under lock and key
hold captive
more ❯
“Swarms of biting insects would
beset
me to add to my torment.”
Verb
▲
To take violent or aggressive action against
assault
attack
assail
invade
storm
strike
charge
rush
raid
trash
sic
sick
bushwhack
overrun
turn on
jump on
pounce on
set on
descend on
descend upon
pounce upon
go in on
set upon
tear into
blitz
besiege
fly at
lay into
fall on
march into
swoop on
light into
ambush
fall upon
pitch into
aggress
let fly at
make an assault on
launch an attack on
launch oneself at
round on
overwhelm
plunder
penetrate
foray into
go at
beat up
lash out at
foray
bombard
capture
mug
jump
conquer
fire on
have at
infiltrate
set about
get stuck into
hit out at
lace into
strike at
wade into
attempt to capture
take by storm
make a raid on
let someone have it
beat up on
set at
have a go at
ravage
shell
strafe
batter
pounce
occupy
bomb
belabour
UK
accost
fire at
take down
surge over
bust
blast
torpedo
belabor
US
hit
go for
come at
work over
weigh into
run at
make an onslaught on
advance on
sail into
open fire on
launch an attack
subjugate
hurt
inroad
terrorize
US
rout
harm
overcome
fight
terrorise
UK
swarm
blindside
smash
strike out at
charge at
lunge at
harry
shoot down
cook
blister
swarm over
sally
descend
smite
take
afflict
devastate
sally forth
march on
make inroads on
swoop down upon
cannonade
pound
launch at
give someone a beating
spring at
go after
rush upon
duff up
beat the living daylights out of
rush at
spring on
rough up
make a foray on
conduct an offensive on
deal a blow to
deal a blow
make an assault
make an attack
surprise
barrage
turn to violence
lay siege to
set in on
make a sortie on
surge into
go in
take on
waylay
blitzkrieg
pepper
pelt
fusillade
launch
catapult
hold up
maltreat
impugn
fire upon
open fire
encounter
secure
breach
pillage
advance
seize
infringe
maraud
combat
encroach
begin hostilities
begin an assault
take the offensive
beat
pummel
US
pummelled
UK
thrash
paste
knock about
knock around
wallop
hammer
do over
shower
drub
rain down on
rake
sweep
enfilade
thump
fire a broadside at
beat down upon
riddle
assault physically
search
beat someone up
leap at
rain
mob
swoop
dogpile
make a raid
mortar
gang up
lapidate
sack
rob
drop
pour
fall
volley
stone
abuse
throw at
hail
depredate
despoil
ransack
lambaste
appear
arrive
battle
injure
reave
spoliate
arrive in hordes
strike out
drop in
turn up
come in force
show up
manhandle
approach
get at
wreak havoc on
lash out
molest
bear down on
lay waste to
come closer to
close in on
draw nearer to
converge on
draw near
move close to
draw near to
come close to
move closer to
move in on
ill-treat
more ❯
“The King afterwards sent an army to Durham, and allowed it to
beset
the castle.”
Verb
▲
To overwhelm with an excessive amount of something
swamp
inundate
overwhelm
flood
deluge
engulf
overload
bury
bombard
overrun
glut
overburden
besiege
drown
consume
crowd
overcrowd
overpower
snow
bog down
snow under
weigh down
swallow up
submerge
saturate
overflow
oversupply
submerse
gulf
shower
cover
crush
immerse
whelm
drench
soak
overcome
envelop
wet
steep
plunge
impregnate
souse
flow over
douse
sweep over
sop
surround
encompass
absorb
fill
wash over
devour
waterlog
come over
pour over
ret
macerate
sodden
imbue
drouk
seep
suffuse
marinate
bathe
wash
transfuse
wet through
douche
percolate
abound
teem
slosh
debouch
overfill
oversoak
suck
dunk
slop
overwater
pour down on
plow under
choke
oversaturate
run over
cover with water
engross
overtake
imbibe
affect
sweep
over-infuse
flood out
wash out
flow across
surge over
stream
sluice
flush
pour
gush
more ❯
Verb
▲
To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers
infest
permeate
overspread
pervade
fill
swarm
plague
infiltrate
invade
overrun
overwhelm
inundate
pester
throng
crowd
flock
pack
riddle
teem
harry
spread through
swarm over
run riot over
take over
abound in
crawl all over
suffuse
imbue
saturate
interpenetrate
charge
transfuse
inform
percolate into
run through
filter through
spoil
corrupt
be diffused through
penetrate
spread over
diffuse through
diffuse
infuse
impregnate
steep
perfuse
percolate
spread throughout
flow through
be disseminated through
flood
bathe
choke
cover
surge over
spread out
pass through
extend through
extend throughout
percolate through
diffuse throughout
tinge
lade
overswarm
infect
parasitize
US
instill
US
afflict
instil
UK
clog
pile into
heap into
cram into
colonize
US
entrench
colonise
UK
parasitise
UK
go in
fall on
affect
grip
overflow
swamp
overgrow
wash
spread
mantle
deluge
colour
UK
color
US
illuminate
surge through
flow over
go beyond
spill into
run over
grow over
spread like wildfire
spread like wildfire over
well over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
coerce
force
compel
pressure
impel
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
drive
dragoon
press
oblige
make
browbeat
constrain
bully
bulldoze
railroad
intimidate
urge
push
influence
blackjack
impress
obligate
cow
sandbag
muscle
bludgeon
threaten
menace
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
hustle
brainwash
squeeze
bounce
concuss
shotgun
restrict
hinder
repress
suppress
strong-arm
prevail on
lean on
put pressure on
use pressure on
fast-talk
press-gang
bring pressure to bear on
put the squeeze on
put the screws on
put under an obligation
act on
work on
twist one's arm
force one's hand
high pressure
make an offer they can't refuse
put the arm on
steamroller
cajole
wheedle
assail
importune
goad
harass
hound
argue
besiege
plague
talk
sway
oppress
torment
vex
enforce
trouble
put the heat on
use strong-arm tactics on
insist on
have someone do something
twist someone's arm
come at
badger
hector
prod
tyrannize
US
harry
persuade
induce
domineer
tyrannise
UK
bullyrag
require
incite
push around
bogart
nag
prompt
mau-mau
spur
encourage
persecute
provoke
instigate
necessitate
pester
stir
cause
trigger
inveigle
convince
frighten
inspire
motivate
bind
egg on
rouse
ride roughshod over
tempt
propel
put up to
bluster
dominate
buffalo
command
move
hassle
pick on
stimulate
demand
nudge
goose
whip
dictate
turn on the heat
entice
coax
spur on
lead
subjugate
chivvy
incline
push about
actuate
blackmail
prick
victimize
US
bring round
prevail upon
impose
sic
tighten the screws on
victimise
UK
lord it over
manipulate
fire up
prejudice
ramrod
steer
exhort
lure
get
beguile
awe
direct
rally
incentivize
US
insist
occasion
restrain
animate
arouse
steamroll
turn
boss about
boss around
order
ask
exact
incentivise
UK
excite
challenge
crush
bring pressure to bear upon
enslave
spark
invigorate
US
trample
rowel
sound
galvanize
US
embolden
breathe down someone's neck
galvanise
UK
envigorate
UK
dragoon into
make necessary
order around
order about
browbeat into
keep down
turn the screws on
put the chill on
dictate to
impose on
put the frighteners on
hold down
crack down
domineer over
rule with a rod of iron
talk into
grind down
bring someone to their knees
treat harshly
treat brutally
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
have someone under your thumb
rule despotically
keep under thumb
key up
heavy
bother
leave someone no option
scare
terrify
worry
constrict
squash
compress
sell
politick
commit
overbear
despotize
lean
unnerve
egg
astrict
shanghai
spook
bias
kick
indebt
put heat on
heckle
work over
root
put through the wringer
mistreat
taunt
antagonize
US
chivy
mobilize
US
dog
will
antagonise
UK
hold a gun to one's head
bend
change
poison
inflame
sting
have
effect
ride roughshod
foment
predispose
condition
determine
mobilise
UK
enthuse
walk heavy
needle
pressurize into
coerce into
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
bring pressure upon
tighten the screw on
turn the screw on
roust
lash
titillate
bludgeon into
bully into
high-pressure
put the screws to
bring force to bear on
hold a gun to someone's head
orient
terrorize into
intimidate into
overcome
commandeer
extort
railroad into
budge
charge
work up
foist
subdue
invoke
wrest
exert
expect
throw your weight around
steamroller into
use duress on
burden
conscript
use force on
urge by force
choke
apply
obtrude
contract
enjoin
leave someone no option but to
make compulsory
bulldoze into
exert influence on
force upon
bear down on
change mind
go to town on
ride
dispose
overawe
exert force on
affright
elicit
impassion
bear down
pin down
put the bite on
warrant
bring
inspirit
activate
evoke
steel
bear hard on
put screws to
put squeeze on
hearten
impact
exhilarate
convert
advise
uplift
empower
vitalize
involve
scare off
strike
incentify
refresh
help
scare the bejesus out of
call for
entail
exploit
bribe
control
jockey
play
finagle
need
take
claim
want
bear
mean
stir up
pump up
suggest to
counsel
work
hint to
cheer on
whip up
pep up
win over
boost up
behoove
US
crave
postulate
work upon
talk round
pull strings with
behove
UK
be grounds for
spirit up
suborn
colour
UK
leave no choice but to
act upon
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
touch
cut any ice with
ride herd on
color
US
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion
obsess
engross
preoccupy
consume
absorb
grip
possess
fixate
haunt
hold
fascinate
hound
plague
torment
control
infatuate
hyperfocus
eat up
rule one's thoughts
dominate one's thoughts
monopolize one's thoughts
become an obsession with
take control of
prey on
take over
have a grip on
have a hold on
be on your mind
prey on your mind
be uppermost in your thoughts
occupy
bedevil
affect
overcome
concern
dominate
disturb
distract
stay with
be ever present
overwhelm
engulf
trouble
enthral
UK
devour
enthrall
US
swamp
worry
monopolize
US
afflict
harrow
rack
torture
overpower
overburden
immerse
overload
monopolise
UK
grasp
swallow up
get
eat away at
take in
take up all of someone's time
eat sleep and breathe
take up someone's whole attention
more ❯
Verb
▲
To confound or perplex someone
perplex
bewilder
confound
confuse
dumbfound
stun
puzzle
baffle
astonish
nonplus
astound
mystify
flummox
bemuse
floor
disconcert
surprise
befuddle
throw
fox
bamboozle
discombobulate
fuddle
muddle
stump
faze
disorient
gravel
addle
beat
maze
vex
buffalo
befog
pose
wilder
get
fog
distract
rattle
discompose
exercise
worry
baulk
UK
balk
US
perturb
stumble
thwart
throw off balance
make someone scratch their head
be all Greek to
catch off balance
cause to be at a stand
get to
stupefy
daze
stagger
amaze
flabbergast
startle
bowl over
shock
obfuscate
muddy
take aback
blow your mind
shake
mix up
shake up
blow away
rock
knock for six
leave open-mouthed
dumfound
thunderstrike
strike dumb
overwhelm
dismay
fluster
surprize
stop someone in their tracks
bring up short
boggle
jolt
set someone thinking
awe
dazzle
benumb
go to your head
boggle the mind
leave aghast
take by surprise
stymie
unnerve
upset
disturb
frustrate
ruffle
throw off
intoxicate
make punchy
bother
inebriate
mess with one's head
discomfit
electrify
alarm
disorientate
knock sideways
ball up
take your breath away
elude
muddy the waters
boggle the mind of
snooker
foil
defeat
outwit
snow
put at a loss
be too much for
metagrobolize
knock out
knock the stuffing out of
screw up
give a shock
bedazzle
conquer
fill with wonder
fill with amazement
make your head spin
be unbelievable
knock your socks off
numb
besot
jar
take the wind out of your sails
petrify
consternate
strike with awe
throw a curve
render speechless
spring on
cause wonder
unsettle
impress
move
strike
touch
affect
knock senseless
hit like a ton of bricks
shatter
knock for a loop
put one away
more ❯
Adjective
▲
To be overcome or overwhelmed by something (typically negative)
overcome
overwhelmed
plagued
affected
surrounded
tormented
harassed
full of
possessed
gripped
consumed
preoccupied
controlled
haunted
dominated
cursed
tortured
mad
flustered
seized
hounded
obsessed
beleaguered
troubled
unnerved
vexed
bedevilled
UK
bedeviled
US
overpowered
dogged
held
bewitched
devoured
agitated
insane
harried
bothered
paranoid
violent
anxious
neurotic
fiendish
taken over
under a spell
in the grip of
more ❯
“
Beset
by worries, ill, chronically underfunded, and in half a mind to quit altogether, he nonetheless stuck by the organization he had done so much to promote.”
Adjective
▲
Feeling or expressing distress or anxiety
troubled
anxious
worried
disturbed
distressed
apprehensive
bothered
aflutter
dithery
discomposed
hinky
concerned
goosey
unsettled
atwitter
harassed
disconcerted
dismayed
afraid
annoyed
discombobulated
confused
anguished
aggravated
inconvenienced
afflicted
miffed
pained
pestered
provoked
asea
upset
perturbed
uneasy
chagrined
displeased
exacerbated
harrowed
mortified
agitated
antsy
edgy
insecure
jittery
jumpy
nervous
nervy
queasy
queazy
tense
unquiet
uptight
alarmed
disquieted
distraught
fearful
flustered
frightened
harried
het up
hung up
irked
irritated
overwrought
plagued
riled
ruffled
scared
shaken
terrified
tormented
tortured
troublous
vexed
ill at ease
in a tizzy
worried stiff
put out
stressed
hassled
beleaguered
hounded
pressured
stressy
under stress
under pressure
hard-pressed
hag-ridden
under the cosh
up against it
hot and bothered
in a state
wired
fretting
distracted
worried sick
on edge
fretful
quaking
trembling
worked up
strung out
twitchy
restless
browbeaten
rattled
spooked
pressurized
US
toey
flurried
fidgety
angstful
bugged
uncomfortable
frayed
hurried
rushed
unglued
squirrelly
overstrung
worrying
spooky
muddled
windy
angsty
solicitous
clutched
pressurised
UK
hunted
put upon
in a flap
strung up
on tenterhooks
keyed up
in a twitter
a wreck
in a sweat
in a tizz
a bundle of nerves
shook up
in a stew
in a twit
in a dither
beside oneself
stressed out
all of a dither
in a state of agitation
bricking oneself
in a cold sweat
having kittens
on pins and needles
at the end of one's rope
with one's back up against the wall
at the end of your tether
all of a lather
like a cat on a hot tin roof
with one's stomach in knots
having butterflies in the stomach
shaking in one's shoes
with your heart in your mouth
strained
unnerved
shaky
hysterical
excited
panicky
restive
hyper
frantic
hesitant
highly strung
skittish
wound up
uncertain
fazed
high-strung
fraught
adrenalized
neurotic
shy
thrown
in a state of nerves
shocked
excitable
like a cat on hot bricks
timorous
hysteric
wrought up
in suspense
startled
angry
timid
frenzied
aghast
peeved
discomfited
unrelaxed
panic-stricken
in a panic
unsure
all of a doodah
exasperated
desperate
careworn
horrified
bundle of nerves
self-conscious
trepidatious
brittle
distrait
irritable
febrile
sensitive
suspicious
doubtful
choked
embarrassed
discountenanced
shaking
affrighted
horror-struck
cross
unhappy
disappointed
frozen
mousy
unzipped
narked
huffy
galled
delirious
hurt
taut
petrified
like a fish out of water
daunted
in a flat spin
mad
unstable
careful
frazzled
overanxious
terror-stricken
awkward
scared stiff
fluttery
terrorized
US
furious
piqued
shivery
nonplussed
disgruntled
angered
oppressed
fevered
resentful
testy
unsteady
impatient
nettled
scary
hot under the collar
in a funk
in a blue funk
unrestful
fretted
bewildered
terrorised
UK
flighty
out of place
hectic
up the wall
intimidated
burdened
preoccupied
wild
angst-ridden
waiting for the axe to fall
grieved
teed off
fed up
obsessed
in a huff
running scared
sad
crazed
scared witless
overburdened
scared to death
saddened
retiring
emotional
irrational
irresolute
frightened out of your wits
wrought-up
bedevilled
UK
crazy
scared out of your wits
terror-struck
exercised
raving
horror-stricken
nail-biting
feeling anxious
tremulous
shrinking
turbulent
skittery
feart
offended
bashful
deranged
gutted
fractious
verklempt
shaking like a leaf
quivering
panicked
unpeaceful
pinched
drawn
wavering
haunted
irate
mistrustful
cautious
afeared
frit
wounded
inhibited
infuriated
unscrewed
bummed out
addled
blue
nervous wreck
in a spin
sore
flummoxed
incensed
watchful
enraged
stunned
all torn up
cowed
crabbed
gun-shy
scunnered
cut up
wrathful
dissatisfied
all of a flutter
inflamed
swivel-eyed
easily frightened
fuming
broken up
maddened
shot to pieces
panic-struck
fuddled
in turmoil
eggy
frustrated
abashed
white-knuckled
beside yourself
chicken
bedeviled
US
yellow
stressed-out
miffy
snuffy
ill-humored
US
lily-livered
cheesed off
brassed off
out of countenance
hot-tempered
at sea
in high dudgeon
hacked off
not best pleased
ticked off
ill-humoured
UK
in a temper
perplexed
having cold feet
browned off
waiting with bated breath
peed off
flushed
intense
aquiver
unreluctant
sorrowful
overactive
hyped-up
heated
overexcited
afire
atingle
hyperexcited
tensed
easily agitated
nerve-racking
stressful
moved
creepy
Delphic
unassured
unpoised
disorderly
dreading
haggard
zipped up
hot
juiced up
indecisive
tentative
traumatized
US
traumatised
UK
unbalanced
dithering
vacillating
nerves on edge
swithering
aggrieved
overemotional
withdrawn
a basket case
sweating bullets
strict
conventional
discontented
active
fidgeting
itchy
spasmodic
fitful
emotive
wrung
low
gauche
histrionic
disheartened
unnatural
aroused
shook
blushing
indignant
faltering
affronted
disorientated
disconsolate
stir-crazy
discouraged
chafed
graceless
in disorder
amazed
all nerves
stung
tossing and turning
on the qui vive
agog
mousey
embittered
overstretched
grim
old-fashioned
cowardly
come apart
psyched out
avid
biting one's nails
on the defensive
injured
insulted
disoriented
unfulfilled
defeated
falling apart
foreboding
at sixes and sevens
worn out
cowering
reproachful
strung-up
basket case
needled
pusillanimous
stiff
weak
weighed down
emotionally charged
tied up in knots
unsatisfied
unsated
ungratified
strange
lost
feverish
fainthearted
pessimistic
chicken-hearted
numb
rabbity
sissy
butterflies
jellyfish
with your back to the wall
frenetic
apprehensive about
intimidated by
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
fierce
alarmed at
in a fluster
all agog
open-mouthed
tearing one's hair out
rabid
faint-hearted
maniacal
carrying a chip on your shoulder
with bated breath
having stage fright
biting nails
having a funny feeling
in awe
frightened to death
unenthusiastic
downbeat
despondent
uncontrolled
shell-shocked
on the rack
ferocious
in fear and trepidation
very scared
pushing the panic button
have cold feet
numb with fear
insane
demented
berserk
fearsome
violent
unhinged
diffident
under a strain
faint of heart
agonized
US
floored
raging
white knuckled
meek
unassertive
berko
corybantic
distrustful
despairing
unconfident
weird
zonkers
funky
dubious
overcome
introverted
sceptical
UK
spineless
taken aback
agonised
UK
racked with suffering
anxiety-ridden
grumpy
skeptical
US
caught off balance
shook-up
messed-up
in botheration
psyched-out
mixed-up
thrown off balance
devastated
petulant
wary
out of control
irascible
touchy
peevish
confounded
doubting
cranky
shattered
crabby
flipped out
nuts
bemused
ratty
wigged out
passive
snappish
baffled
crotchety
chary
weirded out
freaked out
spazzed out
last-minute
at wits' end
unforthcoming
puzzled
tetchy
befuddled
querulous
splenetic
stumped
questioning
perverse
dumbfounded
self-doubting
not self-assured
lacking confidence
lacking self-confidence
self-effacing
captious
complaining
guarded
mystified
ornery
worked-up
circumspect
miserable
bamboozled
bushed
mean
grumbling
whining
very upset
mistrusting
untrusting
critical
out of your mind
out of one's mind
carping
caviling
US
like a chicken with its head cut off
contrary
wildered
mazed
leery
beaten
nonplused
on guard
faultfinding
uncomprehending
wreck
cavilling
UK
bad-tempered
blank
ill-tempered
foxed
choleric
short-tempered
ill-natured
ireful
at a loss
hard put
mixed up
out of sorts
tooshie
steamed
vex
wrath
hoha
foaming at the mouth
in a bad mood
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having been subjected to oppression
oppressed
subjugated
maltreated
abused
downtrodden
mistreated
tyrannised
UK
tyrannized
US
persecuted
victimised
UK
victimized
US
browbeaten
crushed
subject
misused
repressed
burdened
exploited
tormented
subdued
abject
disadvantaged
underprivileged
enslaved
suppressed
beleaguered
troubled
helpless
prostrate
subservient
overloaded
plagued
distressed
destitute
underfoot
slave
fraught
henpecked
worried
ill-treated
ground down
have-not
under one's thumb
under the thumb
weighed down
a slave to
at one's feet
at one's mercy
harmed
neglected
battered
intimidated
ill-used
wronged
bullied
harassed
overcome
hurt
dominated
aggrieved
knocked about
conquered
weakened
captured
overpowered
worn down
seized
injured
badly treated
occupied
led by the nose
under someone's heel
wounded
hard done by
colonized
US
powerless
underdog
maligned
shaken
offended
in one's power
in one's clutches
in one's pocket
at beck and call
beaten
demoralized
US
ruled
colonised
UK
broken
used
scared
cowed
demoralised
UK
milked
ruled over
meek
timid
submissive
unassertive
docile
nagged
cowering
cringing
acquiescent
obedient
resigned
yielding
constrained
unresisting
uxorious
passive
compliant
taken advantage of
treated like dirt
tied to someone's apron strings
subjected to nagging
without a mind of one's own
wife-ridden
in fear of one's partner
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Surrounded or attacked by hostile forces
under fire
besieged
battered
beleaguered
embattled
targeted
under attack
assailed
assaulted
attacked
invaded
stormed
Adjective
▲
Surrounded by hostile or enemy forces
besieged
surrounded
beleaguered
blockaded
encircled
encompassed
under siege
hemmed in
hedged in
environed
Adjective
▲
(
idiomatic, figuratively
)
Burdened or weighed down, especially by a mass of something unpleasant
bogged down
burdened
encumbered
mired
overloaded
laden
loaded
saddled
beleaguered
besieged
flooded
inundated
lumbered
overcome
overinvolved
overwhelmed
plagued
swamped
caught up
weighed down
snowed under
knee deep
drowned
heavy-laden
landed
stymied
held back
stuck
hampered
troubled
Adjective
▲
Teeming or filled with people, animals or things
infested
swarming
teeming
crawling
lousy
overrun
alive
bristling
permeated
pervaded
abounding
replete
filled
awash
abundant
thick
rife
full
flush
thronging
stuffed
charged
heavy
laden
attended
charged with
swarming with
attended by
full of
rife with
filled with
weighed down
thick with
fraught
brimful of
loaded with
bristling with
brimming with
accompanied by
packed
crowded
pest-ridden
aswarm
plagued
buggy
clogged
swamped
flooded
flea-ridden
louse-ridden
rat-infested
verminous
choked
overflowing
bustling
thronged
hopping
jumping
hoaching
hotching
buzzing
heaving
pullulating
chock-full of
chock-a-block
jam-packed
abounding in
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Adjective
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Enamored or very attracted to someone
smitten
captivated
infatuated
besotted
bewitched
enamored
US
charmed
beguiled
enamoured
UK
hooked
taken
lovesick
into
plagued
devoted to
crazy about
gone on
mad about
infatuated with
potty about
bewitched by
in love
charmed by
enchanted by
wild about
captivated by
beguiled by
enthralled by
obsessed with
enamored of
UK
enamoured of
US
love-struck by
struck on
very attracted to
twitterpated by
in love with
besotted with
bowled over by
sweet on
head over heels in love with
hopelessly in love with
very taken with
ensorcelled by
very keen on
bowled over
swept off your feet
head over heels in love
fascinated
spellbound
obsessed
nuts about
engrossed
devoted
mesmerized
US
smitten with
hooked on
keen
hypnotized
US
enchanted
enraptured
absorbed
passionate
mesmerised
UK
hypnotised
UK
fanatical
entranced
enthralled
keen on
crazy
seduced
rapt
intoxicated
riveted
passionate about
gripped
hung up on
fond
stuck on
enthusiastic about
fond of
attracted
mad
enthusiastic
dotty about
intent
focused
US
focussed
UK
taken with
enticed
partial to
dedicated to
wild
preoccupied
nuts
love-struck
immersed
intrigued
potty
interested
fixated
involved
really into
fascinated by
queer
intense
monomaniacal
interested in
consumed with desire for
turned on
under a spell
carrying a torch for
intent on
hung up
single-minded
head over heels
hell-bent
preoccupied with
preoccupied by
obsessive about
wrapped up in
possessed by
single-minded about
engrossed in
caught up in
immersed in
wild on
loving
inflamed
possessed
transfixed
nutty
dazzled
silly
delighted
thrilled
tantalized
US
titillated
excited
consumed
gaga
occupied
addicted to
hot for
engaged
addicted
enraptured by
lost
distracted
doting
attached to
tantalised
UK
under the spell of
buried
concerned
sold on
deep
busy
caught up
gripped by
sunk in
taken over
doting on
wrapped up
absorbed in
up to one's ears
up to here
hypnotized by
heavily into
up to here in
taken up
focused on
locked in
eat sleep and breathe
tied up
involved in
greatly enamoured of
dialed in
fanatical about
wound up
deep in thought
having a one-track mind
ardent
giddy
dedicated
happy
concerned with
fervid
fervent
zealous
fanatic
inclined
hyped
very keen
very enthusiastic
carried away
lovestruck
daft
carried away with
gaga over
very fond of
obsessed by
besotted by
hopelessly in love
swept off one's feet by
turned on by
far gone on
fixated on
under someone's spell
OCD
crazed
drawn
agog
caught
predisposed
transported
curious
eager
gone
moved
inquisitive
sold
impressed
roused
amorous
attentive
dotty
overpowered
aroused
twitterpated
inspired
touched
lured
stimulated
affected
very interested
inspirited
entranced by
attached
prepossessed
extremely curious
very inquisitive
highly interested
extremely interested
very curious
fixated by
soft on
wackadoodle
wackadoo
paranoid
neurotic
riveted by
daft about
head over heels for
mesmerized by
attracted to
hungry for
mad on
eager for
in the grip of
taken up with
has a thing about
silly about
intrigued by
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