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chivvies
Overview of verb chivy
The verb chivy has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (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 chivy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chivy
1 sense of chivy
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 chivy
1 sense of chivy
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 chivy
1 sense of chivy
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 chivy
Derived Forms of verb chivy
Domain of verb chivy
Domain Terms of verb chivy
Familiarity of verb chivy
chivy used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb chivy
1 sense of chivy
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb chivy
1 sense of chivy
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 chivy
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 chivy
chivy
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