humiliate, embarass, discredit, intimidate, belittle, besmirch, tarnish, ingratiate, demean, antagonize, marginalize, vilify, upstage, denigrate, frighten, demoralize, endear, frustrate, annoy, malign, undermine, sully, blackball, punish, scandalize, browbeat, badmouth, distract, defame, rile, berate, insinuate, offend, harass, criticize, implicate, goad, deceive, politicize, alienate, infuriate, chastise, emasculate, incriminate, expose, demonize, mislead, spoil, confuse, estrange, heckle, enrage, irritate, appease, impress, unsettle, disparage, destabilize, betray, provoke, coerce, ostracise, curry favor, hoodwink, smear, crucify, delude, poke fun, topple, embroil, lambast, derail, lambaste, impugn, blacken, incite, scold, chide, placate, castigate, scandalise, discomfit, displease, dishearten, terrorize, retaliate, amuse, disrupt, manhandle, misinform, injure, backfire, disorganise, dupe, nobble, admonish, apologize, destroy, outdo, subvert, pressurize, usurp, annoyance, embarrassment, misgiving, uneasiness, abatement, alarm, anxiety, avail, chargeable, commotion, consternation, danger, detriment, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, encouragement, expenditure

bottleneck, check, filibuster, hang, stonewall

badgerer, delusions of persecution, heckler, mischievously

discomfit, discompose, disconcert, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, untune, upset

abash, block, blockade, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy