Synonyms for Give a bad time:

• v.

  •beset (verb)
  • give one the business,
  • attack,
  • assail,
  • infest,
  • drive up the wall,
  • encircle,
  • ride,
  • ring,
  • environ,
  • circle,
  • perplex,
  • badger,
  • fall upon,
  • pester,
  • besiege,
  • girdle,
  • entangle,
  • nag,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • storm,
  • encompass,
  • compass,
  • fall on,
  • bug,
  • harry,
  • hassle,
  • overrun,
  • enclose,
  • strike,
  • aggress,
  • bedevil,
  • jump on one's case,
  • nudge,
  • beleaguer,
  • give a hard time,
  • give the needle,
  • dog,
  • pick on,
  • invade,
  • surround,
  • start in on.
  •embarrass (verb)
  • disturb,
  • fluster,
  • let down,
  • distress,
  • discombobulate,
  • throw,
  • plague,
  • upset,
  • dumbfound,
  • show up,
  • stun,
  • confuse,
  • nonplus,
  • agitate,
  • mortify,
  • perturb,
  • abash,
  • bewilder,
  • disconcert,
  • faze,
  • discomfit,
  • annoy,
  • discompose,
  • tease,
  • rattle,
  • bother,
  • puzzle,
  • shame,
  • distract,
  • discountenance,
  • chagrin,
  • irk.
  •harass (verb)
  • weary,
  • eat,
  • exhaust,
  • stress,
  • raid,
  • strain,
  • exasperate,
  • gnaw,
  • worry,
  • persecute,
  • intimidate,
  • fatigue,
  • hound,
  • torment,
  • burn,
  • pain,
  • despoil,
  • foray,
  • macerate,
  • try,
  • devil,
  • maraud,
  • bait,
  • bullyrag,
  • irritate.
  •trouble (verb)
  • sadden,
  • fret,
  • discommode,
  • burden,
  • put out,
  • ail,
  • afflict,
  • grieve,
  • disquiet,
  • concern,
  • spook,
  • inconvenience,
  • disoblige.
  •vex (verb)
  • displease,
  • abrade,
  • chafe,
  • peeve,
  • infuriate,
  • molest,
  • rile,
  • aggravate,
  • get under one's skin,
  • nettle,
  • offend,
  • turn off,
  • anger,
  • provoke,
  • pique,
  • gall,
  • depress,
  • rasp.

• Other synonyms:

  •beset
  • over-runs,
  • start on,
  • Girdled,
  • infests,
  • over-run,
  • Girdling,
  • be set,
  • put squeeze on,
  • ridden,
  • Infesting,
  • give the business,
  • fell on,
  • fell upon,
  • encircled,
  • rung.
  •Other relevant words:
  • needle,
  • tantalize.

Antonyms for Give a bad time:

• v.

  • beset
    clear up, release, help, explain, leave alone, free, let go, assist, aid, support, lose, surrender, unloose, exclude, please, clarify.
  • embarrass
    quiet, order, gladden, appease, soothe, make happy, comfort, delight, organize, enlighten, calm.
  • harass
    refresh, build, invigorate, encourage, placate, assuage, facilitate, activate, energize, reassure.
  • trouble
    be happy, be content.
  • vex
    ease, cheer, mollify.