vverb.emotiontreat cruellySynset:crucify dun frustrate rag torment
Examples:- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Derivationally Related Form:tormentbedevilmentfrustrationcrucifixiontormentertormentor
Hypernyms:beset chevvy chevy chivvy chivy harass harry hassle molest plague provoke
Inherited Hypernyms:tormentharassannoydisplease
Direct Hyponyms:badgerbeleaguerbughamstringmaddenoppresspersecutepestertease
Full Troponyms:hamstringmaddenpersecutepurgetease
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: frustrate)
vverb.cognitionbe confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearlySynset:befuddle confound confuse discombobulate fox fuddle throw
Examples:- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
Derivationally Related Form:discombobulationbefuddlementconfusion
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:confusebe
Direct Hyponyms:amazebafflebeatbewilderdemoralizedisorientdisorientatedumbfoundflummoxgetgravelmystifynonplusperplexposepuzzlestickstupefyvex
Full Troponyms:beggardefydemoralizedisorienteludeperplexriddlestump
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: bedevil, confound)