Thesaurus / put upon
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- afflict
- annoy
- beat down
- harass
- maltreat
- overwhelm
- persecute
- pick on
- prey on
- subjugate
- suppress
- torment
- torture
- trample
- vex
- abuse
- aggrieve
- burden
- crush
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- encumber
- force
- handicap
- harry
- hound
- outrage
- overcome
- overload
- overpower
- overthrow
- plague
- press
- ride
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- smother
- strain
- tax
- trouble
- worry
- wrong
- despotize
- keep down
- put down
- put screws to
- put the squeeze on
- tyrranize
- weigh heavy upon
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It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
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He was voluble in his declarations that they would “put the screws” to Ollie on the charge of perjury.
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Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
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He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
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Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
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In the year of misery, of agony and suffering in general he had endured, he had settled upon one theory.
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This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.
He turned his eyes upon her; but no sympathy was in their beams; no belief in the semblance of her tears.
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His 6,000 native auxiliaries (as it proved later on) could not be relied upon in a civil war.
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All our intelligent students will insist upon learning what they can of these discussions and forming opinions for themselves.
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WORDS RELATED TO PUT UPON
- abuse
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- beat down
- burden
- crush
- despotize
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- encumber
- force
- handicap
- harass
- harry
- hound
- keep down
- maltreat
- outrage
- overcome
- overload
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- persecute
- pick on
- plague
- press
- prey on
- put down
- put screws to
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- ride
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- smother
- strain
- subjugate
- suppress
- tax
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trouble
- tyrranize
- vex
- weigh heavy upon
- worry
- wrong
- abuse
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- beat down
- burden
- crush
- despotize
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- encumber
- force
- handicap
- harass
- harry
- hound
- keep down
- maltreat
- outrage
- overcome
- overload
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- persecute
- pick on
- plague
- press
- prey on
- put down
- put screws to
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- ride
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- smother
- strain
- subjugate
- suppress
- tax
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trouble
- tyrranize
- vex
- weigh heavy upon
- worry
- wrong
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.