What is another word for hounding ?

Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless

“The hounding of the paparazzi caused the celebrity to seek refuge from the relentless pursuit of privacy invasion.”

Noun

Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will

demanding money with menaces

entrapment

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Verb

Present participle for to harass, bother or persecute, especially relentlessly

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

searching high heaven

agonizing^US

getting on your nerves

agonising^UK

victimizing^US

bending someone's ear

breathing down someone's neck

victimising^UK

making things hot for someone

driving round the bend

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

ill-treating

discriminating against

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

driving round the twist

making somebody's hackles rise

making it hot for someone

putting up to

bumming out

getting across

giving someone the hump

making someone see red

getting under your skin

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

taking the mickey

getting on the nerves of

taking the piss out of

belabouring^UK

insisting on

disparaging

getting in the hair of

singling out

getting your hackles up

getting your dander up

making your blood boil

ruffling one's feathers

trying your patience

getting up someone's nose

driving crazy

showing ill will towards

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

putting pressure on

bringing pressure to bear on

getting on one's nerves

messing with

driving you up the wall

galvanizing^US

belaboring^US

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

galvanising^UK

keeping complaining to

disrupting

stacking the deck

having your knife into

putting the squeeze on

causing anguish to

busting chops

busting someone's balls

dissing

barracking

lighting a fire under

firing the enthusiasm of

firing the imagination of

getting going

getting someone going

jumping on one's case

inflicting suffering on

giving the needle

sticking the knife into

getting the knife into

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“Some unscrupulous collectors hound their debtors, calling them constantly to pressure them into paying what they are owed.”

Verb

following on the heels of

Present participle for to follow or pursue, typically in order to keep track of, or to apprehend, someone

treading on the heels of

following the trail of

lurking in the shadows

keeping under surveillance

dogging the footsteps of

keeping up the pace with

camping on the doorstep of

making romantic advances to

making up to

flirting with

giving the come-on to

keeping under observation

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“They relentless hound the target, chasing, not letting up, until it is treed, exhausted, and has nowhere to go.”

Verb

using strong-arm tactics on

Present participle for to force or pressure someone to do something

putting the screws on

bringing pressure to bear on

tyrannizing^US

twisting someone's arm

putting the squeeze on

tyrannising^UK

putting under an obligation

coming at

acting on

breathing down someone's neck

having someone do something

riding roughshod over

putting through the wringer

lording it over

putting the chill on

putting heat on

holding a gun to one's head

tightening the screws on

having

tightening the screw on

turning the screws on

scaring the bejesus out of

leaving someone no option

putting the frighteners on

throwing your weight around

entailing

calling for

bringing force to bear on

leaving someone no option but to

leaving no choice but to

bringing pressure to bear upon

making an offer they can't refuse

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“So why did you hound him into admitting he was meeting me today?”

Verb

Present participle for to domineer with superior strength or force

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

bringing someone to their knees

threatening

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

gaining ascendancy over

gaining control of

ruling over

riding roughshod over

playing the heavy with

ruling with a rod of iron

ruling with an iron hand

having someone under your thumb

keeping in subjection

keeping in submission

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Verb

Present participle for to demand earnestly or pressingly

Verb

becoming an obsession with

Present participle for to preoccupy the mind of someone, typically in a troubling way

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

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