Antonyms for gave a hard time
| Grammar : Verb |
- activate
- aid
- alleviate
- allow
- appease
- applaud
- approve
- arrange
- assist
- assuage
- be content
- be convenient
- be happy
- benefit
- bore
- build
- calm
- cheer
- clarify
- clear up
- comfort
- commend
- compliment
- compose
- cure
- delight
- depress
- discourage
- dissuade
- dull
- ease
- encourage
- energize
- enlighten
- exclude
- exonerate
- explain
- extinguish
- facilitate
- fail
- fix
- flatter
- free
- gladden
- heal
- help
- hide
- hold
- ignore
- improve
- invigorate
- laud
- leave alone
- let go
- lose
- lull
- make happy
- make well
- mend
- misunderstand
- mollify
- neglect
- order
- organize
- placate
- place
- please
- praise
- protect
- quiet
- reassure
- refresh
- release
- relieve
- reward
- satisfy
- settle
- soften
- soothe
- straighten
- support
- surrender
- unloose
Definition of gave a hard time
- As in inconvenience : verb bother, trouble
- As in irk : verb aggravate; rub the wrong way
- As in kid around : verb tease
- As in nag : verb harass, bother
- As in pique : verb offend, provoke
- As in tease : verb aggravate, provoke
- As in torment : verb be or make very upset
- As in trouble : verb bother, worry
- As in upset : verb bother, trouble
- As in vex : verb distress, bother
- As in beset : verb plague; hem in
- As in chide : verb criticize, lecture
- As in incommode : verb inconvenience
- As in aggravate : verb annoy
- As in distress : verb worry, upset
- As in embarrass : verb cause mental discomfort
- As in harass : verb badger
- As in henpeck : verb nag
Synonyms for gave a hard time
- abash
- abrade
- absorb
- abuse
- adjy
- admonish
- afflict
- affront
- aggravate
- aggress
- aggrieve
- agitate
- agonize
- ail
- anger
- annoy
- arouse
- assail
- attack
- badger
- bait
- banter
- be at
- be on one's case
- be on the back of
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- berate
- besiege
- bewilder
- blame
- bone
- bother
- break
- bug
- bully
- bullyrag
- bum
- burden
- burn
- burn up
- call down
- call on the carpet
- carp
- carp at
- castigate
- catch one short
- censure
- chafe
- chaff
- chagrin
- check
- circle
- compass
- concern
- condemn
- confound
- confuse
- cramp
- craze
- crucify
- debilitate
- depress
- derange
- desolate
- despoil
- devil
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discomfort
- discommode
- discompose
- disconcert
- discountenance
- dismay
- disoblige
- displease
- disquiet
- disrupt
- distract
- distress
- disturb
- do a number on
- dog
- drive bananas
- drive up the wall
- dumbfound
- eat
- egg
- egg on
- embarrass
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- entangle
- environ
- exasperate
- excite
- excruciate
- exhaust
- exprobate
- fall on
- fall upon
- fatigue
- faze
- find fault
- fire up
- flay
- flip
- flip out
- floor
- flurry
- fluster
- fool around
- foray
- fret
- fuss
- gall
- galvanize
- get
- get a rise out of
- get in one's hair
- get on nerves
- get on one's nerves
- get to
- get under one's skin
- get under skin
- gibe
- girdle
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- give one the business
- give the business
- give the needle
- give trouble
- gnaw
- goad
- goose
- grab
- grate
- grate on
- grieve
- hack
- hang up
- harass
- harrow
- harry
- hassle
- heckle
- hector
- hound
- hurt
- ignite
- importune
- impose on
- incapacitate
- incense
- incommode
- inconvenience
- indispose
- infest
- infuriate
- injure
- interfere
- intimidate
- invade
- irk
- irritate
- jerk around
- jive
- josh
- jump on one's case
- key up
- kindle
- lay up
- lead on
- lesson
- let down
- macerate
- make a fuss
- make a monkey of
- make a scene
- make it tough
- make it tough for
- make waves
- maraud
- meddle
- miff
- mistreat
- mock
- molest
- monish
- mortify
- motivate
- move
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- nit-pick
- nonplus
- noodge
- nudge
- offend
- oppress
- overrun
- pain
- peeve
- perplex
- persecute
- perturb
- pester
- pick at
- pick on
- pique
- plague
- play cat and mouse
- pother
- prick
- prod
- provoke
- psych
- punish
- push
- push buttons
- put down
- put in a hole
- put in a spot
- put on the spot
- put out
- put out of countenance
- put the squeeze on
- put through wringer
- put to trouble
- puzzle
- quicken
- rack
- rag
- raid
- rally
- rasp
- rate
- rattle
- rattle one's cage
- razz
- rebuke
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- rib
- ride
- ridicule
- rile
- ring
- roast
- rock the boat
- rouse
- rub salt in wound
- ruffle
- sadden
- scold
- send up
- shame
- show up
- sicken
- slam
- slap on the wrist
- smite
- snap
- sound
- speak to
- spoof
- spook
- spur
- start in on
- stimulate
- sting
- stir
- stir up
- storm
- strain
- strap
- stress
- strike
- stun
- surround
- swipe at
- take down
- take down a peg
- take it out on
- talk to
- tantalize
- taunt
- tease
- tell off
- throw
- throw into a tizzy
- throw off balance
- tick off
- tire
- torment
- torture
- trouble
- try
- turn
- turn off
- turn on
- unhinge
- unnerve
- unsettle
- upbraid
- upset
- urge
- vex
- weary
- weigh
- whet
- wig
- work on
- work up
- worry
- wound
- wring
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