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Synonyms for ask for it
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ask, ahsk |
Phonetic Transcription : æsk, ɑsk |
Top 10 synonyms for ask for it Other synonyms for the word ask for it
- abrade
- aggravate
- animate
- ask for it
- badger
- be at
- be on the back of
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bell the cat
- bestir
- break
- bug
- burn up
- chafe
- challenge
- court danger
- court disaster
- craze
- deepen
- distress
- egg on
- enhance
- enliven
- exasperate
- excite
- exhilarate
- fire up
- foment
- gall
- galvanize
- get
- get a rise out of
- get going
- get under one's skin
- get under skin
- gnaw
- hack
- harass
- harry
- heat up
- heighten
- henpeck
- hit where one lives
- incense
- incite
- inflame
- infuriate
- innervate
- innerve
- instigate
- intensate
- intensify
- ire
- irk
- irritate
- key up
- kindle
- mad
- madden
- magnify
- make blood boil
- make see red
- make waves
- miff
- mount
- move
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- nudge
- peeve
- pep up
- perturb
- pester
- pique
- plague
- provoke
- push button
- push one's luck
- quicken
- rally
- redouble
- ride
- rile
- rise
- ruffle
- startle
- steam up
- stir
- T-off
- tease
- tempt the gods
- tick off
- trigger
- trouble
- try one's hand
- try one's luck
- turn off
- umbrage
- urge
- vex
- vivify
- wake
- wake up
- waken
- whet
- whip up
- work on
- work up
- worry
Définition of ask for it
Origin :- Old English ascian "ask, call for an answer; make a request," from earlier ahsian, from Proto-Germanic *aiskojan (cf. Old Saxon escon, Old Frisian askia "request, demand, ask," Middle Dutch eiscen, Dutch eisen "to ask, demand," Old High German eiscon "to ask (a question)," German heischen "to ask, demand"), from PIE *ais- "to wish, desire" (cf. Sanskrit icchati "seeks, desires," Armenian aic "investigation," Old Church Slavonic iskati "to seek," Lithuanian ieškau "to seek").
- Form in English influenced by a Scandinavian form of the word (cf. Danish æske; the Old English would have evolved by normal sound changes into ash, esh, which was a Midlands and s.w. England dialect form). Modern dialectal ax is as old as Old English acsian and was an accepted literary variant until c.1600. Related: Asked; asking. Old English also had fregnan/frignan which carried more directly the sense of "question, inquire," and is from PIE root *prek-, the common source of words for "ask" in most Indo-European languages (see pray). If you ask me "in my opinion" is attested from 1910. Asking price is attested from 1755.
- As in incense : verb make very angry
- As in rouse : verb stimulate, excite
- As in tempt fate : verb ask for trouble
- As in enrage : verb make very upset
- As in annoy : verb irritate, upset
Antonyms for ask for it
- aid
- appease
- assist
- calm
- charm
- cheer
- comfort
- compose
- dampen
- decline
- decrease
- delight
- deter
- discourage
- disenchant
- dishearten
- dissuade
- drop
- dull
- enchant
- fall
- fix
- gladden
- gratify
- halt
- help
- lessen
- lower
- lull
- make happy
- mollify
- nap
- pacify
- placate
- please
- put out
- quiet
- reassure
- regress
- sleep
- slow
- slump
- soften
- soothe
- stop
- support
- tranquilize
- weaken
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