Synonyms for Giving a hard time:

• v.

  •aggravate (verb)
  • get,
  • get to,
  • be at,
  • drive up the wall,
  • tease,
  • hack,
  • pick on,
  • provoke,
  • exasperate,
  • wig,
  • peeve,
  • pique,
  • grate,
  • irk,
  • needle,
  • pester,
  • bug,
  • bother,
  • dog,
  • irritate,
  • gall,
  • be on the back of,
  • nag,
  • vex,
  • nettle,
  • give a hard time,
  • get on one's nerves.
  •beset (verb)
  • enclose,
  • overrun,
  • encompass,
  • invade,
  • nudge,
  • encircle,
  • give the needle,
  • compass,
  • aggress,
  • perplex,
  • surround,
  • attack,
  • storm,
  • harry,
  • beleaguer,
  • bedevil,
  • fall upon,
  • girdle,
  • badger,
  • give one the business,
  • infest,
  • strike,
  • ride,
  • besiege,
  • start in on,
  • give a bad time,
  • fall on,
  • harass,
  • ring,
  • embarrass,
  • assail,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • environ,
  • hassle,
  • jump on one's case,
  • entangle.
  •chide (verb)
  • find fault,
  • flay,
  • speak to,
  • exprobate,
  • tell off,
  • check,
  • condemn,
  • admonish,
  • rebuke,
  • upbraid,
  • monish,
  • tick off,
  • scold,
  • censure,
  • talk to,
  • take down,
  • berate,
  • rate,
  • lesson,
  • slap on the wrist,
  • reprehend,
  • reprove,
  • reproach,
  • call on the carpet,
  • castigate,
  • blame,
  • call down,
  • reprimand,
  • take down a peg.
  •distress (verb)
  • disturb,
  • strain,
  • grieve,
  • rack,
  • sadden,
  • disquiet,
  • do a number on,
  • desolate,
  • afflict,
  • strap,
  • try,
  • agonize,
  • torture,
  • pain,
  • burn up,
  • break,
  • injure,
  • miff,
  • ail,
  • be on one's case,
  • push,
  • trouble,
  • stress,
  • depress,
  • nit-pick,
  • wound,
  • weigh,
  • oppress,
  • torment,
  • discombobulate,
  • aggrieve,
  • push buttons,
  • hurt,
  • plague,
  • make it tough for,
  • hound.
  •embarrass (verb)
  • shame,
  • confuse,
  • annoy,
  • agitate,
  • abash,
  • discompose,
  • hang up,
  • show up,
  • chagrin,
  • put out of countenance,
  • put on the spot,
  • distract,
  • fluster,
  • throw into a tizzy,
  • perturb,
  • rattle,
  • discountenance,
  • puzzle,
  • throw,
  • bewilder,
  • stun,
  • distress,
  • nonplus,
  • faze,
  • dumbfound,
  • put in a hole,
  • make a monkey of,
  • disconcert,
  • discomfit,
  • mortify,
  • upset,
  • put in a spot,
  • catch one short.
  •harass (verb)
  • despoil,
  • macerate,
  • intimidate,
  • tire,
  • bullyrag,
  • persecute,
  • exhaust,
  • raid,
  • foray,
  • gnaw,
  • noodge,
  • weary,
  • jerk around,
  • heckle,
  • fatigue,
  • worry,
  • maraud,
  • rattle one's cage,
  • work on,
  • bait.
  •henpeck (verb)
  • hector,
  • fuss,
  • bully,
  • carp.
  •inconvenience (verb)
  • disrupt,
  • interfere,
  • discommode,
  • meddle,
  • make it tough,
  • disoblige,
  • put to trouble,
  • aggravate,
  • give trouble.
  •irk (verb)
  • inconvenience,
  • incommode,
  • rasp,
  • put out,
  • abrade,
  • fret,
  • rile,
  • make waves,
  • get on nerves,
  • ruffle.
  •kid around (verb)
  • goad,
  • fool around,
  • taunt,
  • rag,
  • josh,
  • chaff,
  • ridicule,
  • lead on,
  • razz,
  • banter,
  • roast,
  • mock,
  • rib.

Antonyms for Giving a hard time:

• v.

  • aggravate
    appease, mollify, make happy, soften, gladden.
  • chide
    laud, compliment, praise.
  • distress
    assist, help, comfort, soothe, calm.
  • embarrass
    please.
  • harass
    facilitate, aid, support.
  • inconvenience
    benefit, be convenient.
  • irk
    delight.