All cut to the quick synonyms

verb cut to the quick

• shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• detract — If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
• chasten — If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
• deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
• confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
• mortify — to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
• injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
• wound — the act of winding.
• sadden — make sad
• sting — to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
• punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
• constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
• curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
• taunt — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
• ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
• slander — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
• libel — the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
• outrage — an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
• mock — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• traumatize — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
• shock — a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
• offend — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
• revile — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
• persecute — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
• insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
• discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
• deride — If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
• scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
• downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
• disparage — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
• underestimate — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
• annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
• dissatisfy — to cause to be displeased, especially by failing to provide something expected or desired.
• perplex — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
• chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• vex — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.