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interrogating

verb , present participle of interrogate

Synonyms and Antonyms of interrogating

1 to put a question or questions to

interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before

Synonyms of interrogating

asking, catechizing, grilling, inquiring (of), querying, questioning, quizzing

Words Related to interrogating

besieging, bombarding, cross-examining, cross-questioning, examining, pumping

polling, surveying

Near Antonyms of interrogating

rejoining, retorting

commenting, observing, remarking

avoiding, ducking

Antonyms of interrogating

answering, replying, responding

2 to put a series of questions to

police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end

Synonyms of interrogating

catechizing, examining, grilling, pumping, querying, questioning, quizzing, sweating [slang]

Words Related to interrogating

cross-examining, cross-questioning

annoying, harassing, hounding, pestering

canvassing (also canvasing), polling

Phrases Synonymous with interrogating

giving the third degree to, picking the brains of

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