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- T-off
- ask for it
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- press
- soft-soap
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- wangle
- wheedle
- worm
- argue into
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- butter up
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- talk into
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- blandish
- bootlick
- cajole
- charm
- con
- court
- fawn
- glorify
- grovel
- humor
- inveigle
- jolly
- massage
- oil
- overpraise
- praise
- salve
- sell
- soften
- soft-soap
- stroke
- toady
- wheedle
- brown-nose
- build up
- butter up
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- lay it on thick
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- depress
- discourage
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- halt
- prevent
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- calm
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWith him one is at high pressure all the time, and I have gained a good many more ideas from him than I can work up in a hurry.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYIn fact, except for Ramona's help, it would have been a question whether even Alessandro could have made Baba work in harness.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONThe sad end of the mission to King M'Bongo has been narrated in the body of this work.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSEntrez donc, 'tis the work of one of your compatriots; and here, though a heretic, you may consider yourself on English ground.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSHence arise factions, dissensions, and loss to their religious interests and work; and these intruders seek to rule the others.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSThe fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRHow is it that one instant of time should work those effects in the human mind which are so lasting in their results!
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSShe did her work at a most interesting period in Dutch painting.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTIn this little room the galleries had been designed; the windows had looked upon the commencement of the great work.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWORDS RELATED TO WORK ON
- T-off
- abrade
- agitate
- ask for it
- badger
- be at
- be on the back of
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bore
- bother
- break
- bug
- burn up
- chafe
- displease
- distress
- disturb
- egg on
- exasperate
- fire up
- gall
- get
- gnaw
- harass
- harry
- heat up
- henpeck
- hit where one lives
- irk
- madden
- make waves
- miff
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- nudge
- peeve
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- provoke
- push button
- ride
- rile
- ruffle
- tease
- tick off
- trouble
- turn off
- vex
- work on
- worry
- T-offs
- abrades
- agitates
- asks for it
- badgers
- bears
- bedevils
- beleaguers
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- bugs
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- egg on
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- henpecks
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- irks
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- maddens
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- nudges
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- worries
- apple-polish
- argue into
- banter
- beguile
- blandish
- bootlick
- brown-nose
- butter up
- con
- deceive
- delude
- dupe
- entice
- entrap
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- lure
- make up to
- maneuver
- mislead
- oil
- play up to
- push
- rub the right way
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- tantalize
- tempt
- urge
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.