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Synonyms of grill

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Another word for grill is fronts. Other synonyms of grill are golds, cook, do, instigate and affront.

Synonyms and similar words for grill

nounA type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.

verbTo cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

verbTo make angry; provoke; offend, incite.

  • instigate
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • angerTo cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
  • antagonizeTo work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
  • awrathAnger; enrage.
  • burn up
  • cheese off slangTo annoy.
  • cross
  • embitter
  • envenom
  • gall
  • get
  • get to
  • honk offTo annoy.
  • incenseTo incite; to stimulate.
  • inflameTo excite or intensify (a feeling, such as an appetite or passion), especially to an excessive or unnatural level.
  • infuriateTo make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.
  • madden
  • make angry
  • nark Australia, UK
  • offend
  • outrage
  • provokeTo bring about a reaction.
  • put out
  • rankle
  • rile
  • piss off
  • roil
  • set offTo begin; to cause; to initiate.
  • steam
  • tick off
  • get one's back up
  • get someone's dander upTo anger or annoy someone.
  • get someone's goatTo annoy or infuriate someone.
  • get someone's Irish upTo anger or annoy someone.
  • make someone see red
  • make someone's blood boilTo cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling...
  • put someone's back upSynonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone.
  • raise someone's hacklesTo annoy or anger someone.
  • raise someone's shagTo anger or annoy someone.
  • rattle someone's cage
  • rub the wrong way
  • ruffle some feathersTo cause a disturbance; to arouse resentment, anger, or concern.
  • set up someone's birse ScotlandTo make someone angry.
  • actuateTo incite to action; to motivate.
  • goose
  • fuel
  • light a fire underTo motivate or encourage (someone) to start sooner or move faster.
  • send
  • sting
  • bring aboutTo cause to take place.
  • drawTo attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
  • driveTo motivate; to provide an incentive for.
  • encourageTo mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
  • egg onTo encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
  • engenderTo bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
  • evokeTo elicit a response.
  • exciteTo arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
  • fomentTo incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
  • goadTo incite or provoke.
  • ignite figurativelyTo spark off (something), to trigger.
  • impelTo urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
  • incite
  • induceTo cause, bring about, lead to.
  • invokeTo bring about as an inevitable consequence.
  • lash
  • motiveTo prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
  • motivateTo provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
  • obligate
  • oblige
  • pushTo continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
  • promoteTo encourage, urge or incite.
  • promptTo initiate; to cause or lead to.
  • rouseTo provoke (someone) to react (for example, in anger or annoyance); to spur; also, to annoy, to tease.
  • spark offTo initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.
  • spurTo urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object.
  • spur onTo spur or urge (someone) to do something.
  • stimulateTo encourage into action.
  • stirTo incite to action.
  • stir upTo arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).
  • stoke figuratively
  • temptTo provoke something; to court.
  • urgeTo put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
  • whip upTo arouse or excite.
  • abet obsoleteTo urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
  • cheer obsoleteTo encourage to do something.
  • move obsoleteTo incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
  • whet obsoleteTo inculcate or teach (habits, information, etc.).

verbTo terrify; make tremble.

verbTo tremble; shiver.

Meaning of grill

  1. noun A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
  2. noun The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.
  3. noun On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.

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Questions about synonyms of grill

What is another word for grill?
Grill has 117 synonyms on Word.ws, such as fronts, golds, cook, do, instigate, affront, aggravate and anger.
What does grill mean?
Grill means a grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.

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