rag on

The phrase “rag on” has 2 syllables: rag on

It's pronounced as /ˈræɡ ɒn/


What is synonym and antonym for rag on?

In the thesaurus, “rag on” has 162 synonyms and 41 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for rag on along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for rag on

  • abuse
  • annoy
  • ape
  • asperse
  • assail
  • attack
  • backbite
  • bad-mouth
  • bait
  • barrack
  • bash
  • be at
  • beat the bushes
  • belittle
  • berate
  • bird-dog
  • blister
  • blow off
  • bother
  • bug
  • burlesque
  • call down
  • caluminate
  • calumniate
  • cap
  • caricature
  • castigate
  • catcall
  • censure
  • chaff
  • chivy
  • curdle
  • curse
  • cuss
  • cuss out
  • cut down
  • cut to the quick
  • damn
  • debase
  • decry
  • defame
  • denigrate
  • denounce
  • deride
  • derogate
  • dig
  • discount
  • disparage
  • do a number on
  • dog
  • dress down
  • drive
  • dump on
  • gibe
  • give a black eye
  • give chase
  • goad
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • heckle
  • hector
  • hunt
  • hunt down
  • hurl brickbat
  • imitate
  • impel
  • insult
  • jeer
  • jibe
  • jinx
  • jive
  • josh
  • kid
  • knock
  • lampoon
  • leave no stone unturned
  • libel
  • make fun of
  • make sport of
  • malign
  • mimic
  • minimize
  • mistreat
  • mock
  • mudsling
  • nag
  • needle
  • offend
  • oppress
  • pan
  • parody
  • parrot
  • persecute
  • pester
  • pick on
  • pillory
  • poke fun at
  • pooh
  • pooh-pooh
  • prod
  • provoke
  • pursue
  • put a whammy on
  • put down
  • quiz
  • rag
  • rally
  • rap
  • razz
  • reproach
  • revile
  • rib
  • ride
  • ridicule
  • rip up
  • roast
  • run down
  • satirize
  • scold
  • scorch
  • scorn
  • scout
  • scratch
  • scratch around
  • search high heaven
  • shoot down
  • signify
  • skewer
  • skin alive
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap
  • sling mud
  • slur
  • smear
  • sound
  • speak ill of
  • swear at
  • tail
  • take out after
  • target
  • taunt
  • tear apart
  • tear down
  • tear into
  • tease
  • torment
  • track down
  • traduce
  • trash
  • travesty
  • turn inside out
  • turn upside down
  • tweak
  • twit
  • upbraid
  • vilify
  • vituperate
  • voodoo
  • yap at
  • zing

Antonyms for rag on

  • acclaim
  • adulate
  • aid
  • applaud
  • approve
  • benefit
  • care for
  • cherish
  • commend
  • compliment
  • defend
  • discourage
  • dissuade
  • endorse
  • esteem
  • exalt
  • favor
  • flatter
  • glorify
  • halt
  • help
  • honor
  • ignore
  • indorse
  • laud
  • leave alone
  • let go
  • make happy
  • please
  • praise
  • preserve
  • prize
  • protect
  • repress
  • respect
  • revere
  • sanction
  • soothe
  • stop
  • support
  • treasure

Meanings of rag on

  • verb
    1. To ridicule, to make fun of (someone).

Example Sentences

  • He felt hurt when his friends started to rag on him for his choice of clothing.
  • Instead of offering support, his colleagues seemed to always find reasons to rag on him about his work performance.
  • She couldn't stand it when her siblings would constantly rag on her for her messy room.
  • It's not cool to rag on someone just because they're different from you.
  • Despite their teasing, he knew his friends were just joking when they would rag on him during their gaming sessions.

On this page you'll find 203 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to rag on, such as: abuse, acclaim, adulate, aid, annoy, ape, applaud.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

make sport of

abuse

  • affront
  • asperse
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • attack
  • backbite
  • bad-mouth
  • bad-mouthing
  • bang up
  • bash
  • beat up
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belittle
  • belittlement
  • berate
  • billingsgate
  • blackguard
  • blackguardism
  • blame
  • blaspheme
  • blasphemy
  • blast
  • bleed
  • blow off
  • broadside
  • brutalize
  • bully
  • bung up
  • burn
  • calumniate
  • cap
  • castigate
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chastise
  • chastisement
  • cheat
  • chide
  • commercialize
  • commodify
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • crime
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • curse
  • curses
  • cuss out
  • cut down
  • cut to the quick
  • cut up
  • damage
  • debase
  • debasement
  • decry
  • defamation
  • defame
  • defile
  • defilement
  • degrade
  • delinquency
  • deprave
  • derision
  • derogate
  • desecrate
  • desecration
  • destruction
  • diatribe
  • discount
  • disparage
  • disparagement
  • dissipate
  • do a number on
  • do an injustice to
  • dump on
  • epithet
  • excoriate
  • excoriation
  • execrate
  • execration
  • exhaust
  • expletive
  • exploit
  • exploitation
  • fault
  • fleece
  • fulminate
  • fulmination
  • give a black eye
  • harangue
  • harass
  • harm
  • harry
  • hose
  • hosing
  • hurl brickbat
  • hurt
  • ill-treat
  • ill-treatment
  • ill-usage
  • ill-use
  • impair
  • impairment
  • impose on
  • imprecate
  • imprecation
  • injure
  • injury
  • injustice
  • insult
  • insults
  • invective
  • jerk around
  • kick around
  • kicking around
  • knifing
  • knock
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • leverage
  • libel
  • light into
  • malediction
  • malevolence
  • maltreat
  • maltreatment
  • manhandle
  • manhandling
  • manipulate
  • mar
  • mess over
  • mess up
  • milk
  • minimize
  • misapplication
  • misapply
  • misconduct
  • misdeed
  • misemploy
  • misemployment
  • mishandle
  • mishandling
  • mismanage
  • mismanagement
  • mismanaging
  • mistreat
  • mistreatment
  • misusage
  • misuse
  • misutilization
  • molest
  • nag
  • obloquy
  • offend
  • offense
  • oppress
  • opprobrium
  • outrage
  • overburden
  • overcharge
  • overtax
  • overwork
  • persecute
  • perversion
  • pervert
  • pick on
  • pimp
  • polemic
  • pollute
  • pollution
  • potshot
  • profanation
  • profane
  • profanity
  • prostitute
  • prostitution
  • pushing around
  • put down
  • put-down
  • quinine
  • rag on
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reproof
  • revile
  • revilement
  • ride
  • rip up
  • rough up
  • roughhouse
  • ruin
  • run down
  • sail into
  • sandbag
  • savage
  • scathe
  • scold
  • scolding
  • scurrility
  • shake up
  • signify
  • signifying
  • sin
  • skin
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap
  • sling mud
  • slur
  • smear
  • soak
  • sound
  • spoil
  • spoiling
  • squander
  • stick
  • swear at
  • swearing
  • swearword
  • taint
  • take apart
  • tear apart
  • tie into
  • tirade
  • torment
  • torture
  • total
  • trade on
  • traduce
  • trash
  • twist
  • upbraid
  • upbraiding
  • use
  • victimize
  • vilification
  • vilify
  • violate
  • violation
  • vitriol
  • vituperate
  • vituperation
  • walk on
  • waste
  • wax
  • whip
  • work
  • wrecking
  • wrong
  • wrongdoing
  • zing

call down

  • Bronx cheer
  • abase
  • abuse
  • adjudge
  • admonish
  • advise
  • afflict
  • affront
  • animadversion
  • asperse
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • attack
  • bad press
  • bad-mouth
  • baste
  • bawl out
  • belittle
  • berate
  • black list
  • blackball
  • blame
  • blast
  • blister
  • blow whistle on
  • boo
  • boycott
  • brickbat
  • brickbats
  • brush-off
  • call on the carpet
  • call to task
  • caluminate
  • carping
  • castigate
  • castigation
  • catcall
  • cavil
  • caviling
  • censure
  • chastise
  • check
  • chew
  • chew out
  • chide
  • cold shoulder
  • come down hard on
  • come down on
  • condemn
  • contempt
  • counsel
  • cow
  • critical remarks
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • crucify
  • curb
  • curse
  • cuss
  • cuss out
  • cut
  • damn
  • debase
  • decry
  • defame
  • denigrate
  • denounce
  • denunciate
  • denunciation
  • deprecate
  • deprecation
  • depreciate
  • dig
  • ding
  • dis
  • disapprobation
  • disapprove
  • discipline
  • discontent
  • discourtesy
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • disfavor
  • dislike
  • disparage
  • disparagement
  • displeasure
  • disregard
  • diss
  • dissatisfaction
  • doom
  • draw the line
  • dress down
  • dump on
  • eat out
  • enjoin
  • excoriate
  • exhort
  • exprobate
  • fault
  • faultfinding
  • find fault
  • find fault with
  • find guilty
  • flak
  • flay
  • forewarn
  • frame
  • fulminate against
  • give a black eye
  • give a going over
  • give a hard time
  • give comeuppance
  • give one hell
  • give the devil
  • give what for
  • glue
  • go-by
  • growl
  • hammer
  • hang something on
  • harangue
  • have on the carpet
  • hiss
  • hit
  • hoist
  • humble
  • inattention
  • indifference
  • jack up
  • jaw
  • jawbone
  • jinx
  • judge
  • jump all over
  • keelhaul
  • kick
  • knock
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay into
  • lay on
  • lecture
  • lesson
  • let have it
  • libel
  • malign
  • mistreat
  • mock
  • monish
  • mudsling
  • name
  • neglect
  • nit-picking
  • nix
  • notice
  • objection
  • objurgate
  • opprobrium
  • ostracism
  • pan
  • panning
  • pass sentence on
  • penalize
  • pin it on
  • point finger at
  • pronounce
  • proscribe
  • punish
  • put a whammy on
  • put away
  • put down
  • put-down
  • quibble
  • rag
  • rag on
  • rail at
  • rake
  • rake over the coals
  • rap
  • rap on knuckles
  • rate
  • ream
  • rebuff
  • rebuke
  • rejection
  • reprehend
  • repress
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprobate
  • reproof
  • reprove
  • restrain
  • revile
  • ridicule
  • rip up
  • roast
  • run down
  • scoff
  • scold
  • scorch
  • score
  • scorn
  • scourge
  • send up
  • send up the river
  • sentence
  • sit on
  • skin
  • skin alive
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap
  • slap in the face
  • slap on the wrist
  • slap on wrist
  • slur
  • smear
  • snub
  • soften
  • speak ill of
  • speak to
  • static
  • stricture
  • subdue
  • swipe
  • take down
  • take down a peg
  • take to task
  • talk to
  • tame
  • tear down
  • tear into
  • tell a thing or two
  • tell off
  • thumbs down on
  • thumbs-down
  • tick off
  • tongue-lash
  • traduce
  • trim
  • try
  • upbraid
  • vitriol
  • vituperate
  • voodoo
  • warn
  • zapper
  • zing

make fun of

jeer


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