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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, bother |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, bait, berate, bug*, carp at, dog*, eat*, egg, find fault, fuss, give a hard time, goad, harry, heckle, hector, hound, importune, irk, irritate, needle, nudge*, pester, pick at, plague, prod, provoke, ride, scold, take it out on, tease, torment, upbraid, urge, vex, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | assuage, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | polish off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
| Synonyms: | consume, devour, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, down*, eat, eat up, eliminate, finish off, finish up, finish using, get rid of*, liquidate, put away, put the kibosh on, swill, use up, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prey on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, terrorize |
| Synonyms: | blackmail, bleed, bully, burden, consume, depredate, devour, distress, eat, exploit, feed on, fleece, haunt, hunt, intimidate, live off, load, oppress, plunder, raid, seize, take advantage of, tax, trouble, victimize, weigh, worry |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | surfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overfill |
| Synonyms: | cloy, cram, eat, fill, glut, gorge, jade, overfeed, overindulge, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, stuff |
| Notes: | plethora is too many of a good or bad thing and surfeit is too much of a good thing |
| Antonyms: | deplete, use up |
| Main Entry: | swallow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt, bolt*, chugalug, devour, dispatch, dispose, down, drink, drop, eat, gobble, gulp, imbibe, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, put away, quaff, sip, slurp, swig, swill, take, toss, wash down, wolf |
| Antonyms: | expel, regurgitate, spit out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
| Synonyms: | devour, down, drink, eat, feed, feed on, imbibe, ingest, inhale, meal, partake of, swallow |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge, try |
| Synonyms: | assay, bite, chew, criticize, differentiate, discern, distinguish, eat, enjoy, lick, nibble, partake, perceive, relish, sample, savor, sense, sip, test, touch, try the flavor of |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have to do with; regard |
| Synonyms: | affect, be a party to, be associated with, bear on, bear upon, belong to, center upon, concern, concern oneself with, consume, deal with, drink, eat, get involved in, handle, interest, involve, partake of, pertain to, refer to, use, utilize |
| Main Entry: | vex |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distress, bother |
| Synonyms: | abrade, afflict, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, be at, chafe, depress, displease, disquiet, disturb, eat*, embarrass, exasperate, fret, gall*, get in one's hair, get under one's skin, give a bad time, give a hard time, grate on, harass, harry, hassle, infuriate, irk, irritate, molest, needle, nettle, offend, peeve, perplex, pester, pique, plague, provoke, put out, rasp, ride, rile, tease, tick off, torment, trouble, turn off, upset, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, please, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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