tick off
• mark an item in a list with a tick to show that it has been dealt with.
• "I ticked several items off my ‘to do’ list"
• reprimand or rebuke someone.
• "he was ticked off by Angela"
Similar:
reprimand,
rebuke,
admonish,
chastise,
chide,
upbraid,
reprove,
reproach,
scold,
remonstrate with,
berate,
take to task,
pull up,
castigate,
lambast,
read someone the Riot Act,
lecture,
criticize,
censure,
haul over the coals,
tell off,
give someone a talking-to,
give someone a telling-off,
dress down,
give someone a dressing-down,
give someone an earful,
give someone a roasting,
give someone a rocket,
give someone a rollicking,
rap,
rap over the knuckles,
slap someone's wrist,
let someone have it,
bawl out,
give someone hell,
come down on,
blow up,
pitch into,
lay into,
lace into,
give someone a caning,
put on the mat,
slap down,
blast,
rag,
keelhaul,
have a go at,
carpet,
give someone a mouthful,
tear someone off a strip,
give someone what for,
give someone some stick,
wig,
give someone a wigging,
give someone a row,
row,
chew out,
ream out,
monster,
call down,
rate,
give someone a rating,
trim,
reprehend,
objurgate,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
chew someone's ass,
ream someone's ass,
tear someone a new asshole,
rip someone a new asshole,
• make someone annoyed or angry.
• "he really ticked me off"
Similar:
annoy,
irritate,
infuriate,
anger,
incense,
inflame,
enrage,
vex,
irk,
chagrin,
exasperate,
madden,
pique,
provoke,
nettle,
disturb,
upset,
perturb,
discompose,
put out,
try,
try someone's patience,
get on someone's nerves,
bother,
trouble,
worry,
agitate,
ruffle,
hound,
rankle with,
nag,
torment,
pain,
distress,
tease,
frustrate,
chafe,
grate,
fret,
gall,
outrage,
displease,
offend,
disgust,
dissatisfy,
disquiet,
rub up the wrong way,
mither,
peeve,
miff,
bug,
bite,
eat,
hassle,
aggravate,
rile,
get to,
hack off,
make someone's blood boil,
make someone see red,
get someone's goat,
get someone's hackles up,
make someone's hackles rise,
get someone's back up,
get someone's dander up,
drive up the wall,
drive bananas,
needle,
be a pain in the neck,
ruffle someone's feathers,
get in someone's hair,
get under someone's skin,
give someone a hard time,
nark,
get on someone's wick,
give someone the hump,
wind up,
get across,
get up someone's nose,
rankle,
ride,
gravel,
bum out,
rark,
piss off,
get on someone's tits,
