PERSECUTE Synonyms

• annoy continually or chronically

• exhaust by attacking repeatedly

• marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions

• recognize or perceive the difference

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• distinguish

• treat badly

• treat badly

• unbearable physical pain

• extreme mental distress

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

• a severe affliction

• the act of harassing someone

• torment emotionally or mentally

• treat cruelly

• subject to torture

• rule a country as a tyrant

• rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner

• make a victim of

• punish unjustly

• deprive of by deceit

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• psychological suffering

• a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

• extreme physical pain

• the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

• bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

• cause mental pain to

• something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

• a strong feeling of anxiety

• be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy

• be concerned with

• disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

• be on the mind of

• lacerate by biting

• touch or rub constantly