| torture(verb, upset, break, trouble, get) |
| trouble(verb, upset, break, get, bother) |
| try(verb, upset, break, trouble, get) |
| vex(verb, upset, break, trouble, get) |
| weigh(verb, upset, break, trouble, get) |
| wound(verb, upset, break, trouble, get) |
| bother(verb, upset, break, trouble, get) |
| get(verb, upset, break, trouble, bother) |
| pettifog(verb, dispute, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| split hairs(verb, expression, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| criticize(verb, censure, avoid, shift, disparage) |
| cut up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, censure) |
| equivocate(verb, dispute, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| evade(verb, dispute, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| take exception(expression, vet, pluck, parse) |
| animadvert on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, censure) |
| bicker(verb, dispute, shift, pluck, wrangle) |
| catch at straws(verb, expression, idiom, wrangle, waffle) |
| censure(verb, condemn, blame, blast, disparage) |
| cut to bits(verb, expression, idiom, hit, censure) |