Synonyms of picking on

picking on

phrase

present participle of pick on

1

as in intimidating

to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats

Picking on others is not tolerated at this school.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intimidating
• bullying
• frightening
• startling
• bullyragging
• blackjacking
• scaring
• ballyragging
• coercing
• browbeating
• shocking
• bulldozing
• cowing
• hectoring
• threatening
• pushing around
• bogarting
• strong-arming
• harassing
• psyching (out)
• affrighting
• terrifying
• pressuring
• horrifying
• blustering
• alarming
• forcing
• trash-talking
• badgering
• alaruming
• spooking
• terrorizing
• menacing
• compelling
• discomposing
• disturbing
• constraining
• hounding
• pressing
• distressing
• obliging
• bludgeoning
• dragooning
• unnerving
• disconcerting
• disquieting
• demoralizing
• unmanning
• upsetting
• perturbing
• making

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comforting
• reassuring
• cheering
• soothing
• consoling
• encouraging
• solacing
• convincing
• heartening
• persuading
• emboldening
• steeling

2

as in teasing

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults

"Stop picking on your siblings!"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teasing
• taunting
• making game of
• mocking
• bothering
• riding
• baiting
• burning (up)
• annoying
• hazing
• ridiculing
• hacking (off)
• gnawing (at)
• heckling
• hassling
• putting out
• torturing
• needling
• plaguing
• irritating
• trying
• troubling
• testing
• bullying
• grating
• frosting
• itching
• jeering
• deriding
• disturbing
• nagging
• bugging
• gibing
• spiting
• jibing
• aggravating
• vexing
• ruffling
• pestering
• griping
• exasperating
• riling
• chafing
• nettling
• getting
• harassing
• irking
• rasping
• goading
• tormenting
• hagriding
• galling
• fretting
• badgering
• narking
• aggrieving
• perturbing
• piquing
• dogging
• discomforting
• persecuting
• agitating
• bedeviling
• hounding
• beleaguering
• peeving
• browbeating
• terrorizing
• hectoring
• harrying