put upon

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: put up=on

THESAURUS

put upon

abashed, administer, afflicted, agitated, apply, barge in, beset, bestow, bothered, break in, break in upon, burden with, burst in, butt in, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, charge, charge in, come between, confused, crash, crash in, crash the gates, creep in, crowd in, cut in, deceive, demand, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, dose, dose with, edge in, elbow in, embarrassed, encroach, enforce upon, enjoin, entrench, exact, fasten upon, foist in, foist on, force, force upon, freight with, give, horn in, hung up, ill at ease, impinge, impose, impose on, impose upon, infiltrate, inflict on, inflict upon, infringe, insinuate, interfere, interlope, interpose, intervene, intrude, invade, irrupt, lay, lay on, levy, mete out to, mortified, obtrude, out of countenance, pass off on, pass the buck, perturbed, place, play on, prescribe for, press in, presume upon, push in, put, put across, put down, put on, put over, put-out, rush in, saddle with, set, shift the blame, shift the responsibility, slink in, slip in, smash in, sneak in, squeeze in, steal in, storm in, subject to, take advantage of, task, tax, throng in, thrust in, trench, trespass, troubled, uncomfortable, uneasy, upset, weight down with, work in, work on, worm in, yoke with

ROGET THESAURUS

put upon

Badness

VB be hurtful, cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil, damnify, endamage, hurt, harm, injure, pain, wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute, trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon, overburden, weigh down, weigh heavy on, victimize, run down, molest, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, ill-treat, buffet, bruise, scratch, maul, smite, do violence, do harm, do a mischief, stab, pierce, outrage, do mischief, make mischief, bring into trouble, destroy.

Deception

VB deceive, take in, defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, bite, pluck, swindle, victimize, abuse, mystify, blind one's eyes, blindfold, hoodwink, throw dust into the eyes, dupe, gull, hoax, fool, befool, bamboozle, flimflam, hornswoggle, trick, impose upon, practice upon, play upon, put upon, palm off on, palm upon, foist upon, snatch a verdict, bluff off, bluff, bunko, four flush, gum, spoof, stuff (a ballot box), circumvent, overreach, outreach, out wit, out maneuver, steal a march upon, give the go-by, to leave in the lurch decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle, entrap, intrap, ensnare, nick, springe, set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for, bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime, trapan, trepan, kidnap, let in, hook in, nousle, nousel, blind a trail, enmesh, immesh, shanghai, catch, catch in a trap, sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity, hum, humbug, gammon, stuff up, sell, play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on, balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale, fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand, make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of, trifle with, cajole, flatter, come over, gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon, dissemble, cog, cog the dice, load the dice, stack the deck, live by one's wits, play at hide and seek, obtain money under false pretenses, conjure, juggle, practice chicanery, deacon, play off, palm off, foist off, fob-off, lie, misinform, mislead, betray, be deceived.