Definition for Persecute:

• To harass with unjust and cruel treatment, specially on account of religious opinions; to harass with importunity.

Synonyms for Persecute:

• n.

  •
  • beat,
  • bait,
  • hector,
  • expel,
  • provoke,
  • irritate,
  • exile.
  •
  • annoy,
  • use,
  • tease,
  • mistreat,
  • bother.

• v.

  •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.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shortchange,
  • prey on.
  •
  • exploit.
  •
  • buffet.
  •beleaguer
  • siege.
  •follow
  • go after,
  • give chase.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cross,
  • curse,
  • nudzh,
  • nuisance,
  • rile,
  • get at,
  • devil,
  • pick,
  • ravish,
  • apprehension,
  • take advantage of,
  • suppress,
  • perplex,
  • crush,
  • violate,
  • martyr,
  • agitation,
  • affliction,
  • taint,
  • damage,
  • distemper,
  • malign,
  • menace,
  • gripe,
  • discomfort,
  • aggravation,
  • mistreatment,
  • dog,
  • slander,
  • do wrong by,
  • hassle,
  • pain,
  • despoil,
  • exasperate,
  • Fash,
  • go on,
  • get,
  • aggrieve,
  • corrupt,
  • brown off,
  • ado,
  • get under skin,
  • difficulty,
  • overpower,
  • drive on,
  • discompose,
  • enslave,
  • prejudice,
  • get in hair,
  • bore,
  • bedevil,
  • besiege,
  • grief,
  • mortify,
  • kindle,
  • chivvy,
  • push around,
  • prosecute,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • offensively,
  • bewitch,
  • infect,
  • infest,
  • get on,
  • roil,
  • defile,
  • disadvantage,
  • vilify,
  • weigh down,
  • rudely,
  • harm,
  • quest,
  • torturer,
  • vex,
  • hex,
  • wreak havoc,
  • abusively,
  • do evil,
  • oppression,
  • commotion,
  • overburden,
  • jinx,
  • pester,
  • tantalize,
  • doom,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • insultingly,
  • repress,
  • browbeat,
  • nettle,
  • turmoil,
  • aggravate,
  • bear hard upon,
  • blight,
  • exercise,
  • scathe,
  • bullyrag,
  • pique,
  • concern,
  • displease,
  • obsession,
  • needle,
  • bristle,
  • threaten,
  • dolor,
  • faze,
  • agony,
  • vexation,
  • do wrong,
  • Disserve,
  • ruffle,
  • subjugate,
  • deprave,
  • haunt,
  • deal hardly with,
  • subdue,
  • terrorize,
  • condemn,
  • opprobriously,
  • molestation,
  • Feaze,
  • destroy,
  • alarm,
  • throw stones at,
  • trample underfoot,
  • bug,
  • annoyance,
  • poison,
  • harassment,
  • wear down,
  • disquietude,
  • impair,
  • obsess,
  • misuse,
  • disturbance,
  • Wherret,
  • pursuit,
  • go ahead,
  • Importune,
  • pick at,
  • inflame,
  • envenom,
  • arouse,
  • savage,
  • intimidate,
  • anxiety,
  • befoul,
  • peeve,
  • hurt,
  • keep on,
  • disturb,
  • fret,
  • ill-use,
  • trample upon,
  • daunt,
  • encumbrance,
  • scurrilously,
  • injure,
  • hunt,
  • wear away,
  • hunt for,
  • cow,
  • pervert,
  • enrage,
  • pursue,
  • chafe,
  • wound,
  • awe,
  • insolently,
  • disquiet,
  • irritation,
  • beset,
  • miff,
  • grind down,
  • badger,
  • defy,
  • trouble,
  • give the needle,
  • chevy,
  • disorder,
  • incommode.

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.