play someone like a violin
pseudo-empathy
arouse
headgame
nerves
wig out
wash over
head-game
psych
contain oneself
self-restraint
mind game
floodgate
head game
possess
cling to
viscerally
repressed
control
lose control
psychomanipulation
lose it
emotional blackmail
object
snap
break down
act out
fake it
bewreak
psyche
cathect
possessed
obsessed
settle someone's hash
catathymia
prejudiced
caffeinate
ecstasy
vegetotherapy
forbear
titillate
psychoemotional
fiddle with
twiddle
possession
puppeteering
affecting
emotionalist
overemote
bring a lump to someone's throat
burst out
artistic temperament
woolly
emotional intelligence
alexithymic
anger management
emotive
emotionalize
manipulate
fuel
manipulative
emote
galvanize
affect
startle
throttle down
galvanise
tamp down
ham it up
excite
inspiration
in bits
inmove
stirring
make a scene
guide
emotionally
galvanization
galvanisation
shit-stir
use one's head
elicit
involved
play one against another
wither
inculcate
manipulativeness
emotional
set on fire
compulsive
moving
ham
Achillean
bearbait
stoke
resourcement
mesmerism
mindfucking

English words for 'To control or manipulate someone, especially by playing on their emotions.'

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