stymie, unsettle, thwart, confound, befuddle, stifle, unnerve, fluster, embarrass, bewilder, demoralize, hinder, infuriate, intimidate, irk, undermine, confuse, perplex, impede, derail, disrupt, bamboozle, overwhelm, baffle, rile, obstruct, annoy, bemuse, scuttle, steamroll, exasperate, deprive, hamper, flummox, overpower, dishearten, harass, irritate, smother, terrorize, distract, endear, disorganise, neutralize, vex, outfox, bedevil, nullify, deter, pressurize, marginalize, scupper, outmanoeuvre, outwit, mystify, spoil, subvert, nobble, frighten, stun, negate, enrage, instigate, circumvent, threaten, manhandle, victimize, antagonize, upend, repel, deflate, dispirit, elude, outwait, disconcert, ingratiate, alienate, ensnare, prolong, disenfranchise, outclass, appease, punish, excite, weaken, discourage, pummel, discombobulate, clobber, tempt, paralyze, discredit, cripple, galvanize, squelch, dampen, complicate, pulverise, dissuade, displease, discomfit, mesmerize, demigod, airstrip, armistice, believe, bivouac, bugle, captive, cease, ceasefire, charlemagne, confidant, contrary, crow, crusade, dare, deliverer, depart, didst, diner, express, frustrated, motivated, feckless, ambitious, intentioned, reliant, disappointed, discouraged, purposeful, satisfied, untrammeled, vigorous, baffled, earnest, energetic, feverish, frenetic, frenzied, futile, ineffectual

badger, beleaguer, bug, dash, disappoint, hamstring, harass, let down, madden, oppress, persecute, pester, ruin, short-circuit, tease

delusions of persecution

annoy, bother, devil, discourage, forbid, foreclose, forestall, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, preclude, prevent, rag, rile, vex

baffle, bedevil, bilk, cross, crucify, dun, foil, queer, rag, scotch, spoil, tantalize, thwart, torment