What is another word for pick on?
525 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɪk ˈɒn], [ pˈɪk ˈɒn], [ p_ˈɪ_k ˈɒ_n]
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Similar words for pick on:
- abuse (verb)
- aggravate (verb)
- aggravate, provoke (verb)
- annoy (verb)
- beset (verb)
- bother (verb)
- cheat, fool (verb)
- distress (verb)
- henpeck (verb)
- kid around (verb)
- oppress (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- persecute (verb)
- tease (verb)
- upset (verb)
- victimize (verb)
- other synonyms
- aggravate
- beset
- other relevant words
- victimize
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Pick on:
v.
• abuse (verb)- smear,
- cap,
- tear apart,
- oppress,
- slap,
- blow off,
- run down,
- vituperate,
- berate,
- do a number on,
- rip up,
- decry,
- minimize,
- backbite,
- revile,
- insult,
- sling mud,
- scold,
- castigate,
- persecute,
- cuss out,
- cut to the quick,
- derogate,
- belittle,
- defame,
- zing,
- pick on,
- bash,
- signify,
- dump on,
- offend,
- bad-mouth,
- give a black eye,
- rag on,
- hurl brickbat,
- cut down,
- discount,
- swear at,
- upbraid,
- vilify,
- calumniate.
- exasperate,
- hack,
- wig,
- peeve,
- bug,
- gall,
- irritate,
- vex,
- drive up the wall,
- pester,
- nettle,
- give a hard time,
- grate,
- dog,
- pique,
- be on the back of,
- needle,
- bother,
- irk,
- get,
- get on one's nerves,
- be at.
- invade,
- beleaguer,
- enclose,
- nudge,
- start in on,
- encircle,
- jump on one's case,
- ride,
- surround,
- hassle,
- fall upon,
- besiege,
- embarrass,
- girdle,
- aggress,
- fall on,
- give a bad time,
- encompass,
- ring,
- perplex,
- strike,
- environ,
- give one the business,
- infest,
- storm,
- harass,
- compass,
- overrun,
- harry,
- bedevil,
- give the needle,
- put the squeeze on,
- attack,
- assail,
- entangle.
- inconvenience,
- perturb,
- eat,
- disgust,
- afflict,
- tantalize,
- dismay,
- pursue,
- agitate,
- upset,
- grieve,
- browbeat,
- intrude upon,
- displease,
- alarm,
- hinder,
- impede,
- exacerbate,
- plague,
- spite,
- discommode,
- disquiet,
- pain,
- molest,
- disturb,
- bore,
- grate on,
- put out,
- taunt,
- concern,
- trouble,
- worry,
- cross,
- scare,
- disconcert,
- hurt,
- carp at,
- distress.
- burn up,
- strap,
- aggrieve,
- desolate,
- strain,
- miff,
- push buttons,
- make it tough for,
- try,
- injure,
- torture,
- rack,
- wound,
- ail,
- depress,
- push,
- stress,
- weigh,
- nit-pick,
- discombobulate,
- tick off,
- break,
- be on one's case,
- agonize,
- sadden,
- hound.
- beat down,
- rule,
- tax,
- overwhelm,
- trample,
- smother,
- dispirit,
- weigh heavy upon,
- dishearten,
- handicap,
- press,
- overcome,
- saddle,
- maltreat,
- tyrranize,
- wrong,
- overpower,
- encumber,
- subjugate,
- burden,
- keep down,
- outrage,
- Despotize,
- suppress,
- put upon,
- overload,
- force,
- put screws to,
- overthrow,
- crush.
- send up,
- sent up,
- spoofing,
- spoofed,
- Deviling,
- swipes at,
- Devilling,
- swiping at,
- jiving,
- Devilled,
- swiped at,
- swipe at,
- jives,
- teasing,
- Deviled,
- sending up,
- sends up,
- jive.
- keying up,
- makes a scene,
- un hinge,
- dis-compose,
- un-hinged,
- un-settle,
- in-dispose,
- up-setting,
- dis-composing,
- de range,
- up setting,
- keyed up,
- in-capacitate,
- adjying,
- be-wilders,
- in disposing,
- stir up,
- indisposes,
- making waves,
- un-nerve,
- makes waves,
- in capacitating,
- dis-tracts,
- firing up,
- un settle,
- dis composing,
- un nerve,
- up-set,
- adjies,
- de-ranges,
- making scene,
- un-hinging,
- throw off balance,
- adjied,
- un-hinges,
- keys up,
- in-capacitated,
- psyching,
- un settled,
- dis compose,
- de-ranging,
- key up,
- un hinged,
- up-sets,
- de ranged,
- un settles,
- un settling,
- Pothering,
- in-disposes,
- make scene,
- flip out,
- throws balance,
- dis tract,
- in-disposing,
- un-settling,
- in disposed,
- stirring up,
- making a scene,
- de-ranged,
- in-capacitating,
- un nerved,
- threw balance,
- threw off balance,
- un nerves,
- make a scene,
- throwing balance,
- makes scene,
- in dispose,
- un hinging,
- dis-composed,
- dis composes,
- Indisposing,
- in capacitated,
- be-wildering,
- throws off balance,
- throwing off balance,
- rock boat,
- dis-composes,
- fires up,
- up set,
- throw balance,
- un hinges,
- stirred up,
- made scene,
- indispose,
- un-hinge,
- un-nerving,
- de ranging,
- be wilder,
- be-wilder,
- in-disposed,
- dis composed,
- made a scene,
- up sets,
- stirs up,
- de ranges,
- adjy,
- de-range,
- be-wildered,
- be wildering,
- psychs,
- in disposes,
- make waves,
- in capacitates,
- fire up,
- in capacitate,
- dis tracts,
- un nerving,
- be wildered,
- be wilders,
- Pothered,
- un-settled,
- dis-tract.
- hast it for,
- discriminating against,
- pigeoning,
- hadst it in for,
- had it for,
- stiffing,
- haddest in for,
- stacking deck,
- had for,
- ropes in,
- had in for,
- hadst it for,
- hadst in for,
- pigeoned,
- haddest it in for,
- haddest it for,
- has for,
- having it in for,
- stacks deck,
- hath for,
- stacks the deck,
- had it in for,
- hath it in for,
- de frauds,
- stacking the deck,
- has it in for,
- hath in for,
- stacked the deck,
- de fraud,
- having for,
- having in for,
- stack deck,
- hast it in for,
- roping in,
- de-fraud,
- has it for,
- having it for,
- discriminates against,
- hadst for,
- hast in for,
- hath it for,
- haddest for,
- de-frauds,
- have it for,
- have in for,
- has in for,
- hast for.
Other synonyms:
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- fuss.
- Nettles,
- provoke,
- getting to,
- Bumming,
- Hacking,
- wigged,
- gets to,
- get on nerves,
- get to,
- irritates,
- got to,
- Bummed,
- wigging,
- Hacked,
- needling.
- over-run,
- start on,
- give the business,
- infests,
- Girdling,
- be set,
- rung,
- over-runs,
- fell upon,
- put squeeze on,
- Girdled,
- Infesting,
- fell on,
- encircled.
- discriminated against,
- have for,
- stack the deck,
- Snowing,
- have it in for,
- discriminate against,
- roped in,
- stiffs,
- Snowed,
- stiffed,
- stacked deck,
- Suckering,
- pigeon,
- immolate,
- Suckered,
- pigeons,
- rope in.
- peck at,
- torment,
- censure,
- pick out,
- bristle,
- frustrate,
- instigate,
- take exception,
- enrage,
- find fault,
- rile,
- drive mad,
- fret,
- fluster,
- badger,
- pick,
- chivy,
- goad,
- use,
- go after,
- bullyrag,
- gripe,
- pick at,
- prey on,
- chivvvy,
- pick apart,
- yap at,
- guy,
- twit,
- roil,
- carp,
- treat with contempt,
- start,
- discompose,
- beset,
- bully,
- incite,
- kid around,
- niggle,
- yap,
- get at,
- take advantage of,
- exercise,
- chafe,
- anger,
- fault,
- fuss at,
- complain,
- nudzh,
- nibble at,
- pother,
- ruffle,
- Whinge,
- foment,
- hector,
- bait,
- chevy,
- heckle,
- nag at,
- devil,
- quibble,
- peck,
- drive crazy,
- chivvy,
- knock,
- exploit,
- get in hair,
- ballyrag,
- cavil,
- get under skin.
How to use "Pick on" in context?
Pick on stands for "picking on somebody." This term usually means repeatedly harassing someone, usually someone weaker than the perpetrator. This can vary from verbal taunting to physical violence.
Pick on can be traced back to Native American folklore. In some stories, the spirit of a killer wolf would follow a group of people and would pick on the weakest member of the group. This tale serves as a warning to people to be careful of the weak in society.
Today, pick on is most commonly used to describe teasing or bullying. This type of behavior can be harmful to both the victim and the perpetrator.
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