Synonyms of giving a hard time

giving a hard time

phrase

present participle of give a hard time

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

If he would stop giving me a hard time about everything I do, I might get this project done on time.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impeding
• hampering
• hindering
• embarrassing
• interfering (with)
• tying up
• tieing up
• obstructing
• holding back
• handicapping
• trammelling
• holding up
• cramping one's style
• delaying
• manacling
• inhibiting
• cramping
• short-circuiting
• stymieing
• clogging
• encumbering
• restraining
• disrupting
• hobbling
• handcuffing
• blocking
• shackling
• fettering
• constraining
• trammeling
• frustrating
• tieing
• bogging (down)
• tying
• thwarting
• hog-tying
• curbing
• binding
• hedging (in)
• checking
• stifling
• reining
• braking
• balking
• hemming (in)
• retaining
• retarding
• tethering
• leashing
• chaining
• baffling
• barricading
• strangling
• choking
• arresting
• blockading
• haltering
• confining
• sabotaging
• derailing
• miring
• stumping
• foiling
• suffocating
• roadblocking
• smothering
• muzzling
• repressing
• suppressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• helping
• assisting
• making way
• opening
• aiding
• facilitating
• clearing
• freeing
• releasing
• liberating
• untying
• smoothing
• encouraging
• unplugging
• promoting
• loosening
• unstopping
• unclogging
• furthering
• untieing