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Detailed Synonyms for badger in English

badger:

badger [the ~] noun

  1. the badger
    the badger
  2. the badger
    – sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere 1
    the badger
    – sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere 1

to badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)

  1. to badger
    to provoke; to give rise to; to badger; to needle; to bait
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • give rise to verb (gives rise to, gave rise to, giving rise to)
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • needle verb (needles, needled, needling)
    • bait verb (baits, baited, baiting)
  2. to badger
    to badger; have something on one's mind; to nag; to pester
  3. to badger
    to badger; to pester; to be a nuisance
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • pester verb (pesters, pestered, pestering)
    • be a nuisance verb (are a nuisance, being a nuisance)
  4. to badger
    to fool; to tease; to vex; to badger; to swindle; to trick; to hoax; to hoodwink
    • fool verb (fools, fooled, fooling)
    • tease verb (teases, teased, teasing)
    • vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • swindle verb (swindles, swindled, swindling)
    • trick verb (tricks, tricked, tricking)
    • hoax verb (hoaxes, hoaxed, hoaxing)
    • hoodwink verb (hoodwinks, hoodwinked, hoodwinking)
  5. to badger
    to terrorize; to intimidate; to bully; to startle; to badger; to browbeat; to frighten; to overawe; to terrorise
    • terrorize verb, American (terrorizes, terrorized, terrorizing)
    • intimidate verb (intimidates, intimidated, intimidating)
    • bully verb (bullies, bullied, bullying)
    • startle verb (startles, startled, startling)
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • browbeat verb (browbeats, browbeated, browbeating)
    • frighten verb (frightens, frightened, frightening)
    • overawe verb (overawes, overawed, overawing)
    • terrorise verb, British
  6. to badger
    to badger; to nag
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • nag verb (nags, nagged, nagging)
  7. to badger
    to badger; chicane; to nag; to pester
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • chicane verb
    • nag verb (nags, nagged, nagging)
    • pester verb (pesters, pestered, pestering)
  8. to badger
    – persuade through constant efforts 1
    to badger
    – persuade through constant efforts 1
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
  9. to badger
    – annoy persistently 1
    bug; to tease; to badger; to pester; beleaguer
    – annoy persistently 1
    • bug verb
    • tease verb (teases, teased, teasing)
      • The children teased the boy because of his stammer1
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • pester verb (pesters, pestered, pestering)
    • beleaguer verb

Conjugations for badger:

present
  1. badger
  2. badger
  3. badgers
  4. badger
  5. badger
  6. badger
simple past
  1. badgered
  2. badgered
  3. badgered
  4. badgered
  5. badgered
  6. badgered
present perfect
  1. have badgered
  2. have badgered
  3. has badgered
  4. have badgered
  5. have badgered
  6. have badgered
past continuous
  1. was badgering
  2. were badgering
  3. was badgering
  4. were badgering
  5. were badgering
  6. were badgering
future
  1. shall badger
  2. will badger
  3. will badger
  4. shall badger
  5. will badger
  6. will badger
continuous present
  1. am badgering
  2. are badgering
  3. is badgering
  4. are badgering
  5. are badgering
  6. are badgering
subjunctive
  1. be badgered
  2. be badgered
  3. be badgered
  4. be badgered
  5. be badgered
  6. be badgered
diverse
  1. badger!
  2. let's badger!
  3. badgered
  4. badgering
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "badger":

  1. sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere1
  2. persuade through constant efforts1
  3. annoy persistently1

Related Synonyms for badger