picks on

VERB

nag, provoke

Synonyms

WEAK

badger bait blame bully carp cavil criticize find fault foment get at get to goad hector incite instigate quibble start tease torment

Antonyms

WEAK

compliment praise

VERB

nag

Synonyms

STRONGEST

badger bully get at tease torment

WEAK

bait blame carp cavil criticize find fault foment get to goad hector incite instigate pick at provoke quibble start

Example Sentences

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From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Shop our editors’ picks on early Prime Day deals and sign-up for the Buy Side newsletter to receive our new Deal Decoder with weekly sales worth shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Against that backdrop, asset managers are buying selectively, with picks on the idiosyncratic side.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

He will announce those at 16:00 BST on Wednesday, 27 August, a month out from the 45th staging of the biennial contest against Europe, whose captain Luke Donald will name his picks on 1 September.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

He picks on the art club, but I can’t really take that personally, because he also picks on the science fair kids and the mathletes.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman