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chivvy
Overview of verb chivvy
The verb chivvy has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke -- (annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers")
Antonyms of verb chivvy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chivvy
1 sense of chivvy
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> displease
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb chivvy
1 sense of chivvy
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> needle, goad
=> torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
=> haze
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chivvy
1 sense of chivvy
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
'Cause To' of verb chivvy
Derived Forms of verb chivvy
Domain of verb chivvy
Domain Terms of verb chivvy
Familiarity of verb chivvy
chivvy used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb chivvy
1 sense of chivvy
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb chivvy
1 sense of chivvy
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> get, get under one's skin
=> eat into, fret, rankle, grate
=> peeve
=> ruffle
=> fret
=> harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> antagonize, antagonise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb chivvy
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
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Grep of verb chivvy
chivvy
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