Needle
Needle verb - To attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults.
Usage example: we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl
Persecute and needle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Persecute" instead a verb "Needle".
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| people | needle people | persecute people |
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Persecute and Needle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/needle/persecute
Needle & Persecute. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/needle/persecute>.
Persecute or Needle. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/needle/persecute.
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