All give a hard time synonyms

verb give a hard time

• aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
• plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• badger — A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• ignite — to set on fire; kindle.
• displease — to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
• arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
• incense — an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
• whet — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
• offend — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
• kindle — (of animals, especially rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring).
• stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
• galvanize — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
• tantalize — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
• smite — to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon: She smote him on the back with her umbrella.
• mistreat — to treat badly or abusively.
• molest — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
• burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
• concern — Concern is worry about a situation.
• dismay — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
• provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
• unnerve — to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him.
• irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
• infuriate — to make furious; enrage.
• bedevil — If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
• perplex — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
• besiege — If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.
• beleaguer — to trouble persistently; harass
• surround — to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
• invade — to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
• overrun — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
• annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
• bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
• perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
• faze — to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
• confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.