Englishneedle
noun
verb
informal
why had she allowed Leo to needle her into telling him?:
goad, provoke, bait, taunt, pester, harass, prick, prod, sting;
irritate, annoy, anger, vex, irk, nettle, pique, exasperate, infuriate, get on someone's nerves, rub up the wrong way, get/put someone's back up, ruffle someone's feathers, try someone's patience;
informal aggravate, rile, niggle, get in someone's hair, hassle, get to, bug, miff, peeve, get under someone's skin, hack off;
British, informal wind up, get at, nark, get across, get up someone's nose;
North American, informal ride;
New Zealand, informal rark;
vulgar slang piss off;
rare exacerbate, hump, rasp.
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