Synonyms for give someone grief

Most common

trouble · bother · harass · pester · hurt

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To hassle or abuse someone.

   Fred was giving me grief over the money I owed him.

Example sentences

• trouble The word processor will save you a lot of trouble.
• bother I didn't want to bother Tom while he was studying.
• harass Skura wasn't the only girl that Yanni would harass.
• pester We will pester him with heaps of questions.
• hurt I don't want to hurt Tom, but I will if I have to.

By length

4 letters

hurt¹

6 letters

bother², harass², pester²

7 letters

trouble²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bother² = 2 syllables).