Synonyms for Needling:

• adj.

  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • sarcastic,
  • mordant,
  • weisenheiming,
  • scoffing,
  • smart alecky.
  •sarcastic (adjective)
  • cutting,
  • caustic,
  • disparaging,
  • brusque,
  • cussed,
  • acid,
  • biting,
  • disrespectful,
  • derisive,
  • disillusioned,
  • salty,
  • Chaffing,
  • corrosive,
  • cynical,
  • acrimonious,
  • carping,
  • satirical,
  • bitter,
  • acerbic,
  • hostile,
  • contumelious,
  • sneering,
  • Twitting,
  • sardonic,
  • smart-alecky,
  • arrogant,
  • severe,
  • ironical,
  • offensive,
  • acerb,
  • scornful,
  • backhanded,
  • contemptuous,
  • captious,
  • scurrilous,
  • Snarling,
  • mean,
  • evil,
  • austere,
  • sharp,
  • irascible,
  • trenchant,
  • scorching.
  •satiric (adjective)
  • jeering,
  • mocking.

• n.

  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • ridicule.
  •ridicule (noun)
  • derision,
  • banter,
  • disparagement,
  • disdain,
  • irony,
  • sardonicism,
  • badinage,
  • put-on,
  • burlesque,
  • foolery,
  • travesty,
  • taunting,
  • mockery,
  • scorn,
  • swipe,
  • leer,
  • sarcasm,
  • rally,
  • parody,
  • buffoonery,
  • persiflage,
  • needling,
  • rib,
  • chaff,
  • razz,
  • Fooleries,
  • Buffooneries,
  • comeback,
  • farce,
  • mordancy,
  • caricature,
  • Laughters,
  • contempt,
  • jeer,
  • laughter,
  • raillery,
  • roast,
  • jab,
  • satire,
  • putdown,
  • parting shot.

• v.

  •aggravate (verb)
  • exasperate,
  • vex,
  • get,
  • be on the back of,
  • drive up the wall,
  • grate,
  • peeve,
  • pick on,
  • gall,
  • get on one's nerves,
  • tease,
  • give a hard time,
  • bug,
  • needle,
  • pique,
  • get to,
  • dog,
  • wig,
  • be at,
  • hack.
  •aggravating (verb)
  • exasperating,
  • Enraging,
  • Harassing,
  • antagonizing,
  • badgering,
  • upsetting,
  • hassling,
  • perturbing,
  • exacerbating,
  • Envenoming,
  • pestering,
  • Arousing,
  • Discomposing,
  • baiting,
  • peeving,
  • nagging,
  • Fretting,
  • inflaming,
  • aggravating,
  • grating,
  • tormenting,
  • infuriating,
  • vexing,
  • teasing,
  • chafing,
  • irking,
  • disturbing,
  • troubling,
  • irritating,
  • Harrying,
  • Bothering,
  • Rankling,
  • annoying,
  • Bedeviling.
  •annoy (verb)
  • chafe,
  • agitate,
  • t-off,
  • make waves,
  • heat up,
  • ask for it,
  • Henpeck,
  • displease,
  • egg on,
  • miff,
  • nudge,
  • work on,
  • bore,
  • distress,
  • ride,
  • disturb,
  • harry,
  • break,
  • push button,
  • tick off,
  • hit where one lives,
  • beleaguer,
  • abrade,
  • burn up,
  • turn off,
  • fire up,
  • trouble,
  • perturb,
  • madden.
  •ask (verb)
  • direct,
  • go over,
  • catechize,
  • interrogate,
  • cross-examine,
  • pick one's brains,
  • pop the question,
  • institute,
  • query,
  • put through the wringer,
  • grill,
  • request,
  • pry into,
  • demand,
  • inquire,
  • put the screws to,
  • challenge,
  • canvass,
  • enjoin,
  • investigate,
  • pump,
  • give the third degree,
  • hunt for.
  •badger (verb)
  • hassle,
  • bully,
  • torment,
  • heckle,
  • Importune,
  • give the business,
  • insist on,
  • hound,
  • annoy.
  •bother (verb)
  • disconcert,
  • pursue,
  • pain,
  • perplex,
  • discommode,
  • impede,
  • dismay,
  • carp at,
  • browbeat,
  • spite,
  • alarm,
  • hurt,
  • disgust,
  • put out,
  • exacerbate,
  • inconvenience,
  • disquiet,
  • upset,
  • concern,
  • molest,
  • grieve,
  • scare,
  • grate on,
  • cross,
  • tantalize,
  • intrude upon,
  • eat,
  • embarrass,
  • hinder,
  • insult,
  • afflict.
  •needle (verb)
  • ruffle,
  • bedevil,
  • aggravate,
  • nag,
  • hector,
  • irk,
  • quiz,
  • bother,
  • spur,
  • prod,
  • harass,
  • prick,
  • bait,
  • taunt,
  • irritate,
  • rile,
  • gnaw,
  • nettle,
  • question,
  • plague,
  • provoke,
  • examine,
  • goad,
  • worry,
  • sting,
  • badger,
  • pester.
  •perforating (verb)
  • penetrating,
  • Punching,
  • piercing,
  • boring,
  • poking,
  • drilling,
  • sticking,
  • Perforating,
  • Lancing,
  • Puncturing,
  • Spiking,
  • Gouging,
  • Skewering,
  • Spearing,
  • pointing.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • indexing,
  • pricking,
  • satiric,
  • instance,
  • stirring,
  • prompting,
  • agitating,
  • Fomenting,
  • galling,
  • worrying,
  • injection,
  • prodding,
  • hype,
  • leafing,
  • probing,
  • goading,
  • wakening,
  • pressing,
  • Helming,
  • stab,
  • cannoning,
  • Instigating,
  • crack,
  • Handing,
  • Needler,
  • urging,
  • awakening,
  • vaccination,
  • stitching,
  • whipping,
  • encouragement,
  • provoking,
  • shooter,
  • inoculation,
  • scene,
  • snapshot,
  • jibe,
  • spurring,
  • Urticating,
  • Deviling,
  • firing,
  • probe,
  • rallying,
  • guesswork,
  • incitement,
  • Devilling,
  • Exhorting,
  • Influencing,
  • insistence,
  • hypo,
  • gibe,
  • exciting,
  • stimulation,
  • Quilling,
  • pinning,
  • Nailing,
  • Needles,
  • barb,
  • infusion,
  • pressure,
  • Riling,
  • Inciting,
  • Ridiculing,
  • stroke,
  • pellet.

Paraphrases for Needling:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Ridiculing.

Antonyms for Needling:

• adj.

  • sarcastic
    kind, nice.

• n.

  • ridicule
    flattery.

• v.

  • aggravate
    gladden, appease, soften, make happy, mollify.
  • annoy
    aid, soothe, gratify, please.
  • ask
    claim, reply, tell, insist, command, answer, repudiate.
  • bother
    help.
  • needle
    praise.