Antonyms for chivy
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : chev-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɛv i |
- aid
- appease
- arrange
- assist
- be lazy
- calm
- comfort
- compliment
- delight
- discontinue
- discourage
- dissuade
- encourage
- escape
- eschew
- give up
- guard
- halt
- help
- ignore
- lead
- leave
- leave alone
- let go
- make happy
- neglect
- order
- organize
- pacify
- please
- praise
- promote
- protect
- quit
- reassure
- repress
- retard
- retreat
- run away
- shun
- soothe
- stop
- support
Definition of chivy
Origin :- "harass," 1918, from alternative form of chevy (1830) "to chase," from a noun chevy (1824, also used as a hunting cry, c.1785), from chevy chase "a running pursuit," probably from the "Ballad of Chevy Chase," popular song from 15c. describing a hunting party on the borderland that turned into a battle between the English and the Scots (the incident probably late 14c.). The place is probably originally Cheviot Chase.
- The old song of Chevy-Chase is the favourite ballad of the common people of England, and Ben Jonson used to say, he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works. [Addison, "spectator" No. 70, May 21, 1711]
- As in pursue : verb chase, follow
- As in bullyrag : verb intimidate
- As in chase : verb run after, pursue
- As in harry : verb pester, annoy
- As in heckle : verb jeer
- As in hound : verb chase, badger
- They'd 'ave nobody to chivy 'em when they come to the throne, or returned from the wars.
- Extract from : « Humorous Readings and Recitations » by Various
- I thought: "In a day or two I shall get to like her, and then I shan't be able to chivy her."
- Extract from : « A Diary Without Dates » by Enid Bagnold
- I let the first class off easily, but the second I chivy through a whole year.
- Extract from : « The Wife and Other Stories » by Anton Chekhov
- They are not in a hurry, nor "chivy" over their work either; the tides rise and fall slowly, and they work in correspondence.
- Extract from : « The Open Air » by Richard Jefferies
- It was an eternal game of chivy or hide-and-seek, each person being by turn the hunter and the hunted.
- Extract from : « The Divine Fire » by May Sinclair
- Every year I have some seven such hopefuls whom, to express it in the students' slang, I "chivy" or "floor."
- Extract from : « The Wife and Other Stories » by Anton Chekhov
- The objective of the R. Sussex on the left was the enemy's trenches along the Chivy road.
- Extract from : « The First Seven Divisions » by Ernest W. Hamilton
Synonyms for chivy
- accompany
- annoy
- antagonize
- attack
- attend
- badger
- bait
- be at
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- beat the bushes
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bird-dog
- bother
- browbeat
- bug
- bulldoze
- bully
- camp on the doorstep of
- charge
- chivy
- coerce
- course
- curdle
- depredate
- devastate
- dis
- discomfit
- disconcert
- disrupt
- disturb
- dog
- drive
- drive away
- embarrass
- expel
- faze
- fish
- follow
- fret
- gibe
- give chase
- gnaw
- go after
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- haunt
- heckle
- hector
- hound
- hunt
- hunt down
- impel
- interrupt
- irk
- irritate
- lay waste
- leave no stone unturned
- menace
- mistreat
- molest
- move behind
- nose around
- oppress
- persecute
- persevere
- persist
- perturb
- pester
- pillage
- plague
- play catch up
- plunder
- poke around
- prod
- provoke
- prowl after
- pursue
- rag
- rag on
- rattle
- ravage
- ride
- ridicule
- run after
- run down
- rush
- sack
- scout
- scout out
- scratch
- scratch around
- search for
- search high heaven
- search out
- seek
- shadow
- shag
- shout at
- speed
- stalk
- tag
- tail
- take off after
- take out after
- taunt
- tear
- tease
- terrorize
- threaten
- torment
- trace
- track
- track down
- trail
- trouble
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- upset
- vex
- worry
- yap at
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