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单词 wind someone up
释义
(phrasal verb) 
This man at the meeting kept winding me up by talking over me.
Synonyms
irritate
Their attitude irritates me.
excite
anger
The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
annoy
Try making a note of the things that annoy you.
exasperate
The constant interruptions were beginning to exasperate me.
nettle
I instantly regretted my remark, because it obviously nettled him.
work someone up
pique
She was piqued by his lack of enthusiasm.
make someone nervous
put someone on edge
make someone tense
hack you off (informal)
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to tease or annoy
You're joking. Come on, you're just winding me up.
Synonyms
tease
He teased me mercilessly about going there.
kid (informal)
Are you sure you're not kidding me?
I'm just kidding.
have someone on (informal)
I thought he was just having me on.
annoy
rag (informal)
She was ten years older than the youngsters ragging her.
rib (informal)
josh (informal)
vex
Everything about that man vexes me.
make fun of
take the mickey out of (informal)
send someone up (informal)
pull someone's leg (informal)
Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg.
jerk or yank someone's chain (informal)
See wind

Additional synonyms

in the sense of anger
Definition
to make (someone) angry
The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
Synonyms
enrage,
provoke,
outrage,
annoy,
offend,
excite,
irritate,
infuriate,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
incense,
fret,
gall,
madden,
exasperate,
nettle,
vex,
affront,
displease,
rile,
pique,
get on someone's nerves (informal),
antagonize,
get someone's back up,
piss someone off (taboo, slang),
put someone's back up,
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
make someone's blood boil,
get in someone's hair (informal),
get someone's dander up (informal)
in the sense of annoy
Definition
to irritate or displease
Try making a note of the things that annoy you.
Synonyms
irritate,
trouble,
bore,
anger,
harry,
bother,
disturb,
provoke,
get (informal),
bug (informal),
needle (informal),
plague,
tease,
harass,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
badger,
gall,
madden,
ruffle,
exasperate,
nettle,
molest,
pester,
vex,
displease,
irk,
bedevil,
rile,
peeve,
get under your skin (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
get up your nose (informal),
give someone grief (British, South Africa),
make your blood boil,
piss you off (taboo, slang),
rub someone up the wrong way (informal),
get your goat (slang),
get in your hair (informal),
get on your wick (British, slang),
get your dander up (informal),
get your back up,
incommode (formal),
put your back up,
hack you off (informal),
be on your back (slang)
in the sense of exasperate
Definition
to cause great irritation to
The constant interruptions were beginning to exasperate me.
Synonyms
irritate,
anger,
provoke,
annoy,
rouse,
infuriate,
hassle (informal),
exacerbate,
aggravate (informal),
incense,
enrage,
gall,
madden,
inflame,
bug (informal),
nettle,
get to (informal),
vex,
embitter,
irk,
rile (informal),
pique,
rankle,
peeve (informal),
needle (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
try the patience of,
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
get in your hair (informal),
get on your wick (British, slang),
hack you off (informal)

Nearby words of
wind someone up

  • wince
  • wind
  • wind down
  • wind someone up
  • wind something down
  • wind something up
  • wind up

Related terms of
wind someone up

  • put the wind up someone

Synonyms of 'wind someone up'

wind someone up

Additional synonyms

in the sense of have someone on
Definition
to trick or tease
I thought he was just having me on.
Synonyms
tease,
kid (informal),
wind up (British, slang),
trick,
deceive,
take the mickey,
pull someone's leg,
play a joke on,
jerk or yank someone's chain (informal)
in the sense of kid
Definition
to tease or deceive (someone) for fun
Are you sure you're not kidding me?I'm just kidding.
Synonyms
tease,
joke,
trick,
fool,
pretend,
mock,
rag (British),
wind up (British, slang),
ridicule,
hoax,
beguile,
gull (archaic),
delude,
jest,
bamboozle,
hoodwink,
cozen (literary),
jerk or yank someone's chain (informal)
in the sense of nettle
I instantly regretted my remark, because it obviously nettled him.
Synonyms
irritate,
provoke,
annoy,
gall,
sting,
aggravate (informal),
incense,
ruffle,
exasperate,
vex,
goad,
pique,
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
hack you off (informal),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
harass,
hassle (informal),
fret,
chafe
in the sense of pique
Definition
to hurt (someone's) pride
She was piqued by his lack of enthusiasm.
Synonyms
displease,
wound,
provoke,
annoy,
get (informal),
sting,
offend,
irritate,
put out,
incense,
gall,
nettle,
vex,
affront,
mortify,
irk,
rile,
peeve (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
put someone's nose out of joint (informal),
miff (informal),
hack off (informal)
in the sense of pull someone's leg
Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg.
Synonyms
tease,
joke,
trick,
fool,
kid (informal),
have (someone) on,
rag,
rib (informal),
wind up (British, slang),
deceive,
hoax,
make fun of,
poke fun at,
twit,
chaff,
lead up the garden path,
jerk or yank someone's chain (informal)
in the sense of rag
Definition
to tease
She was ten years older than the youngsters ragging her.
Synonyms
tease,
provoke,
needle (informal),
mock,
bait,
rib (informal),
wind up (British, slang),
torment,
ridicule,
taunt,
goad,
take the mickey (out of) (informal),
take the piss (out of) (taboo, slang),
gibe,
pull someone's leg (informal),
jerk or yank someone's chain (informal)
in the sense of vex
Definition
to cause (someone) to feel annoyance or irritation
Everything about that man vexes me.
Synonyms
annoy,
bother,
irritate,
worry,
trouble,
upset,
disturb,
distress,
provoke,
bug (informal),
offend,
needle (informal),
plague,
put out,
tease,
torment,
harass,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
afflict,
fret,
gall,
agitate,
exasperate,
nettle,
pester,
displease,
rile,
pique,
peeve (informal),
grate on,
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
give someone grief (British, South Africa),
get your back up,
put your back up,
hack you off (informal)
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