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Contexts

To be displeasing to

To speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse

To arouse intense anger in

Verb

To be displeasing to

be displeasing to

be distasteful to

be offensive to

be repugnant to

be disagreeable to

fill with loathing

make your gorge rise

make someone's skin crawl

make one's flesh creep

be repulsive to

give you the creeps

make someone feel sick

make flesh crawl

make someone want to throw up

give someone the creeps

distress greatly

make one's hair stand on end

give offence to

cause to feel nauseous

make someone's flesh creep

be extremely distasteful to

make someone's blood run cold

give someone the heebie-jeebies

make someone's stomach rise

cause raised eyebrows

raise eyebrows amongst

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

make you shudder

make you feel sick

throw off balance

make someone feel nauseous

raise someone's eyebrows

shake out of your complacency

set someone back on their heels

completely surprise

hit like ton of bricks

take the wind out of your sails

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Verb

To speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse

give offence to

treat disrespectfully

hurt somebody's feelings

cast aspersions on

cut to the quick

step on one's toes

treat with contempt

take the piss out of

drag through the mud

drag through the mire

hold up to ridicule

make jokes about

cock a snook at

give a bad name

do a hatchet job on

hold in contempt

treat contemptuously

give Bronx cheer

poke mullock at

take the mickey

turn up one's nose

tell lies about

run a smear campaign against

blacken someone's name

show contempt for

hurl insults at

put your back up

laugh in the face of

treat with disdain

blacken the name of

blacken the character of

make a monkey of

make a monkey out of

be sarcastic about

cut down to size

be contemptuous of

have a crack at

take a swipe at

blow raspberries

shout disapproval

curl your lip at

make cutting remarks about

say contemptuously

turn your nose up at

cause suffering to

give a hard time

hurt the feelings of

bring into disrepute

laugh out of court

reflect badly on

ruin the reputation of

bring shame upon

put in a bad light

destroy someone's credibility

bring into disfavour

damage someone's reputation

show in a bad light

attack somebody's dignity

spread scandal about

defame someone's character

sully someone's reputation

run smear campaign

pull someone's leg

turn up one's nose at

hold up to shame

be scornful about

pull someone's chain

look down one's nose at

be contemptuous about

regard with contempt

feel contempt for

thumb one's nose

have a joke with

bite one's thumb at

make someone a laughing stock

expose to ridicule

make a laughing-stock

hold up to scorn

express contempt

spit in the face of

spit in the eye of

play a practical joke

do an impression of

do a takeoff of

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Verb

To arouse intense anger in

be an affront to

give offence to

cause offense to

make your blood boil

put someone's nose out of joint

rub up the wrong way

drive up the wall

make someone see red

put your back up

get under your skin

get your back up

get on your nerves

make somebody's hackles rise

give someone the hump

ruffle one's feathers

rub the wrong way

cut to the quick

get in your hair

send into a rage

raise your hackles

hurt somebody's feelings

get your dander up

make you see red

distress greatly

make one's hair stand on end

give someone the pip

rattle someone's cage

get on one's nerves

get up someone's nose

drive to distraction

get on your wick

give a hard time

try your patience

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

get your hackles up

rub you up the wrong way

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

be like a red rag to a bull

raise eyebrows amongst

cause raised eyebrows

cause suffering

lose one's temper

irritate greatly

get a rise out of

be a thorn in someone's flesh

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

drive round the bend

throw off balance

drive round the twist

give the cold shoulder

tread on someone's toes

be disagreeable

hit where one lives

drive you out of your mind

drive you to distraction

drive you round the bend

make somebody's blood boil

drive you crazy

drive you round the twist

give someone grief

give a bad time

be on your back

be on the back of

get across someone

drive you up the wall

set one's teeth on edge

try the patience of

cause anguish to

stick in one's craw

break the heart of

upset the applecart

make things hot for someone

be on one's case

make it hot for someone

hit a sour note

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

get someone's wick

work into lather

be a nuisance to

push someon's buttons

arouse hostility in

run up the wrong way

rasp one's nerves

take a rise out of

make someone fed up

have had enough

make discontented

exhaust someone's patience

break one's heart

prey on your mind

occupy thoughts

do someone's head in

make someone scratch their head

bend someone's ear

breathe down someone's neck

put into a funk

put a damper on

get on someone's case

take the mickey

get on the nerves of

get in the hair of

take the piss out of

put someone off their stroke

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

rattle one's cage

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into tizzy

eat away at one's mind

cause annoyance

cause suffering to

make one's heart bleed

cause bitterness

cause resentment

gnaw at one's mind

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