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goad
collapse
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
urge with or as if with a goad
related words >
actuate
,
animate
,
assault
,
bear
,
bear upon
,
boost
,
buck
,
bull
,
bulldoze
,
bump
,
bump against
,
bunt
,
butt
,
butt against
,
cage
,
catalyst
,
coerce
,
compel
,
compulsion
,
corral
,
cram
,
crowd
,
desire
,
dig
,
drive
,
drive on
,
drove
,
egg on
,
elbow
,
exhort
,
flog
,
force
,
forward
,
gad
,
gadfly
,
give an impetus
,
give momentum
,
herd
,
hurtle
,
hustle
,
impel
,
impetus
,
impulse
,
impulsion
,
incentive
,
incitation
,
incite
,
incitement
,
instigate
,
jab
,
jam
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
lash
,
lust
,
motivate
,
motivation
,
move
,
needle
,
nudge
,
oxgoad
,
passion
,
pile drive
,
poke
,
power
,
press
,
prick
,
prod
,
prompt
,
propel
,
punch
,
punch cattle
,
push
,
put in motion
,
ram
,
ram down
,
rattle
,
ride herd on
,
round up
,
rowel
,
run
,
run against
,
set agoing
,
set going
,
set in motion
,
shake
,
shepherd
,
shoulder
,
shove
,
sic
,
spur
,
stimulant
,
sting
,
stress
,
tamp
,
thrust
,
urge
,
whip
,
whip on
,
whiplash
,
wrangle
,
zeal
lacerate
collapse
having edges that are jagged from injury
irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"
cut or tear irregularly
deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"
related words >
abrade
,
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
bark
,
bite
,
blemish
,
bloody
,
break
,
burn
,
chafe
,
check
,
chip
,
claw
,
convulse
,
crack
,
craze
,
crucify
,
cut
,
defoliate
,
denude
,
dismember
,
distress
,
draw and quarter
,
excruciate
,
fester
,
flay
,
fracture
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gall
,
gash
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
harrow
,
hurt
,
impale
,
incise
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
injure
,
irritate
,
kill by inches
,
lancinate
,
macerate
,
maim
,
make mincemeat of
,
mangle
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
maul
,
mutilate
,
nip
,
pain
,
peel
,
pick to pieces
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
pull apart
,
puncture
,
punish
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
rend
,
rip
,
rub
,
run
,
rupture
,
savage
,
scald
,
scarify
,
scorch
,
scotch
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
scuff
,
shred
,
skin
,
slash
,
slit
,
sprain
,
stab
,
stick
,
sting
,
strain
,
strip
,
take apart
,
tear
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to tatters
,
torment
,
torture
,
traumatize
,
tweak
,
twist
,
wound
,
wrench
,
wring
victimize
collapse
punish unjustly
deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"
related words >
bamboozle
,
beat
,
beguile of
,
beset
,
bilk
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
bully
,
bunco
,
burn
,
cheat
,
chisel
,
chouse
,
chouse out of
,
circumvent
,
clip
,
cog
,
cog the dice
,
con
,
cozen
,
crib
,
deceive
,
defraud
,
diddle
,
do in
,
do out of
,
dupe
,
elude
,
euchre
,
evade
,
exploit
,
finagle
,
flam
,
fleece
,
flimflam
,
fob
,
foil
,
fool
,
frustrate
,
fudge
,
get around
,
get round
,
give the runaround
,
give the slip
,
go after
,
go one better
,
gouge
,
gull
,
gyp
,
harass
,
harry
,
have
,
hoax
,
hocus
,
hocus-pocus
,
hold up
,
hoodwink
,
hound
,
hunt
,
immolate
,
molest
,
mulct
,
oppress
,
outfigure
,
outflank
,
outfox
,
outgeneral
,
outguess
,
outmaneuver
,
outplay
,
outreach
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
overcharge
,
overprice
,
overreach
,
overtax
,
pack the deal
,
pass the buck
,
persecute
,
pick on
,
pigeon
,
practice fraud upon
,
prey on
,
profiteer
,
pursue
,
rook
,
scam
,
screw
,
sell gold bricks
,
shaft
,
shave
,
shortchange
,
skin
,
snooker
,
soak
,
stack the cards
,
stick
,
sting
,
stonewall
,
suck in
,
surcharge
,
swindle
,
take a dive
,
take advantage of
,
take in
,
thimblerig
,
throw a fight
,
torment
,
trick
,
use
stinging
collapse
related words >
acanaceous
,
acerb
,
acerbate
,
acerbic
,
acid
,
acidic
,
acidulent
,
acidulous
,
acrid
,
acrimonious
,
aculeolate
,
acute
,
afflictive
,
agonizing
,
asperous
,
astringent
,
atrocious
,
biting
,
bitter
,
brambly
,
briery
,
brisk
,
bristly
,
burn
,
burning
,
burning pain
,
buzz
,
caustic
,
chafing
,
corroding
,
corrosive
,
cramping
,
cruel
,
cutting
,
distressing
,
double-edged
,
edged
,
escharotic
,
excruciating
,
fierce
,
fire
,
fretting
,
galling
,
gnawing
,
grating
,
grave
,
grinding
,
griping
,
hard
,
harrowing
,
harsh
,
hurtful
,
hurting
,
incisive
,
irritant
,
irritating
,
irritative
,
keen
,
mordacious
,
mordant
,
muricate
,
nose-tickling
,
painful
,
paresthesia
,
paroxysmal
,
penetrating
,
piercing
,
pins and needles
,
piquant
,
poignant
,
pricking
,
prickle
,
prickles
,
prickling
,
prickly
,
pricky
,
pungent
,
racking
,
rasping
,
rigorous
,
rough
,
scathing
,
scorching
,
scratchy
,
severe
,
sharp
,
shooting
,
smart
,
smarting
,
sour
,
spasmatic
,
spasmic
,
spasmodic
,
stabbing
,
sting
,
strident
,
stringent
,
tart
,
thistly
,
thorny
,
thrill
,
tingle
,
tingling
,
tormenting
,
torturous
,
trenchant
,
urtication
,
vehement
,
violent
,
virulent
,
vitriolic
,
withering
acidity
collapse
pH values below 7
the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
related words >
acerbity
,
acescency
,
acid
,
acidness
,
acidulousness
,
acridity
,
acrimony
,
agent
,
alkali
,
alkalinity
,
alloisomer
,
animosity
,
anion
,
antacid
,
asperity
,
astringency
,
atom
,
base
,
bile
,
biochemical
,
bite
,
bitingness
,
bitter resentment
,
bitterness
,
bitterness of spirit
,
cation
,
causticity
,
causticness
,
chemical
,
chemical element
,
choler
,
chromoisomer
,
compound
,
copolymer
,
corrosiveness
,
cuttingness
,
dimer
,
dryness
,
edge
,
element
,
fierceness
,
gall
,
gnashing of teeth
,
greenness
,
grip
,
hard feelings
,
harshness
,
heartburning
,
heavy chemicals
,
high polymer
,
homopolymer
,
hydracid
,
hyperacidity
,
incisiveness
,
inorganic chemical
,
ion
,
isomer
,
keenness
,
macromolecule
,
metamer
,
molecule
,
monomer
,
mordacity
,
mordancy
,
neutralizer
,
nonacid
,
organic chemical
,
oxyacid
,
piercingness
,
piquancy
,
poignancy
,
point
,
polymer
,
pseudoisomer
,
pungency
,
radical
,
rancor
,
rankling
,
reagent
,
rigor
,
roughness
,
severity
,
sharpness
,
slow burn
,
soreness
,
sour
,
sourishness
,
sourness
,
spleen
,
stabbingness
,
sting
,
stridency
,
stringency
,
subacidity
,
sulfacid
,
tartishness
,
tartness
,
teeth
,
trenchancy
,
trimer
,
unripeness
,
unsweetness
,
vehemence
,
verjuice
,
vinegariness
,
vinegarishness
,
violence
,
virulence
rankle
collapse
related words >
afflict
,
aggravate
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anger
,
annoy
,
arouse
,
be remembered
,
bite
,
bother
,
break up
,
bristle
,
burn
,
canker
,
chafe
,
convulse
,
corrupt
,
crucify
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
cut
,
decay
,
decompose
,
disintegrate
,
distress
,
embitter
,
exasperate
,
excruciate
,
fall into decay
,
fall to pieces
,
fester
,
fret
,
gall
,
gangrene
,
get to
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
go bad
,
go to pieces
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harrow
,
huff
,
hurt
,
incense
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irk
,
irritate
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
make an impression
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
matter
,
miff
,
mildew
,
mold
,
molder
,
mortify
,
necrose
,
nettle
,
never be forgotten
,
nip
,
obsess
,
pain
,
peeve
,
penetrate
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
pique
,
plague
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
provoke
,
put to torture
,
putrefy
,
putresce
,
rack
,
rasp
,
rile
,
ripen
,
roil
,
rot
,
rub
,
ruffle
,
run
,
set up
,
sink in
,
sphacelate
,
spoil
,
stab
,
sting
,
stir the blood
,
stir up
,
suppurate
,
torment
,
torture
,
tweak
,
twist
,
upset
,
vex
,
weep
,
work up
,
wound
,
wring
gnaw
collapse
bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"
related words >
ablate
,
abrade
,
abrase
,
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
annoy
,
badger
,
bark
,
bedevil
,
beleaguer
,
bite
,
bother
,
burn
,
canker
,
chafe
,
champ
,
chaw
,
chew
,
chew the cud
,
chew up
,
chomp
,
consume
,
convulse
,
corrode
,
crucify
,
crumble
,
cut
,
devour
,
distress
,
eat
,
eat away
,
eat into
,
erase
,
erode
,
excruciate
,
fester
,
file
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnash
,
gnaw away
,
grate
,
graze
,
grind
,
gripe
,
gum
,
harass
,
harrow
,
harry
,
haunt
,
hector
,
hurt
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irk
,
irritate
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
masticate
,
mouth
,
mumble
,
munch
,
nag
,
nettle
,
nibble
,
nibble away
,
nip
,
oxidize
,
pain
,
peeve
,
pester
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
plague
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
raze
,
rub
,
rub away
,
rub off
,
rub out
,
ruminate
,
rust
,
scour
,
scrape
,
scrub
,
scuff
,
skin
,
stab
,
sting
,
tease
,
torment
,
torture
,
trouble
,
tweak
,
twist
,
vex
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear down
,
worry
,
wound
,
wring
prod
collapse
a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
urge on; cause to act; "They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
related words >
activate
,
actuate
,
annoy
,
assault
,
badger
,
bear
,
bear upon
,
bearing
,
boost
,
buck
,
bull
,
bulldoze
,
bump
,
bump against
,
bunt
,
butt
,
butt against
,
carp at
,
cavil
,
come in contact
,
cram
,
crowd
,
cue
,
dig
,
drive
,
egg on
,
elbow
,
encourage
,
excite
,
exhort
,
feel
,
feel of
,
finger
,
flick
,
flog
,
force
,
gad
,
gadfly
,
goad
,
grope
,
handle
,
harass
,
head
,
hector
,
henpeck
,
hound
,
hurtle
,
hustle
,
impel
,
incite
,
instigate
,
irk
,
irritate
,
jab
,
jam
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
lash
,
manipulate
,
motivate
,
move
,
nag
,
needle
,
nudge
,
oxgoad
,
palm
,
palpate
,
paw
,
pester
,
pile drive
,
pique
,
plague
,
ply
,
poke
,
poke at
,
press
,
pressure
,
prick
,
prompt
,
propel
,
provoke
,
punch
,
push
,
quick look
,
ram
,
ram down
,
rattle
,
reminder
,
rouse
,
rowel
,
run
,
run against
,
shake
,
shoulder
,
shove
,
sic
,
signal
,
spur
,
stimulate
,
stimulus
,
sting
,
stir
,
stress
,
tamp
,
tap
,
tentative examination
,
thrust
,
thumb
,
touch
,
twiddle
,
urge
,
whip
,
whiplash
,
wield
rasp
collapse
a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
uttering in an irritated tone
utter in a grating voice
scrape with a rasp
related words >
ablate
,
abrade
,
abrase
,
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
annoy
,
bark
,
belch
,
bite
,
blare
,
blat
,
bray
,
burn
,
burr
,
buzz
,
cackle
,
caw
,
chafe
,
chirr
,
clang
,
clangor
,
clank
,
clash
,
convulse
,
craunch
,
croak
,
crucify
,
crump
,
crunch
,
cut
,
distress
,
erase
,
erode
,
exacerbate
,
excruciate
,
fester
,
file
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gall
,
get
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
gnaw away
,
grate
,
grate on
,
grater
,
grating
,
gravel
,
graze
,
grind
,
grinding
,
gripe
,
grit
,
groan
,
growl
,
grumble
,
harrow
,
hurt
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irk
,
irritate
,
jangle
,
jar
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
nettle
,
nip
,
pain
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
provoke
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
raze
,
rub
,
rub away
,
rub off
,
rub out
,
scour
,
scranch
,
scrape
,
scraping
,
scratch
,
scratching
,
screech
,
scrub
,
scrunch
,
scuff
,
set on edge
,
skin
,
snarl
,
snore
,
squawk
,
stab
,
sting
,
stridulation
,
torment
,
torture
,
twang
,
tweak
,
twist
,
vex
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear on
,
wound
,
wring
tweak
collapse
pinch or squeeze sharply
related words >
acute pain
,
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
bite
,
bob
,
boring pain
,
burn
,
chafe
,
charley horse
,
clamp
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
compress
,
compression
,
convulse
,
cramp
,
cramps
,
crick
,
crucify
,
crush
,
cut
,
darting pain
,
distress
,
ensphere
,
excruciate
,
fester
,
flick
,
flip
,
flirt
,
flounce
,
fret
,
fulgurant pain
,
gall
,
girdle pain
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
gnawing
,
grate
,
grind
,
grip
,
gripe
,
griping
,
harrow
,
hitch
,
hurt
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigger
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jumping pain
,
kill by inches
,
kink
,
lacerate
,
lancinating pain
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
nip
,
pain
,
pang
,
paroxysm
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
pluck
,
press
,
pressure
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
rub
,
seizure
,
sharp pain
,
shoot
,
shooting
,
shooting pain
,
snake
,
snatch
,
spasm
,
squeeze
,
squeezing
,
stab
,
stabbing pain
,
start
,
sting
,
stitch
,
sudden pull
,
thrill
,
throes
,
tighten
,
tightening
,
tormen
,
torment
,
torture
,
twinge
,
twist
,
twitch
,
wad up
,
wound
,
wrench
,
wring
,
yank
,
yerk
teeth
collapse
related words >
acerbity
,
acidity
,
acridity
,
acrimony
,
alveolar ridge
,
alveolus
,
apex
,
arytenoid cartilages
,
astringency
,
back
,
bird cage
,
bite
,
bitterness
,
blade
,
bones
,
bridgework
,
causticity
,
claws
,
clutches
,
crap game
,
crap shooting
,
craps
,
crooked dice
,
cubes
,
dental bridge
,
dentition
,
denture
,
dice
,
die
,
digits
,
dorsum
,
edge
,
false teeth
,
fangs
,
fierceness
,
fingernails
,
fingers
,
grip
,
gums
,
hands
,
hard palate
,
harshness
,
hooks
,
ivories
,
jaws
,
keenness
,
larynx
,
lips
,
loaded dice
,
mandibles
,
maxillae
,
meathooks
,
mitts
,
mordacity
,
mordancy
,
nails
,
nasal cavity
,
nippers
,
oral cavity
,
palate
,
palm
,
periodontal tissue
,
pharyngeal cavity
,
pharynx
,
pincers
,
plate
,
poignancy
,
point
,
poker dice
,
pounces
,
rigor
,
roughness
,
set of teeth
,
severity
,
sharpness
,
soft palate
,
speech organ
,
sting
,
stridency
,
stringency
,
syrinx
,
talons
,
tartness
,
teeth ridge
,
tip
,
tongue
,
trenchancy
,
unguals
,
ungulae
,
uppers and lowers
,
vehemence
,
velum
,
violence
,
virulence
,
vocal chink
,
vocal cords
,
vocal folds
,
vocal processes
,
voice box
exploit
collapse
use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"
draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
related words >
abuse
,
accomplished fact
,
accomplishment
,
achievement
,
act
,
acta
,
action
,
adventure
,
apply
,
aristeia
,
attainment
,
beguile
,
benefit from
,
bestow
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
blow
,
bold stroke
,
capitalize on
,
cash in on
,
clip
,
coup
,
cultivate
,
dealings
,
deed
,
do
,
doing
,
doings
,
drain
,
effort
,
employ
,
emprise
,
endeavor
,
enterprise
,
exercise
,
fait accompli
,
feat
,
finesse
,
fleece
,
gest
,
go
,
gouge
,
hand
,
handiwork
,
handle
,
heroic act
,
hold up
,
ill-use
,
impose
,
impose upon
,
improve
,
improve the occasion
,
job
,
jockey
,
make capital of
,
make hay
,
make use of
,
maneuver
,
manipulate
,
measure
,
milk
,
misuse
,
move
,
operation
,
overcharge
,
overprice
,
overt act
,
overtax
,
passage
,
performance
,
play
,
play on
,
presume upon
,
proceeding
,
production
,
profit by
,
profiteer
,
put to advantage
,
res gestae
,
screw
,
skin
,
soak
,
step
,
stick
,
sting
,
stroke
,
stunt
,
suck dry
,
surcharge
,
swindle
,
take advantage of
,
thing
,
thing done
,
tour de force
,
trade on
,
transaction
,
turn
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
,
turn to use
,
undertaking
,
use
,
use ill
,
use to advantage
,
utilize
,
venture
,
victimize
,
work
,
work on
,
work upon
,
works
direction finder
collapse
radio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves
related words >
Bourdon tube
,
Gyropilot
,
Gyrosin compass
,
HFDF
,
Mach meter
,
RDF
,
absolute altimeter
,
accelerometer
,
aerial reconnaissance camera
,
aerometer
,
aeroscope
,
air log
,
altigraph
,
altimeter
,
ammeter
,
anemograph
,
anemometer
,
anemoscope
,
aneroid
,
automatic pilot
,
autosyn
,
barometer
,
bombing locator
,
bombsight
,
calorimeter
,
card compass
,
chronometer
,
compass
,
control rod
,
evaporimeter
,
flight recorder
,
galvanometer
,
gosport
,
gosport tube
,
gyrocompass
,
gyroscopic compass
,
gyrostatic compass
,
horn
,
hub dynamometer
,
hygrograph
,
hygrometer
,
hypsometer
,
inclinometer
,
induction compass
,
inertial navigation system
,
joy stick
,
loran
,
magnetic compass
,
magnetic needle
,
meteorograph
,
micrometer
,
needle
,
octant
,
optical altimeter
,
ozonometer
,
photometer
,
pitot-static tube
,
pluviometer
,
potentiometer
,
pyrometer
,
quadrant
,
radar
,
radio
,
radio compass
,
radio direction finder
,
radiogoniometer
,
rate-of-climb indicator
,
recording hygrometer
,
robot pilot
,
sextant
,
shoran
,
spirit level
,
static tube
,
sting
,
strike radar scanner
,
sun compass
,
tachometer
,
thermograph
,
thermometer
,
thermostat
,
throttle
,
transit instrument
,
variometer
,
venturi tube
,
viscosimeter
,
wireless compass
,
yoke
agonize
collapse
suffer agony or anguish
cause to agonize
related words >
ache
,
afflict
,
agonize over
,
ail
,
anguish
,
battle
,
be at sea
,
be uncertain
,
bear
,
beat about
,
bite
,
blanch
,
bleed
,
blench
,
bloody
,
brood over
,
buffet
,
burn
,
chafe
,
claw
,
contend
,
convulse
,
crucify
,
cut
,
desolate
,
distress
,
doubt
,
endure
,
excruciate
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
feel unsure
,
fester
,
fight
,
flounder
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
go hard with
,
grate
,
grieve
,
grimace
,
grind
,
gripe
,
grope
,
grunt and sweat
,
harrow
,
hassle
,
have a misery
,
huff and puff
,
hurt
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
macerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
mope
,
mourn
,
nip
,
pain
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
pine
,
pine away
,
pound
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
punish
,
put to torture
,
puzzle over
,
question
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
rip
,
rub
,
savage
,
scarify
,
scuffle
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
smart
,
sorrow
,
squirm
,
stab
,
sting
,
strive
,
struggle
,
suffer
,
suffer anguish
,
take on
,
thrash about
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
torment
,
torture
,
toss
,
trouble
,
try
,
tussle
,
tweak
,
twinge
,
twist
,
twitch
,
wince
,
wonder
,
wonder whether
,
wound
,
wrestle
,
wring
,
writhe
convulse
collapse
be overcome with laughter
make someone convulse with laughter; "The comedian convulsed the crowd"
contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; "The muscles in her face convulsed"
cause to contract; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
shake uncontrollably; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
related words >
afflict
,
agitate
,
agonize
,
ail
,
amuse
,
beat
,
beat up
,
beguile
,
bite
,
bloody
,
bug
,
burn
,
chafe
,
churn
,
churn up
,
claw
,
concuss
,
crucify
,
cut
,
delight
,
disarrange
,
discompose
,
disquiet
,
distract
,
distress
,
disturb
,
divert
,
embroil
,
enliven
,
entertain
,
excite
,
excruciate
,
exhilarate
,
ferment
,
fester
,
flurry
,
fracture one
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
harrow
,
hurt
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
kill
,
kill by inches
,
knock dead
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
loosen up
,
macerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
nip
,
paddle
,
pain
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
psych
,
punish
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
raise a laugh
,
raise a smile
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
recreate
,
refresh
,
regale
,
relax
,
rile
,
rip
,
ripple
,
rock
,
roil
,
roughen
,
rub
,
ruffle
,
rumple
,
savage
,
scarify
,
shake
,
shake up
,
slay
,
solace
,
spook
,
stab
,
sting
,
stir
,
stir up
,
swirl
,
throw
,
throw into confusion
,
tickle
,
titillate
,
torment
,
torture
,
trouble
,
tweak
,
twist
,
unsettle
,
upset
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whisk
,
work up
,
wound
,
wow
,
wring
harrow
collapse
a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
draw a harrow over (land)
related words >
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
backset
,
badger
,
bait
,
bedevil
,
bite
,
bloody
,
burn
,
chafe
,
claw
,
cog
,
comb
,
convulse
,
crag
,
crucify
,
cultivate
,
culture
,
cut
,
dab
,
delve
,
devil
,
dig
,
distress
,
drag
,
dress
,
dub
,
equalize
,
even
,
excruciate
,
fallow
,
fang
,
fertilize
,
fester
,
flatten
,
force
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grade
,
grate
,
grease
,
grind
,
gripe
,
heckle
,
hector
,
hoe
,
hurt
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
jag
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
lay
,
level
,
list
,
lubricate
,
macerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
mow
,
mulch
,
needle
,
nip
,
oil
,
pain
,
peak
,
pecten
,
pester
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
plane
,
planish
,
plaster
,
plow
,
prick
,
projection
,
prolong the agony
,
prune
,
punish
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rake
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
ratchet
,
rip
,
rub
,
savage
,
sawtooth
,
scarify
,
shave
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth out
,
snag
,
snaggle
,
spade
,
spire
,
sprocket
,
spur
,
stab
,
steeple
,
sting
,
tantalize
,
tease
,
thin
,
thin out
,
till
,
till the soil
,
tooth
,
torment
,
torture
,
try
,
tweak
,
twist
,
weed
,
weed out
,
work
,
wound
,
wring
melt
collapse
become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"
lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
related words >
affect
,
assuage
,
bake
,
be consumed
,
be gone
,
blend
,
broil
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
colliquate
,
come home to
,
cook
,
cut
,
decline
,
decoagulate
,
decoct
,
decrease
,
defrost
,
deliquesce
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
disarm
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
do a fade-out
,
dwindle
,
erode
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
flee
,
fleet
,
flit
,
fluidify
,
fluidize
,
flux
,
fly
,
forbear
,
forgive
,
fuse
,
give quarter
,
go
,
go away
,
go deep
,
go through one
,
grieve
,
have mercy upon
,
have pity
,
heat
,
hide
,
hold in solution
,
infuse
,
leach
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
let up on
,
liquefy
,
liquesce
,
liquidize
,
lixiviate
,
mellow
,
melt away
,
melt down
,
melt into
,
melt like snow
,
melt the heart
,
merge
,
mollify
,
move
,
pardon
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
penetrate
,
percolate
,
perish
,
perspire
,
pierce
,
reach
,
refine
,
relax
,
relent
,
render
,
reprieve
,
retire from sight
,
roast
,
run
,
sadden
,
scorch
,
shrink
,
sink
,
sink away
,
smart
,
smelt
,
soften
,
solubilize
,
solve
,
spare
,
sting
,
stir
,
suffer an eclipse
,
sweat
,
swelter
,
take pity on
,
thaw
,
thin
,
touch
,
touch a chord
,
unclot
,
unfreeze
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
warm
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear away
crucify
collapse
kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
related words >
abuse
,
afflict
,
aggrieve
,
agonize
,
ail
,
bedevil
,
befoul
,
behead
,
bewitch
,
bite
,
blight
,
bloody
,
bother
,
bowstring
,
browbeat
,
burn
,
chafe
,
claw
,
condemn
,
convulse
,
corrupt
,
curse
,
cut
,
damage
,
decapitate
,
decollate
,
defenestrate
,
defile
,
deprave
,
despoil
,
destroy
,
disadvantage
,
disserve
,
distress
,
do a mischief
,
do evil
,
do ill
,
do wrong
,
do wrong by
,
doom
,
electrocute
,
envenom
,
excruciate
,
execute
,
fester
,
fret
,
gall
,
garrote
,
get into trouble
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
guillotine
,
harass
,
harm
,
harrow
,
hex
,
hurt
,
impair
,
impale
,
infect
,
inflame
,
inflict capital punishment
,
inflict pain
,
injure
,
irritate
,
jinx
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
lapidate
,
macerate
,
maltreat
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
menace
,
mistreat
,
molest
,
nip
,
outrage
,
pain
,
persecute
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
play havoc with
,
play hob with
,
poison
,
pollute
,
prejudice
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
punish
,
put to death
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
rip
,
rub
,
savage
,
scarify
,
scathe
,
shoot
,
smite
,
stab
,
sting
,
stone
,
strangle
,
taint
,
threaten
,
torment
,
torture
,
try
,
tweak
,
twist
,
violate
,
wound
,
wreak havoc on
,
wring
,
wrong
tingling
collapse
related words >
agog
,
algetic
,
angry
,
aquiver
,
aroused
,
atingle
,
atwitter
,
bang
,
boot
,
burn
,
burning
,
burning pain
,
bursting
,
buzz
,
carried away
,
chafed
,
change ringing
,
charge
,
chime
,
chiming
,
chink
,
clang
,
clanging
,
clangor
,
clank
,
clanking
,
clink
,
ding
,
ding-a-ling
,
dingdong
,
dinging
,
dingle
,
donging
,
ebullient
,
effervescent
,
excited
,
exhilarated
,
festering
,
fiery
,
fire
,
fired
,
flush
,
galled
,
high
,
hopped up
,
impassioned
,
inflamed
,
irritated
,
jangle
,
jingle
,
jingle-jangle
,
jingling
,
jollies
,
keyed up
,
kick
,
knell
,
knelling
,
lathered up
,
lift
,
manic
,
moved
,
paresthesia
,
peal
,
peal ringing
,
pealing
,
pins and needles
,
prickle
,
prickles
,
prickling
,
prickly
,
quiver
,
rankling
,
raw
,
ready to burst
,
red
,
ring
,
ringing
,
roused
,
rush
,
rush of emotion
,
sensation
,
sensitive
,
shiver
,
shudder
,
smart
,
smarting
,
sore
,
sounding
,
steamed up
,
stimulated
,
sting
,
stinging
,
stirred
,
stirred up
,
surge of emotion
,
tender
,
thrill
,
thrilled
,
ting
,
ting-a-ling
,
tingle
,
tingly
,
tink
,
tinkle
,
tinkling
,
tinnitus
,
tintinnabular
,
tintinnabulary
,
tintinnabulous
,
titillation
,
toll
,
tolling
,
tremor
,
tremor of excitement
,
turned-on
,
urtication
,
whipped up
,
worked up
,
wrought up
,
yeasty
gull
collapse
mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
related words >
babe
,
bamboozle
,
beat
,
befool
,
beguile
,
beguile of
,
betray
,
bilk
,
bluff
,
boob
,
bunco
,
burn
,
cajole
,
cheat
,
cheat on
,
chicane
,
chisel
,
chouse
,
chouse out of
,
chump
,
cinch
,
circumvent
,
cog
,
cog the dice
,
con
,
conjure
,
cozen
,
credulous person
,
crib
,
cull
,
deceive
,
defraud
,
delude
,
diddle
,
do in
,
do out of
,
double-cross
,
dupe
,
easy mark
,
easy pickings
,
euchre
,
fall guy
,
finagle
,
fish
,
flam
,
fleece
,
flimflam
,
fob
,
fool
,
forestall
,
fudge
,
gammon
,
get around
,
gobe-mouches
,
gouge
,
greener
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
gudgeon
,
gyp
,
have
,
hoax
,
hocus
,
hocus-pocus
,
hoodwink
,
hornswaggle
,
humbug
,
infatuate
,
innocent
,
juggle
,
leadpipe cinch
,
let down
,
mock
,
monkey
,
mulct
,
outmaneuver
,
outreach
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
overreach
,
pack the deal
,
patsy
,
pigeon
,
play one false
,
plaything
,
practice fraud upon
,
prize sap
,
pushover
,
put on
,
put something over
,
rook
,
sap
,
saphead
,
scam
,
schlemiel
,
screw
,
sell gold bricks
,
shave
,
shortchange
,
sitting duck
,
snow
,
stack the cards
,
stick
,
sting
,
stooge
,
string along
,
stultify
,
sucker
,
swindle
,
take a dive
,
take in
,
thimblerig
,
throw a fight
,
toy
,
trick
,
trusting soul
,
two-time
,
victim
,
victimize
martyr
collapse
one who suffers for the sake of principle
one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
torture and torment like a martyr
kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"
related words >
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
angel
,
angel of light
,
angel of love
,
annihilate
,
archangel
,
beatified soul
,
bereave of life
,
bite
,
bloody
,
burn
,
canonized mortal
,
carry away
,
carry off
,
celestial
,
chafe
,
cherub
,
cherubim
,
chloroform
,
claw
,
convulse
,
crucify
,
cut
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
deprive of life
,
destroy
,
dispatch
,
dispose of
,
distress
,
do away with
,
do for
,
do to death
,
end
,
excruciate
,
execute
,
exterminate
,
fester
,
finish
,
finish off
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
harrow
,
heavenly being
,
hurt
,
immolate
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
kill
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
launch into eternity
,
liquidate
,
lynch
,
macerate
,
make away with
,
martyrize
,
messenger of God
,
nip
,
object of compassion
,
pain
,
patron saint
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
poison
,
poor devil
,
prey
,
prick
,
principality
,
prolong the agony
,
punish
,
purge
,
put away
,
put down
,
put to death
,
put to sleep
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
recording angel
,
remove from life
,
rip
,
rub
,
sacrifice
,
saint
,
savage
,
saved soul
,
scarify
,
seraph
,
seraphim
,
slay
,
soul in glory
,
stab
,
starve
,
sting
,
sufferer
,
take life
,
take off
,
torment
,
torture
,
try
,
tweak
,
twist
,
victim
,
wound
,
wretch
,
wring
dart
collapse
a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke"
run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
related words >
antelope
,
arrow
,
arrowhead
,
barb
,
beesting
,
blue darter
,
blue streak
,
bobtailed arrow
,
bolt
,
bowl
,
bustle
,
buzz about
,
cannonball
,
career
,
cast
,
catapult
,
chested arrow
,
chuck
,
chunk
,
cloth yard shaft
,
courser
,
dash
,
eagle
,
electricity
,
express train
,
fang
,
fire
,
flash
,
flight
,
fling
,
flip
,
float
,
flutter
,
fly
,
fork
,
fuss
,
gazelle
,
greased lightning
,
greyhound
,
hare
,
haste
,
hasten
,
heave
,
hie
,
hump
,
hump it
,
hurl
,
hurry
,
hurry about
,
hurtle
,
jerk
,
jet plane
,
lance
,
launch
,
let fly
,
light
,
lightning
,
lob
,
make a fuss
,
make haste
,
mercury
,
pass
,
peg
,
pelt
,
pitch
,
pitchfork
,
post
,
precipitate
,
put
,
put the shot
,
quarrel
,
quicksilver
,
race
,
reed
,
rocket
,
run
,
rush
,
rush about
,
rush around
,
sail
,
scamper
,
scared rabbit
,
scoot
,
scour
,
scramble
,
scud
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
serve
,
shaft
,
shoot
,
shot
,
shy
,
skedaddle
,
skim
,
sling
,
snakebite
,
snap
,
speed
,
sprint
,
spurt
,
step on it
,
sting
,
stinger
,
streak
,
streak of lightning
,
striped snake
,
swallow
,
tang
,
tear
,
tear around
,
thought
,
throw
,
thunderbolt
,
tilt
,
torrent
,
toss
,
volley
,
whiz about
,
wind
overcharge
collapse
a price that is too high
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
related words >
adorn
,
aggrandize
,
amplify
,
anticathexis
,
ballyhoo
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
build up
,
burlesque
,
caricature
,
carry too far
,
cathectic energy
,
cathexis
,
charge
,
choke
,
clip
,
color
,
congest
,
congestion
,
convolute
,
countercathexis
,
cram
,
crowd
,
decorate
,
desire concentration
,
draw the longbow
,
drench
,
elaborate
,
embellish
,
embroider
,
energy charge
,
engorgement
,
enrich
,
exaggerate
,
exploit
,
exploitation
,
extortion
,
festoon
,
fleece
,
flourish
,
fudge
,
gild
,
glut
,
gluttonize
,
go to extremes
,
gorge
,
gouge
,
highway robbery
,
hold up
,
holdup
,
hyperbolize
,
hypercathexis
,
hyperemia
,
involve
,
jam
,
jam-pack
,
lay it on
,
load with ornament
,
loan-sharking
,
magnify
,
make much of
,
ornament
,
overassessment
,
overbrimming
,
overburden
,
overdo
,
overdraw
,
overestimate
,
overfeed
,
overfill
,
overflow
,
overfreight
,
overfullness
,
overlade
,
overlay
,
overload
,
overpaint
,
overpraise
,
overprice
,
overreach
,
overreact
,
oversell
,
overspeak
,
overspill
,
overstate
,
overstress
,
overstuff
,
overtax
,
overweigh
,
overweight
,
pack
,
pad
,
pile it on
,
plethora
,
profiteer
,
puff
,
repletion
,
satiate
,
satiety
,
saturate
,
saturation
,
screw
,
shylocking
,
skin
,
soak
,
stick
,
sting
,
stretch
,
stretch the truth
,
stuff
,
supercharge
,
supersaturate
,
supersaturation
,
surcharge
,
surfeit
,
swindle
,
talk big
,
talk in superlatives
,
tout
,
travesty
,
trick out
,
usury
,
varnish
,
victimize
affront
collapse
related words >
aggrieve
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
barb
,
beard
,
bell the cat
,
bid defiance
,
bite the bullet
,
brave
,
brazen
,
brazen out
,
breast
,
brickbat
,
bring before
,
bring forward
,
bring up
,
call names
,
call out
,
casus belli
,
challenge
,
confront
,
confront with
,
contempt
,
contumely
,
criticize
,
cut
,
dare
,
defamation
,
defy
,
despite
,
dig
,
dishonor
,
disoblige
,
dispraise
,
double-dare
,
dump
,
dump on
,
encounter
,
enormity
,
envisage
,
face
,
face out
,
face the music
,
face up
,
face up to
,
face with
,
fleer at
,
flout
,
flouting
,
front
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
give offense
,
give offense to
,
give umbrage
,
grieve
,
humiliate
,
humiliation
,
hurl a brickbat
,
hurt
,
hurt the feelings
,
indignity
,
injury
,
insult
,
jeer
,
jeer at
,
jeering
,
jibe at
,
lay before
,
meet
,
meet boldly
,
meet head-on
,
meet squarely
,
mock
,
mockery
,
offend
,
offense
,
outdare
,
outrage
,
place before
,
present to
,
provocation
,
put down
,
put it to
,
put-down
,
raw nerve
,
red rag
,
run the gauntlet
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scream defiance
,
scurrility
,
set at defiance
,
set before
,
show fight
,
slap
,
slight
,
sore point
,
sore spot
,
speak out
,
speak up
,
stand up to
,
stare down
,
stem
,
sting
,
taunt
,
tender spot
,
treat with indignity
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
wound
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