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badgerverb to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp remindersHe's always badgering me about the dishes. nagbait, bullyrag(also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, hound, pester, plague, teasehassle, heckleegg, goad, incite, prod, prompt, spur, urgeexhort, insist, press, pressure, pushinflame(also enflame), provoke, rouseanger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roilagitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worryaffront, insult, miff, offend, outrageaggravate, annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark(British), nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, vex the pelt or fur of a badgerThe boutique features a variety of scarfs, including badger, fox, and ermine. beaver, chamois, chinchilla, ermine, fisher, fox, marten, mink, muskrat, otter, Persian lamb, rabbit, raccoon(also racoon), sable, sealbearskin, buckskin, calfskin, coonskin, cowhide, deerskin, doeskin, goatskin, horsehide, karakul, kidskin, kolinsky, lambskin, pigskin, rawhide, sealskin, sharkskin, sheep, sheepskin, snakeskinfleece, moutonalligator, crocodilecordovan, morocco, patent leather, suedefur, hide, leather, pelt, skin v.bait, badger, heckle, hector, chivy, hound mean to harass by efforts to break down.bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim.baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy.badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker.drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering.football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging.chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing.hounded by creditors in 1523 |