| Main Entry: | heckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jeer |
Synonyms: |
badger, bait, bother, bully, chivy, dis, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, faze, gibe, hound, interrupt, pester, plague, rattle, ride*, ridicule, shout at, taunt, tease, torment, worry |
Antonyms: |
encourage, help, promote, support |
| Main Entry: | badger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag, bother |
Synonyms: |
annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, give the business, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, insist on, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, work on |
| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | needle |
Synonyms: |
anger, annoy, badger, bother, gall, harass, heckle, hound, irk, irritate, nag, persecute, provoke, tease, torment |
| Main Entry: | harass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | badger |
Synonyms: |
annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, facilitate, help, support |
| Main Entry: | hoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry |
Synonyms: |
boo, catcall, heckle, hiss, howl, jeer, razz, scoff at, scorn, scream, shout down, whistle |
| Main Entry: | hound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase, badger |
Synonyms: |
annoy, bait, be at, be on one's back, be on one's case, be on one's tail, beat the bushes, bird-dog, bother, bug, chivy, curdle, dog*, drive, give chase, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hunt, hunt down, impel, leave no stone unturned, persecute, pester, prod, provoke, pursue, rag on, rag, ride, scout, scratch, scratch around, search high heaven, tail, take out after, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down, yap at |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |
| Main Entry: | interrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, interfere |
Synonyms: |
arrest, barge in, break, break in, break off, break train of thought, bust in, butt in, check, chime in, come between, crash, crowd in, cut, cut in on, cut off*, cut short, defer, delay, disconnect, discontinue, disjoin, disturb, disunite, divide, edge in, get in the way, halt, heckle, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, in, infringe, inject, insinuate, intrude, lay aside, obstruct, prevent, punctuate, put in, separate, sever, shortstop, stay, stop, suspend, work in |
| Main Entry: | molest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, annoy |
Synonyms: |
abuse, afflict, badger, bait, bedevil, beset, break in, bug*, confuse, discommode, discompose, disquiet, disturb, encroach, frighten, harass, harry, heckle, hector, interrupt, intrude, irk, irritate, obtrude, persecute, perturb, pester, plague, pother, pursue, scare, tease, terrify, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry |
Antonyms: |
assist, cheer, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | nag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, bother |
Synonyms: |
annoy, badger, bait, berate, bug*, carp at, dog*, eat*, egg, find fault, fuss, give a hard time, goad, harry, heckle, hector, hound, importune, irk, irritate, needle, nudge*, pester, pick at, plague, prod, provoke, ride, scold, take it out on, tease, torment, upbraid, urge, vex, work on, worry |
Antonyms: |
assuage, please |
| Main Entry: | torment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make very upset |
Synonyms: |
abuse, afflict, agonize, annoy, bait, bedevil, bone, bother, break, crucify, devil, distress, drive bananas, drive up the wall, excruciate, give a hard time, harass, harrow, harry, heckle, hound, hurt, irritate, mistreat, molest, nag, pain, persecute, pester, plague, play cat and mouse, provoke, punish, put through wringer, rack, rub salt in wound, smite, tease, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wring |
| Notes: | torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance; torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering |
Antonyms: |
delight, make happy, please |