Synonyms for Give the needle:

• v.

  •beset (verb)
  • girdle,
  • beleaguer,
  • ride,
  • assail,
  • invade,
  • storm,
  • overrun,
  • infest,
  • dog,
  • start in on,
  • jump on one's case,
  • bug,
  • fall on,
  • give one the business,
  • encompass,
  • give a hard time,
  • ring,
  • environ,
  • nudge,
  • hassle,
  • surround,
  • drive up the wall,
  • encircle,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • give a bad time,
  • enclose,
  • entangle,
  • harry,
  • circle,
  • pester,
  • attack,
  • compass,
  • nag,
  • badger,
  • strike,
  • aggress,
  • embarrass,
  • fall upon,
  • besiege,
  • harass,
  • pick on,
  • bedevil,
  • perplex.

• Other synonyms:

  •beset
  • put squeeze on,
  • over-run,
  • infests,
  • fell on,
  • over-runs,
  • ridden,
  • rung,
  • encircled,
  • give the business,
  • Infesting,
  • fell upon,
  • start on,
  • Girdled,
  • be set,
  • Girdling.
  •Other relevant words:
  • get at,
  • hector,
  • irritate,
  • torment,
  • try,
  • exasperate,
  • irk,
  • chivvy,
  • peeve,
  • pique,
  • nettle,
  • heckle,
  • vex,
  • annoy,
  • bother,
  • plague,
  • fret,
  • persecute.

Antonyms for Give the needle:

• v.

  • beset
    leave alone, exclude, assist, aid, clear up, free, clarify, unloose, explain, release, let go, surrender, please, help, support, lose.