Synonyms for Persecute:

• n.

  •
  • madden,
  • irritate,
  • infuriate,
  • encourage,
  • scourge,
  • exile,
  • strike,
  • frustrate,
  • provoke,
  • hector,
  • drive someone mad,
  • expel,
  • endorse,
  • beat,
  • banish,
  • bait,
  • anger,
  • flog,
  • antagonize.
  •
  • bother,
  • annoy,
  • trample,
  • tease,
  • be rough on someone,
  • use,
  • mistreat.
  •
  • right.

• v.

  •abuse (verb)
  • cut to quick,
  • tare apart,
  • de-cry,
  • cut the quick,
  • mis handled,
  • de fames,
  • de crying,
  • be-rate,
  • cuts to quick,
  • be rated,
  • hurled brickbat,
  • up braids,
  • doth a number on,
  • de files,
  • rags on,
  • picks on,
  • doing a number on,
  • be-little,
  • cutting to quick,
  • cuts the quick,
  • de-crying,
  • ripped up,
  • de-files,
  • de fame,
  • sware at,
  • does number on,
  • doeth a number on,
  • de-fames,
  • did a number on,
  • cussing out,
  • rips up,
  • swearing at,
  • be-rates,
  • ripping up,
  • bad mouth,
  • de-filing,
  • mis-handle,
  • cusses out,
  • cutting the quick,
  • gives black eye,
  • de cry,
  • de file,
  • doeth number on,
  • dis-counted,
  • doth number on,
  • cuts quick,
  • dis counts,
  • gave black eye,
  • be rate,
  • dost number on,
  • gives a black eye,
  • dis counted,
  • mis handles,
  • did number on,
  • mis handle,
  • up-braids,
  • mis using,
  • mis used,
  • up-braiding,
  • banging up,
  • cutting to the quick,
  • giving a black eye,
  • mis treats,
  • mis-used,
  • mis-treating,
  • be rating,
  • didst number on,
  • doest a number on,
  • zinged,
  • blowing off,
  • de-filed,
  • de-cries,
  • dost a number on,
  • doing number on,
  • de cries,
  • mis-treats,
  • ragged on,
  • mis-handled,
  • slings mud,
  • mis-treated,
  • mis-treat,
  • didst a number on,
  • giving black eye,
  • de filed,
  • dumping on,
  • de-faming,
  • tears apart,
  • swore at,
  • blows off,
  • mis treat,
  • cuts to the quick,
  • de famed,
  • dis-counting,
  • gave a black eye,
  • cut quick,
  • bangs up,
  • dis counting,
  • mis treating,
  • bungs up,
  • be rates,
  • re-vile,
  • swears at,
  • doest number on,
  • mis-handles,
  • hurling brickbat,
  • does a number on,
  • up-braided,
  • mis-using,
  • ill treat,
  • banged up,
  • roughhoused,
  • slinging mud,
  • de-file,
  • de cried,
  • de-cried,
  • slung mud,
  • mis treated,
  • be littles,
  • mis-handling,
  • up-braid,
  • up braided,
  • up braid,
  • dis-counts,
  • blew off,
  • be-rated,
  • de filing,
  • bunging up,
  • dumps on,
  • de-fame,
  • de-famed,
  • ragging on,
  • mis handling,
  • be-rating,
  • de faming,
  • cussed out,
  • cutting quick,
  • hurls brickbat,
  • be-littles,
  • re vile.
  •beleaguer (verb)
  • be devil,
  • sets up on,
  • be-leaguer,
  • putting upon,
  • be devilled,
  • be-devils,
  • be-devilled,
  • be devils,
  • be leaguered,
  • be-leaguering,
  • be-deviled,
  • be-set,
  • be leaguers,
  • setting up on,
  • be setting,
  • be-sets,
  • be deviling,
  • be-devil,
  • be-leaguered,
  • be sets,
  • be leaguering,
  • setting upon,
  • set up on,
  • be devilling,
  • putting up on,
  • be leaguer,
  • put up on,
  • be-devilling,
  • be-leaguers,
  • puts up on,
  • be deviled,
  • puts upon,
  • be-setting,
  • be-deviling.
  •bully (verb)
  • leaned on,
  • turn on heat,
  • despotized,
  • walked heavy,
  • turned on the heat,
  • turns the heat,
  • despotizes,
  • buffaloing,
  • overborn,
  • turn heat,
  • overbore,
  • turned the heat,
  • rode roughshod,
  • over bearing,
  • over-borne,
  • walking heavy,
  • Over-bearing,
  • co-wing,
  • despotizing,
  • turned on heat,
  • rid roughshod,
  • riding roughshod,
  • leant on,
  • turning on heat,
  • over-bore,
  • over-born,
  • leans on,
  • over borne,
  • over bears,
  • co-wed,
  • turns on heat,
  • walks heavy,
  • over bore,
  • turned heat,
  • turning the heat,
  • turns on the heat,
  • co wed,
  • showboated,
  • rides roughshod,
  • turn the heat,
  • over-bears,
  • turns heat,
  • turning on the heat,
  • over born,
  • over bear,
  • turning heat,
  • co wing.
  •crucify (verb)
  • ex cruciate,
  • ex-cruciate.
  •follow (verb)
  • brought rear,
  • runs after,
  • bring rear,
  • taking out after,
  • sticked to,
  • takes out after,
  • bring the rear,
  • bringing rear,
  • ontoing,
  • ran after,
  • ontoes,
  • sticking to,
  • putting a tail on,
  • dogged the footsteps of,
  • ontoed,
  • took out after,
  • bring up rear,
  • brings up rear,
  • brings up the rear,
  • schlepps along,
  • put tail on,
  • puts tail on,
  • brought up rear,
  • tagged after,
  • gives chase,
  • giving chase,
  • brought the rear,
  • dogs the footsteps of,
  • dogging footsteps of,
  • brings the rear,
  • tags after,
  • went after,
  • dogging the footsteps of,
  • schlepping along,
  • tagging after,
  • tags along,
  • bringing the rear,
  • putting tail on,
  • puts a tail on,
  • schlepped along,
  • gave chase,
  • tagging along,
  • tagged along,
  • dogs footsteps of,
  • dogged footsteps of,
  • strung along,
  • brings rear.
  •grind (verb)
  • holds down.
  •harass (verb)
  • dis-tress,
  • de-spoil,
  • rattles cage,
  • ex asperating,
  • ex-asperate,
  • rattling one's cage,
  • rattle cage,
  • gives a bad time,
  • dis tress,
  • ex asperate,
  • giving a hard time,
  • gat to,
  • rattles ones cage,
  • gave a hard time,
  • ex-asperating,
  • jerks around,
  • de-spoiled,
  • gave hard time,
  • dis tresses,
  • giving a bad time,
  • gives bad time,
  • rattle one cage,
  • gave a bad time,
  • wrought on,
  • works on,
  • rattles one's cage,
  • ex asperates,
  • giving hard time,
  • dis-tresses,
  • ex-asperates,
  • ex-asperated,
  • de spoiling,
  • rattled cage,
  • rattling cage,
  • give hard time,
  • rattled ones cage,
  • rattled one cage,
  • jerking around,
  • give bad time,
  • noodged,
  • gives a hard time,
  • gotten to,
  • noodging,
  • rattling one cage,
  • rattles one cage,
  • rattle ones cage,
  • de-spoiling,
  • gives hard time,
  • dis-tressed,
  • de-spoils,
  • rattled one's cage,
  • rattling ones cage,
  • de spoil,
  • gave bad time,
  • de spoils,
  • giving bad time,
  • de spoiled,
  • dis tressed.
  •harry (verb)
  • de-predated,
  • chivies,
  • de-predate,
  • up-setting,
  • de-predates,
  • de predate,
  • de-predating,
  • up sets,
  • up setting,
  • de predates,
  • up-sets,
  • up-set,
  • de predated,
  • de predating.
  •hound (verb)
  • be on ones tail,
  • being one tail,
  • am one's tail,
  • is on one's tail,
  • is on one's case,
  • is on case,
  • be one's back,
  • are on case,
  • leaving no stone unturned,
  • is on one's back,
  • be on case,
  • scratches around,
  • being one case,
  • am one tail,
  • wert back,
  • being on one back,
  • was on one tail,
  • are tail,
  • were ones case,
  • wert one's case,
  • birddog,
  • wert on one's case,
  • wast on one back,
  • are one's case,
  • am on one's case,
  • being on tail,
  • being on ones tail,
  • am on back,
  • wert ones back,
  • wert on tail,
  • are on ones back,
  • art tail,
  • is case,
  • was on ones back,
  • was one tail,
  • wast one's case,
  • are ones tail,
  • wast on tail,
  • leaves no stone unturned,
  • were one's case,
  • left no stone unturned,
  • art one's case,
  • is on one case,
  • were on one's back,
  • is one case,
  • is on one tail,
  • wast on one's tail,
  • be one tail,
  • was case,
  • is one tail,
  • be on ones back,
  • wert one case,
  • wast one's back,
  • were one tail,
  • searched high heaven,
  • wert on case,
  • are on back,
  • wert on one's back,
  • is on ones tail,
  • scratched around,
  • is back,
  • were on ones case,
  • be on one case,
  • art one's tail,
  • is tail,
  • wast case,
  • was tail,
  • be tail,
  • was on ones tail,
  • being on one tail,
  • art ones tail,
  • art back,
  • am ones case,
  • are on one tail,
  • being on ones case,
  • are on one's tail,
  • leaved no stone unturned,
  • am on ones case,
  • yaps at,
  • was ones back,
  • be on tail,
  • wast one back,
  • are one back,
  • wast ones tail,
  • art at,
  • are on ones case,
  • being on one's case,
  • wert on one tail,
  • be on one tail,
  • be case,
  • was on back,
  • is on one back,
  • are on tail,
  • am on one's back,
  • am tail,
  • wast on one's back,
  • were back,
  • wast on one's case,
  • yapped at,
  • am on one's tail,
  • be ones back,
  • was on one's back,
  • is on back,
  • am on ones back,
  • art one tail,
  • wert one back,
  • are on one's back,
  • wast tail,
  • was on one case,
  • were on one tail,
  • be on one back,
  • wert on ones tail,
  • is on ones case,
  • am ones back,
  • being ones tail,
  • am one back,
  • was on ones case,
  • am on one case,
  • yapping at,
  • are back,
  • turns inside out,
  • wast on one tail,
  • am on ones tail,
  • being one back,
  • was on one's tail,
  • wast ones case,
  • am on case,
  • being on back,
  • being ones case,
  • be one's tail,
  • am at,
  • were on one's tail,
  • were on back,
  • being at,
  • be on back,
  • being on case,
  • wast on one case,
  • am one's back,
  • wert on one back,
  • were on tail,
  • being one's tail,
  • wast on back,
  • are on ones tail,
  • is ones case,
  • wast at,
  • wast on case,
  • wast ones back,
  • wert one's tail,
  • were at,
  • are one case,
  • wast on ones back,
  • is ones tail,
  • are ones case,
  • be one's case,
  • wert ones case,
  • hunts down,
  • is one's back,
  • is one's tail,
  • are at,
  • was one back,
  • were one back,
  • scratching around,
  • be one case,
  • wast one's tail,
  • was ones case,
  • are one's back,
  • be ones tail,
  • am ones tail,
  • wert on back,
  • wert on ones back,
  • were case,
  • is on tail,
  • be on ones case,
  • searching high heaven,
  • hunting down,
  • be back,
  • being one's case,
  • was on tail,
  • wert ones tail,
  • being on one's tail,
  • art ones back,
  • wert one tail,
  • wert on one's tail,
  • are one tail,
  • were tail,
  • was on one's case,
  • are ones back,
  • were ones tail,
  • be one back,
  • wast one tail,
  • were on ones back,
  • is one's case,
  • beat bushes,
  • being on ones back,
  • turning upside down,
  • am on one back,
  • art one's back,
  • were one case,
  • wert on one case,
  • wast on ones tail,
  • was at,
  • wert tail,
  • were on case,
  • art case,
  • wert case,
  • am back,
  • was one's case,
  • are on one back,
  • searches high heaven,
  • were ones back,
  • being on one case,
  • were on ones tail,
  • was on case,
  • am on tail,
  • wert one's back,
  • am on one tail,
  • are one's tail,
  • turns upside down,
  • art ones case,
  • am case,
  • was one case,
  • was one's tail,
  • wast one case,
  • hunted down,
  • was one's back,
  • is on ones back,
  • am one's case,
  • is at,
  • wast on ones case,
  • was ones tail,
  • are on one case,
  • am one case,
  • are case,
  • be ones case,
  • being on one's back,
  • wast back,
  • were one's back,
  • were on one back,
  • wert at,
  • being one's back,
  • were one's tail,
  • were on one case,
  • being ones back,
  • wert on ones case,
  • being case,
  • is ones back,
  • being back,
  • was back,
  • being tail,
  • was on one back,
  • is one back,
  • are on one's case,
  • were on one's case.
  •molest (verb)
  • dis composes,
  • dis-composing,
  • dis commodes,
  • dis-quiet,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis quiets,
  • dis-quieting,
  • dis-quiets,
  • dis-compose,
  • dis-commodes,
  • dis-composes,
  • dis composing,
  • dis compose,
  • dis-commode,
  • dis quieting,
  • dis composed,
  • dis quieted,
  • dis-quieted,
  • dis commode,
  • dis-composed.
  •nail to a cross (verb)
  • excrutiating,
  • excrutiates,
  • burns stake,
  • burnt at the stake,
  • nail a cross,
  • puts on rack,
  • burning at stake,
  • burning stake,
  • burn at stake,
  • puts the rack,
  • burns the stake,
  • burns at the stake,
  • puts to death,
  • putting rack,
  • putting death,
  • burning the stake,
  • puts death,
  • burned stake,
  • put the rack,
  • burnt the stake,
  • burnt stake,
  • put on rack,
  • nail cross,
  • put rack,
  • put death,
  • burn the stake,
  • putting on rack,
  • burnt at stake,
  • puts rack,
  • burned at stake,
  • burned at the stake,
  • putting on the rack,
  • puts on the rack,
  • burns at stake,
  • burned the stake,
  • excrutiated,
  • putting the rack,
  • burn stake.
  •oppress (verb)
  • dis hearten,
  • over throws,
  • over come,
  • over powered,
  • dis heartened,
  • dis-heartening,
  • sub jugate,
  • over-whelms,
  • dis-heartens,
  • beating down,
  • dis-hearten,
  • over comes,
  • over-powered,
  • over-loading,
  • tyrranizes,
  • over whelmed,
  • puts squeeze on,
  • dis-heartened,
  • over-load,
  • puts screws to,
  • weighed heavy up on,
  • keeps down,
  • weighing heavy up on,
  • over whelm,
  • dis heartening,
  • over-throwing,
  • weighing heavy upon,
  • putting the squeeze on,
  • over throwing,
  • over-whelm,
  • over throw,
  • over whelming,
  • dis heartens,
  • weighed heavy upon,
  • over-throw,
  • puts the squeeze on,
  • over-loaded,
  • weigh heavy up on,
  • over-comes,
  • tyrranized,
  • keeping down,
  • over whelms,
  • beats down,
  • over load,
  • over powers,
  • over-coming,
  • tyrranizing,
  • over-whelmed,
  • over-powering,
  • over loads,
  • weighs heavy upon,
  • over coming,
  • putting squeeze on,
  • over-throws,
  • over loaded,
  • over-loads,
  • weighs heavy up on,
  • over-thrown,
  • over thrown,
  • putting screws to,
  • over powering,
  • over-power,
  • over-whelming,
  • over loading.
  •outrage (verb)
  • didst violence to,
  • out raged,
  • doest violence to,
  • reached boiling point,
  • de flowered,
  • kicks up row,
  • dost violence to,
  • kicks up a row,
  • de-flower,
  • kicking up row,
  • make hit ceiling,
  • does violence to,
  • making hit the ceiling,
  • de flowers,
  • in cense,
  • out-rage,
  • out raging,
  • reaching boiling point,
  • made hit the ceiling,
  • boiled over,
  • doing violence to,
  • kicking a row,
  • out rage,
  • kicks row,
  • making hit ceiling,
  • did violence to,
  • kick a row,
  • burnt up,
  • kicked up row,
  • de-flowers,
  • kicking up a row,
  • kick row,
  • makes hit ceiling,
  • in censed,
  • out-raged,
  • boils over,
  • out-raging,
  • de-flowered,
  • kicking row,
  • doth violence to,
  • kicks a row,
  • in-cense,
  • in-censing,
  • burns up,
  • in-censes,
  • made hit ceiling,
  • in-censed,
  • out-rages,
  • out rages,
  • kicked a row,
  • makes hit the ceiling,
  • kicked up a row,
  • de flowering,
  • de flower,
  • doeth violence to,
  • kicked row,
  • kick up row,
  • reaches boiling point,
  • firing up,
  • in censes,
  • de-flowering.
  •punish (verb)
  • imprison,
  • confine,
  • chastise,
  • burden,
  • distress,
  • chasten,
  • pillory,
  • execute,
  • punish,
  • correct,
  • lambaste,
  • Keelhaul,
  • afflict,
  • castigate,
  • avenge,
  • judge,
  • penalize,
  • discipline,
  • try,
  • incarcerate,
  • anguish,
  • reprise,
  • agonize,
  • sentence,
  • fine.
  •ride (verb)
  • over-rides,
  • are arbitrary,
  • am arbitrary,
  • over ridden,
  • over riding,
  • are autocratic,
  • were arbitrary,
  • being autocratic,
  • being arbitrary,
  • wert autocratic,
  • wast arbitrary,
  • over-ridden,
  • is arbitrary,
  • over rode,
  • over rides,
  • over-rode,
  • wast autocratic,
  • art arbitrary,
  • was arbitrary,
  • over ride,
  • am autocratic,
  • wert arbitrary,
  • over-riding,
  • is autocratic,
  • was autocratic,
  • art autocratic,
  • were autocratic.
  •social (verb)
  • persecute.
  •spite (verb)
  • be grudges,
  • be-grudges,
  • be-grudging,
  • be-grudge,
  • cramped style,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • dis-comfit,
  • dis comfit,
  • be grudge,
  • hanged up,
  • cramping style,
  • hanging up,
  • be-grudged,
  • dis-comfits,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • be grudging,
  • dis comfits,
  • cramps style,
  • be grudged,
  • upsetting apple cart.
  •tar and feather (verb)
  • draws quarter,
  • drew quarter,
  • criticizes severely,
  • criticizing severely,
  • tar feather,
  • drew and quarter,
  • criticized severely,
  • draws and quarter,
  • draw quarter,
  • drawing and quarter,
  • drawing quarter.
  •torment (verb)
  • played cat and mouse,
  • drives wall,
  • drove wall,
  • putting through wringer,
  • drive wall,
  • rubbed salt wound,
  • rubs salt wound,
  • playing cat mouse,
  • puts through wringer,
  • drives up the wall,
  • plays cat mouse,
  • drave up wall,
  • drive the wall,
  • driving the wall,
  • driving up wall,
  • drave up the wall,
  • drives the wall,
  • play cat mouse,
  • plays cat and mouse,
  • playing cat and mouse,
  • drove the wall,
  • rubbed salt in wound,
  • driving up the wall,
  • rubs salt in wound,
  • drave wall,
  • rub salt wound,
  • drove up wall,
  • played cat mouse,
  • rubbing salt in wound,
  • drove bananas,
  • drives bananas,
  • drove up the wall,
  • drives up wall,
  • drive up wall,
  • driving bananas,
  • drave the wall,
  • drave bananas,
  • rubbing salt wound,
  • driving wall.
  •victimize (verb)
  • had in for,
  • hath it for,
  • stiffing,
  • stacking the deck,
  • having in for,
  • stacking deck,
  • have in for,
  • de frauds,
  • has it in for,
  • hath in for,
  • has it for,
  • having it for,
  • hast it in for,
  • haddest in for,
  • has in for,
  • stacks deck,
  • de fraud,
  • discriminating against,
  • had for,
  • having for,
  • hast for,
  • hast it for,
  • had it in for,
  • pigeoned,
  • hadst it in for,
  • has for,
  • had it for,
  • hadst in for,
  • haddest it for,
  • discriminates against,
  • stack deck,
  • stacks the deck,
  • haddest it in for,
  • have it for,
  • ropes in,
  • stacked the deck,
  • de-fraud,
  • hath for,
  • hast in for,
  • hath it in for,
  • hadst it for,
  • roping in,
  • pigeoning,
  • hadst for,
  • haddest for,
  • having it in for,
  • de-frauds.
  •worry (verb)
  • un settles,
  • gnawing at,
  • bite one nails,
  • de-pressing,
  • bit one nails,
  • de press,
  • bit ones nails,
  • concerned oneself,
  • un-settle,
  • de-pressed,
  • had qualms,
  • feeling uneasy,
  • bites nails,
  • de-presses,
  • felt uneasy,
  • sweated out,
  • biting one nails,
  • has qualms,
  • un-settling,
  • hadst qualms,
  • un settled,
  • gnaws at,
  • haddest qualms,
  • concerning oneself,
  • bites ones nails,
  • bit one's nails,
  • hath qualms,
  • gnawed at,
  • de pressing,
  • de-press,
  • concerns oneself,
  • having qualms,
  • de presses,
  • de pressed,
  • un settle,
  • biting ones nails,
  • bites one nails,
  • sweats out,
  • bite ones nails,
  • un settling,
  • bites one's nails,
  • feels uneasy,
  • hast qualms,
  • bit nails,
  • un-settled.
  •wrong (verb)
  • imposes up on,
  • dis-credits,
  • dis honors,
  • impose up on,
  • dis crediting,
  • mis-represents,
  • mis represented,
  • imposed up on,
  • dis credited,
  • dis-honored,
  • mis represents,
  • dis-honor,
  • mis-represent,
  • dis-crediting,
  • mis-represented,
  • mis representing,
  • imposing upon,
  • dis-credit,
  • mis represent,
  • dis-honors,
  • dis-credited,
  • dis honored,
  • dis credits,
  • dis-honoring,
  • dis honoring,
  • dis honor,
  • imposing up on,
  • mis-representing,
  • dis credit.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fuck with,
  • trespass on,
  • shit on,
  • presume on,
  • piss around.
  •
  • discriminate,
  • devalue,
  • shortchange,
  • prey on.
  •
  • exploit.
  •
  • buffet.
  •
  • take out.
  •beleaguer
  • sets upon,
  • sieging,
  • set upon,
  • siege,
  • blockaded,
  • sieged,
  • blockading,
  • put upon,
  • Gnawing,
  • sieges,
  • be set.
  •follow
  • tailgate,
  • Catenating,
  • shags,
  • tailgated,
  • stuck to,
  • go with,
  • come with,
  • shag,
  • take out after,
  • bring up the rear,
  • shagging,
  • give chase,
  • schlepp along,
  • tag after,
  • bringing up the rear,
  • catenate,
  • brought up the rear,
  • dog footsteps of,
  • go after,
  • shagged,
  • tailgates,
  • tailgating,
  • dog the footsteps of,
  • catenates,
  • goes after,
  • Followed,
  • stick to,
  • run after,
  • bringing up rear,
  • Catenated,
  • put a tail on,
  • sticks to,
  • tag along,
  • running after,
  • going after.
  •tyrannize
  • Tyrannized.
  •victimize
  • Suckering,
  • Suckered,
  • pigeon,
  • have for,
  • discriminated against,
  • stiffed,
  • immolate,
  • discriminate against,
  • stacked deck,
  • rope in,
  • stiffs,
  • pigeons,
  • stack the deck,
  • Snowed,
  • Snowing,
  • have it in for,
  • roped in.
  •worry
  • Dunning,
  • dun,
  • biting nails,
  • worried,
  • Dunned,
  • have qualms,
  • gnaw at,
  • DUNS,
  • biting one's nails,
  • bite nails,
  • concern oneself,
  • sweat out,
  • feel uneasy,
  • sweating out,
  • bite one's nails.
  •wrong
  • imposes upon,
  • impose upon,
  • imposed upon.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cross,
  • deal hardly with,
  • torturer,
  • obsession,
  • nuisance,
  • chevy,
  • give the needle,
  • disquietude,
  • pervert,
  • corrupt,
  • bore,
  • mistreatment,
  • displease,
  • pique,
  • perplex,
  • chafe,
  • blight,
  • grind down,
  • harm,
  • disturbance,
  • affliction,
  • get on,
  • trample upon,
  • cow,
  • infect,
  • despoil,
  • wound,
  • bug,
  • do wrong by,
  • molestation,
  • agitation,
  • kindle,
  • violate,
  • besiege,
  • vex,
  • condemn,
  • chivvvy,
  • go ahead,
  • roil,
  • hunt for,
  • deprave,
  • abusively,
  • arouse,
  • bristle,
  • insolently,
  • beset,
  • scurrilously,
  • aggravation,
  • do evil,
  • quest,
  • destroy,
  • pester,
  • befoul,
  • intimidate,
  • gripe,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • discompose,
  • offensively,
  • faze,
  • opprobriously,
  • push around,
  • malign,
  • anxiety,
  • slander,
  • take advantage of,
  • exercise,
  • nettle,
  • insultingly,
  • oppression,
  • hunt,
  • pursuit,
  • savage,
  • pursue,
  • ado,
  • hex,
  • distemper,
  • chivvy,
  • Wherret,
  • Fash,
  • disadvantage,
  • threaten,
  • get under skin,
  • browbeat,
  • repress,
  • curse,
  • misuse,
  • Disserve,
  • jinx,
  • agony,
  • fret,
  • overpower,
  • menace,
  • daunt,
  • enslave,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • rudely,
  • poison,
  • dolor,
  • impair,
  • drive on,
  • disorder,
  • subdue,
  • obsess,
  • alarm,
  • ill-use,
  • difficulty,
  • taint,
  • badger,
  • aggravate,
  • vexation,
  • grief,
  • ruffle,
  • martyr,
  • rile,
  • apprehension,
  • scathe,
  • defile,
  • hurt,
  • bear hard upon,
  • annoyance,
  • turmoil,
  • Feaze,
  • bedevil,
  • haunt,
  • damage,
  • devil,
  • doom,
  • throw stones at,
  • crush,
  • go on,
  • miff,
  • get in hair,
  • hassle,
  • bullyrag,
  • envenom,
  • get at,
  • keep on,
  • inflame,
  • dog,
  • defy,
  • disturb,
  • Importune,
  • injure,
  • irritation,
  • needle,
  • pick,
  • discomfort,
  • subjugate,
  • prosecute,
  • prejudice,
  • wear down,
  • terrorize,
  • nudzh,
  • mortify,
  • infest,
  • pick at,
  • harassment,
  • enrage,
  • get,
  • encumbrance,
  • weigh down,
  • brown off,
  • tantalize,
  • do wrong,
  • trouble,
  • aggrieve,
  • commotion,
  • wreak havoc,
  • pain,
  • trample underfoot,
  • concern,
  • awe,
  • ravish,
  • exasperate,
  • bewitch,
  • vilify,
  • disquiet,
  • wear away,
  • incommode,
  • suppress,
  • peeve,
  • overburden.

Paraphrases for Persecute:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    follow.
  • Verb, base form
    haunt, follow.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    prosecute, pursue, harass.

Antonyms for Persecute:

• v.

  • wrong, torment
    reward, make happy, let go, neglect, commend, ignore.
  • Other antonyms:
    cherish, assist, protect, gratify, help, praise, applaud, please, quiet, uphold, extol, reprieve, delight, satisfy, console, deliver, succor, release, abet, eulogize, soothe, oblige, consider, laud, comfort, content, care for, reassure, assure, gladden, favor, aid, shield, cheer, sustain, solace, conserve, Panegyrize, regard, tend, vindicate, relieve, benefit, respect.

Hypernym for Persecute:

• v.

  • social
    purge.

Hyponym for Persecute:

• v.

  • social
    torment, frustrate, dun, rag, bedevil, crucify.