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What is another word for
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Verb
To inflate
To explode, usually into pieces
To magnify the importance of
Burst with anger
To break out suddenly
To extol or praise effusively, and typically excessively
To severely reprimand or criticize someone
To demolish completely
To express or describe in exaggerated terms
To cause to break open or into pieces
To destroy by, or as if by, an explosion
To give greater praise than due
To bombard with bombs or artillery
To diminish the confidence or courage of
Set on fire
To cause to become angry
(
puff up
)
To promote with exaggerated or false praise
To go, or cause to go, insane or as if insane
Noun
(
mass noun
)
An increase in size
A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility
A conspicuous display or outburst of something
A hostile engagement involving sustained, full-scale fighting between opposing forces in close combat
An often childish display or fit of bad temper
Adjective
Blow-up
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Verb
▲
To inflate
balloon
billow
bloat
distend
enlarge
expand
fill
inflate
swell
fill out
puff up
pump up
dilate
swell up
puff out
bulge
engorge
aerate
belly
tumefy
extend
bag
puff
stretch
mushroom
pouch
jut
project
poke
bunch
beetle
overhang
protrude
pout
pooch
intumesce
stick out
stand out
bulge out
be inflated
pump
become larger
fatten
fill with air
become bloated
blow out
fill up
blow
grow
plump
round out
well up
become swollen
become inflated
become distended
bilge
increase in size
snowball
bourgeon
burgeon
widen
increase
distort
amplify
augment
lengthen
rise
start
swell out
billow out
belly out
protuberate
jut out
poke out
extrude
obtrude
pop
loom
pop out
balloon out
bug out
be imminent
extend beyond
hang out
sag
dome
impend
blob
hang over
thrust out
be prominent
point
beetle over
come through
push out
loom out
butt out
shoot out
pooch out
stick up
pouch out
come out
spread
catch the wind
bag out
roll
surge
ferment
bounce
pitch
push
protend
show
outthrust
bulk
emerge
toss
cantilever
grow larger
rise up
prolong
lap over
ride over
elongate
show up
hold out
roll upward
go beyond
be conspicuous
stretch out
balloon up
peek
project outward
be swollen
stick out like a sore thumb
be full to bursting
extend over
jut over
protrude over
stick out over
project over
portend
bulge over
jut out over
loom over
stand out over
command
overtop
endanger
flop
flap
cantilever out
poke out over
bulge out over
impend over
tower above
flap over
droop over
cast a shadow
be suspended
cantilever out over
rise above
swing over
dangle over
hang
droop
lop
hang loosely
more ❯
“Let's
blow up
some balloons for the party.”
Verb
▲
To explode, usually into pieces
blow
crump
pop
smash
ignite
blast
bomb
burst
demolish
destroy
detonate
dynamite
erupt
explode
flatten
mushroom
rupture
shatter
be set off
burst apart
go bang
go boom
go off
bang
crack
discharge
kablooey
go up
boom
go up in smoke
fulminate
set off
burn up
split
trigger
combust
let go
shoot off
spark off
touch off
burst out
fly into pieces
go off with a bang
disintegrate
wreck
snap
flame up
fire off
blow to kingdom come
trigger off
puncture
flash
fly open
blow out
break
va-voom
fracture
fly apart
rumble
let off
kindle
light
spark
more ❯
“She thought the car was going to
blow up
and got out but the smell was actually outside.”
Verb
▲
To magnify the importance of
enlarge
exaggerate
heighten
increase
magnify
overstate
magnify importance
make larger
augment
swell
expand
inflate
escalate
extend
build up
boost
amplify
multiply
compound
mount
dilate
broaden
distend
grow
snowball
burgeon
balloon
jack up
hike up
rise
shoot up
mushroom
bourgeon
widen
increment
lengthen
supersize
accelerate
aggrandize
beef up
pump up
climb
rocket
skyrocket
raise
enhance
elevate
proliferate
advance
develop
strengthen
thicken
double
lift
triple
up
redouble
make bigger
go up
step up
amass
pad
wax
appreciate
ratchet up
soar
spiral
hike
get bigger
puff up
accumulate
deepen
maximize
US
intensify
consolidate
spread
hype
fatten
inflame
bloat
stretch
bump up
crank up
prolong
bulge
protract
elongate
add to
tack on
upscale
slap on
exacerbate
tumefy
surge
intumesce
maximise
UK
aggravate
bulk
increase in size
jump
pile up
become bigger
pyramid
go through the roof
roll up
arise
fill out
puff out
gain
leap up
intensate
stoke
fill
put up
ascend
peak
accrue
boom
rise rapidly
go through the ceiling
become greater
mount up
increase rapidly
rise up
get larger
scale up
stack up
surge up
get higher
billow
leap
speed up
accentuate
worsen
flourish
make worse
sprout
get stronger
become more powerful
pick up
become thicker
make thicker
make broader
jumboize
become deeper
grow bigger
make wider
become wider
become longer
become broader
make longer
protuberate
make deeper
grow larger
rouse
jump up
fan the flames of
run up
sweeten
amp up
spring up
explode
spread out
develop rapidly
prosper
thrive
luxuriate
burst
grow rapidly
detonate
burst forth
go off
soup up
become larger
bolster
bulk up
upsurge
become distended
improve
build
further
add
optimize
US
progress
enrich
better
reinforce
annex
US
pump
sharpen
reenforce
upraise
top up
make better
make greater
ameliorate
teem
supplement
parlay
swarm
pullulate
mark up
follow up
flesh out
collect
jack
optimise
UK
annexe
UK
more ❯
“You don't need to
blow up
this matter any more than it needs to be.”
Verb
▲
Burst with anger
get angry
become furious
go berserk
erupt
get mad
go bananas
go crazy
go wild
rage
rant and rave
rave
see red
storm
become angry
become enraged
be furious
flare up
flip out
go ape
go ballistic
go into a fury
go into a rage
go mad
lose control
lose it
lose one's temper
blow a fuse
blow a gasket
blow your top
go up the wall
hit the roof
lose your rag
lose your temper
fly off the handle
go off the deep end
explode
flip your lid
flip
fume
seethe
hit the ceiling
have a fit
lose your cool
blow one's top
wig out
bristle
be angry
foam at the mouth
lose your head
breathe fire
fly into a rage
blow one's stack
boil
go postal
steam
rankle
be infuriated
throw a wobbly
boil over
rant
spit
be enraged
be incensed
sizzle
foam
be beside oneself
be livid
get worked up
go through the roof
go spare
freak out
go crackers
burst a blood vessel
spit feathers
flip one's lid
burn
chafe
smoulder
UK
crack up
flare
get hot under the collar
go non-linear
froth at the mouth
be steamed up
smolder
US
get one's dander up
throw a fit
jump up and down
be hot under the collar
flip one's wig
simmer
bridle
lose the plot
anger
bluster
begin to rant and rave
become very angry
be fit to be tied
be boiling over
be foaming at the mouth
boil with rage
be incandescent
get steamed up
throw a tantrum
do one's nut
have steam coming out of one's ears
have a cow
become annoyed
have a conniption fit
be mad
go crook
be hopping mad
foam at mouth
get all steamed up
be in a rage
be in a state
be wild
be beside yourself
get carried away
snap
pop one's cork
lose your patience
blow one's cool
lose one's cool
blow
fly into a passion
fly into a temper
fire up
boil over with rage
freak
lose one's mind
be indignant
fulminate
be irate
sputter
get one's knickers in a twist
become irate
chomp at the bit
be all steamed up
be at boiling point
go snake
go haywire
be up in arms
raise the roof
go nuts
get steamed up about
champ at the bit
lose one's rag
get hot
become excited
become impassioned
grow passionate
get excited
grow vehement
become animated
heat up
heat
get annoyed
go psycho
gnash one's teeth
go into orbit
have lost one's temper
spark
stew
be on the warpath
breathe fire and slaughter
be defensive
resent
object
draw oneself up
become indignant
take offence
UK
take offense
US
be maddened
rear up
recoil
have one's hackles up
become upset
get your dander up
swell
become infuriated
take umbrage
feel one's hackles rise
be irritated
ruffle
get your hackles up
fret
scream
tear
have a tantrum
snap at
let off steam
splutter
roar
do one's head in
scold
work oneself into sweat
champ at bit
rail at
overflow
surge
look daggers
yell
make a fuss over
do one's nut in
shout
harangue
bellow
go on
carry on
spout
declaim
thunder
smart
fester
huff
rail
be inflamed
gnash your teeth
hold forth
sound off
deliver a tirade
run amuck
blow one's lid
keep on
make a scene
be resentful
rumble
blaze
let rip
let fly
complain
burn up
steam up
be excited
be uptight
be tense
be agitated
be passionate
be aroused
be stirred up
spaz
do your nut
give vent to one's feelings
vociferate
trumpet
pontificate
cry
charge
soapbox
clamour
UK
mouth off
stump
perorate
mouth
go on and on
orate
objurgate
bloviate
spiel
take on
clamor
US
riot
rampage
run amok
rush madly
go on the rampage
run wild
rush wildly
run riot
babble
excoriate
irritate
abrade
gall
be annoyed
fuss
brood
talk endlessly
come unglued
explode in anger
go into a frenzy
deliver a harangue
rattle on
talk wildly
be very angry
be delirious
make a to-do
be offended
be impatient
be frustrated
be exasperated
upset oneself
be ruffled
be narked
be vexed
more ❯
“We were playing terribly and it was obvious that coach would
blow up
at the next time out.”
Verb
▲
To break out suddenly
erupt
arise
boil over
break out
emerge
flare up
commence suddenly
occur suddenly
start suddenly
explode
burst forth
flame
happen
blaze up
ensue
start
begin
commence
set in
occur
appear
burst out
spring up
burst into
begin suddenly
embark on
dawn
transpire
actualize
materialize
US
spring
develop
originate
form
befall
engender
betide
come to pass
come forth suddenly
come into existence
come off
come forth
come into being
chance
break
materialise
UK
“A huge argument would suddenly
blow up
from between the two patrons.”
Verb
▲
To extol or praise effusively, and typically excessively
ballyhoo
tout
glorify
trumpet
tub-thump
crack up
cry up
crack-up
give a boost
lay it on thick
big up
give a puff to
praise
puff
talk up
pile it on
boost
speak well of
proclaim
publicize
US
promulgate
advertise
advertize
announce
declare
publish
broadcast
blazon
flash
herald
blaze
blare
sound
placard
release
post
enunciate
annunciate
publicise
UK
shout from the rooftops
give out
promote
bill
push
market
plug
hype
flog
peddle
flaunt
advance
pitch
spruik
display
notify
trailer
trail
present
show
advise
endorse
inform
divulge
exhibit
uncover
spot
huckster
blurb
sell
disclose
acquaint
circularize
US
communicate
reveal
drum
sponsor
flack
apprise
alert
expose
unmask
splash
spread around
give publicity to
run with
hard sell
build up
spread abroad
make known
put on the map
circularise
UK
bang the drum for
hype up
get on soapbox for
call attention to
beat the drum
soft sell
bring to public notice
give notice of
shout out
give a plug to
make a pitch
merchandise
beat the drum for
make public
package
package as
extol
noise abroad
sound loudly
more ❯
“We need to
blow up
our preferred candidate as much as possible to give her the best chance of winning.”
Verb
▲
To severely reprimand or criticize someone
give someone hell
admonish
chastise
rebuke
reprimand severely
berate
castigate
chide
pull up
remonstrate with
reproach
reprove
scold
upbraid
censure
criticise
UK
criticize
US
lambaste
lecture
take to task
tell off
dress down
rap
bawl out
blast
give a talking-to
give someone a telling-off
haul over the coals
lace into
lay into
pitch into
rag
carpet
give someone a dressing-down
give someone an earful
give someone a roasting
give someone a rocket
give someone a rollicking
keelhaul
rap over the knuckles
read the riot act
tick off
wig
bollock
call down
chew out
come down hard on
give someone a caning
let someone have it
monster
rate
ream out
give someone a mouthful
give someone a wigging
give someone some stick
give someone what for
have a go at
objurgate
reprehend
trim
give someone a bollocking
give someone a rating
tear off a strip
send someone away with a flea in their ear
reprimand
give someone a row
row
come down on
slap down
tear into
put on the mat
baste
rail against
lambast
tongue-lash
rail at
rant at
score
jaw
blame
flay
hammer
jump on
condemn
rake over the coals
chasten
denounce
call on the carpet
give a piece of one's mind
rap someone over the knuckles
excoriate
caution
slap someone's wrist
give a rocket
take someone to task
light into
rail
slap someone on the wrist
ream
check
yell at
discipline
draw the line
revile
reprobate
bring someone to book
give a going over
tell a thing or two
chew someone out
go on at
put down
rap on knuckles
nag
find fault with
slap on wrist
take to the woodshed
strongly criticize
tear a strip off
lay down the law
talk to
monish
vituperate
pull someone up
exprobrate
lash
rake over coals
give tongue-lashing
give somebody a piece of one's mind
lower the boom
send someone away with a flea in his
slap on the wrist
give the dickens
lesson
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
bag
pan
knock
flame
skin
diss
denunciate
mete out punishment to
attack
criticize strongly
be hard on
rag on
teach someone a lesson
tear down
make an example of
pick on
visit
zap
oppose
carp on
trounce
jump down one's throat
sound off
rip
go after
fry
climb all over
jawbone
tear apart
lean on
rake
pummel
US
adjure
come down on like a ton of bricks
correct
warn
pummelled
UK
counsel
throw the book at
speak
give someone stick
advise
abuse
objurate
preach
have someone on the carpet
disparage
asperse
vilify
slate
cavil
recriminate
expostulate
keep after
threap
taunt
jack up
glue
sit on
forewarn
ding
notice
speak to
growl
hoist
harangue
punish
roast
slam
slag off
cane
pillory
fulminate against
blow up at
savage
bash
penalize
US
rollick
slash
moralize
US
sermonize
US
cut up
penalise
UK
denigrate
moralise
UK
impugn
sermonise
UK
crucify
accuse
rubbish
preachify
blister
fault
pontificate
take to pieces
exprobate
scourge
assail
pontify
scorn
teach
pull apart
slag
dispraise
sail into
dis
scorch
give someone a bad press
get on a soapbox
hold forth
arraign
malign
potshot
edify
call to account
belabor
US
rave at
disapprove
trash
scathe
stigmatize
US
deprecate
belabour
UK
defame
evangelize
US
incriminate
ethicize
declaim
smear
call over the coals
whip
beat
flog
stigmatise
UK
pick holes in
disapprove of
pick to pieces
evangelise
UK
bring to book
recompense
vituperate against
address
perorate
expatiate
spank
spout
rip into
get after
rap someone's knuckles
spiel
mouth off
point the finger at
jump all over
pass judgment
deal with
curse
sort out
carp
skelp
ferule
harass
ridicule
lampoon
nag at
discredit
chew
brand
animadvert on
slang
rank on
give going-over
pass strictures upon
slander
dress-down
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
have words
strafe
charge
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
smother
hit
backbite
contemn
animadvert
judge
rebuff
ostracise
UK
remonstrate
ostracize
US
traduce
calumniate
besmirch
deflate
browbeat
tax
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
have words with
give piece of mind
cuss out
refute
skewer
insult
libel
take down
read out
carp at
look askance
pick apart
lay on
give comeuppance
give one hell
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
shout at
sledge
express disapproval of
lash into
take somebody to task
take down a peg
find fault
give a hard time
get on
burn one's ears
call to task
derogate
have your knife in
despise
give the devil
give an injunction to
give someone a ticking-off
fustigate
think badly of
express disapprobation
express disapprobation of
stick it to
argue with
assault verbally
bad-mouth
disagree with
pile in
afflict
repress
soften
have on the carpet
try
suppress
subjugate
inveigh against
cast aspersions on
start on
shoot down
start in
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
take on
run down
blacken someone's reputation
cast a slur on
take apart
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
snap someone's head off
go for the jugular
talk big
be moralistic
pile it on
persuade
blow
expound
dogmatize
philosophize
US
discourse
orate
thrash
scarify
drub
talk
descant
exhort
pronounce
earbash
pontificate to
sermonize to
spout to
pulpiteer
minister
rant
soapbox
declaim to
spout at
sound off to
stump
go on about
rave
spiel to
accost
apostrophize
preach to
deliver a tirade to
give a lecture to
speechify to
hold forth to
buttonhole
preachify to
spout off
impeach
inculpate
philosophise
UK
indict
express one's opinion
go on
give sermon
frame
mistreat
murder
sentence
wallop
get
thump
scalp
saddle
impute
misuse
hurt
harm
injure
oppress
batter
finger
manhandle
criticize severely
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lay out
hold accountable
hold responsible
knock about
give it to someone
give someone the works
skin alive
cuff
train
incarcerate
defrock
rough up
dismiss
give the works
beat up
do in
give a lesson to
fine
immure
slap wrist
switch
crack down on
execute
punish severely
debar
expel
rap knuckles
blacklist
drop on
give a going-over
attend to
teach a lesson
have someone's guts for garters
exile
paddle
hold liable
assign fault to
lay the blame on
place the blame on
accuse of
assign guilt to
assign liability to
pass the buck
lay a guilt trip on
consider guilty of
point a finger at
find guilty of
lay a bad trip on
lay at one's door
point the finger
more ❯
Verb
▲
To demolish completely
level
demolish
destroy
raze
bulldoze
wreck
devastate
gut
pull down
tear down
bomb
dismantle
unbuild
lay waste
obliterate
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
wipe out
break up
raze to the ground
ruin
waste
blow to bits
lay waste to
smash
total
desolate
ravage
decimate
trash
vaporize
US
torpedo
nuke
vaporise
UK
blow to pieces
shatter
annihilate
wrack
cream
knock down
break
take out
flatten
topple
crush
blast
bring down
sink
fell
rub out
reduce to ruins
knock to pieces
dash
wipe from the face of the earth
bring to ruin
spoil
get rid of
take care of
crash
dynamite
smite
explode
take
scourge
incinerate
eliminate
kill
maim
break down
maraud
mutilate
overcome
ravish
spoliate
blow sky-high
mess up
disassemble
extinguish
overthrow
crack
beat
trounce
defeat
undo
undermine
wolf
do in
wax
dilapidate
throw down
take apart
gobble up
wipe off the map
put in toilet
tear to pieces
wipe off map
wipe off the face of the earth
despoil
desecrate
leave in ruins
sack
pillage
wreak havoc on
remove
depredate
take down
plunder
devour
leave desolate
ransack
consume
raid
damage
overwhelm
stamp out
loot
erase
harry
efface
expunge
delete
rape
excise
rob
extirpate
destruct
depopulate
zap
overturn
reduce
exterminate
impair
strike out
nix
blight
scupper
sweep away
wreak havoc
pull something down
tear something down
lower
vandalize
US
rifle
rip down
make desolate
empty
clear
let down
reave
burn
vandalise
UK
lay low
drive
propel
force
thrust
vitiate
chastise
chasten
burn out
havoc
do one in
prey
wrest
trample
disorganize
disrupt
foray
pirate
seize
prostrate
strip
capture
overrun
forage
mar
injure
scotch
ruinate
sabotage
blow
bust
mangle
muller
disfigure
botch
deface
poison
cruel
euchre
defile
bodge
banjax
dish
deplete
capsize
spill
batter
upset
scatter
subvert
unmake
blow a hole in
make a mess of
bring to naught
reduce to rubble
foul up
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
screw up
wreak havoc upon
clean out
lay in ruins
do for
put the kibosh on
louse up
eradicate
blow down
cast down
tear up
mow down
cancel
scratch out
liquidate
abolish
scratch
ax
US
finish
scrub
off
squash
cover
cut
obscure
axe
UK
ink out
score out
knock out
knock off
cross out
blot out
blank out
wash out
X-out
put paid to
clean up
block out
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
root out
finish off
black out
remove all traces of
shoot down
KO
snuff out
destroy root and branch
mark out
rub off
rout
hammer
massacre
drub
clobber
paste
pound
thrash
stuff
whip
defeat utterly
lick
murder
crucify
tank
slaughter
beat hollow
shellac
skunk
own
give someone a drubbing
give someone a pasting
blow out
win a resounding victory over
run rings around
turn inside out
wipe the floor with
make mincemeat of
take to the cleaners
run rings round
more ❯
Verb
▲
To express or describe in exaggerated terms
overdo
exaggerate
overstate
overplay
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
amplify
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
magnify
color
US
colour
UK
embellish
embroider
inflate
overdramatize
overembellish
overdraw
overuse
belabour
UK
carry
do to death
go overboard with
pile on
belabor
US
camp up
fatigue
ham up
hype
overburden
overestimate
overindulge
overload
overrate
overreach
overtax
overtire
overvalue
overwork
pressure
puff
put on
stretch
drive oneself
go overboard
lay it on thick
make a thing about
make a thing of
pull the longbow
run riot
strain oneself
talk big
wear down
go too far
lay it on
lay something on thick
make a big thing about
make a big thing of
make a production of
make federal case
wear oneself out
bite off too much
blow up out of all proportion
lay it on with a trowel
make a mountain out of a molehill
make a production out of
run into the ground
make a big deal out of
hyperbolize
enhance
pad
aggrandize
build up
make a big thing out of
catastrophize
elaborate
overstress
heighten
enlarge
expand
fudge
play up
touch up
emphasize
US
boost
exalt
gild
emphasise
UK
lie
dress up
pyramid
draw the long bow
elaborate on
flesh out
stretch the truth
hike
brag
misrepresent
misreport
misquote
boast
fabricate
emphasize too much
blow out of proportion
make too much of
overcharge
aggravate
puff up
make a federal case of
make mountain of molehill
make a mountain out of
varnish
sensationalize
US
add detail to
overelaborate
yeast
falsify
blow-up
add flesh to
jazz up
enlarge on
exaggerate information
go into detail about
spread on thick
romanticise
UK
make mountain out of molehill
romanticize
US
distend
ginger up
play-act
burlesque
execute
expand on
playact
produce
melodramatize
stage
enact
act
farcialize
tragedize
present
show
sensationalise
UK
perform
splash
lay on
play to gallery
make a performance of
give color to
ham it up
play to the gallery
play on heartstrings
increase
augment
extend
intensify
swell
pump up
escalate
surcharge
maximize
US
maximise
UK
widen
fill
bloat
balloon
spread
cram
blow out of all proportion
go up
beef up
drive up
swell up
distort
develop
add to
bend
fill out
reinforce
pervert
build on
broaden
garble
misstate
misinterpret
cook
pile it on
manipulate
misrelate
supplement
disguise
expatiate on
fake
put a spin on
warp
refine
lay it on with a shovel
perfect
improve
corrupt
massage
belie
polish
twist
slant
strain
cook up
put flesh on the bones of
over-elaborate
oversell
adorn
overpitch
add colour
draw the longbow
shoot a line
doctor
blow something out of all proportion
gloss
caricature
spin
alter
change
make a drama out of a crisis
put flesh on
go to extremes
tamper with
adulterate
fix
fiddle
quote out of context
promote
equivocate
palter
prevaricate
con
take out of context
give a false account of
phony up
trump up
make a song and dance about
make a big thing of something
make too much of something
make a fuss
stretch a point
interlard
make a big deal out of something
juggle
depict
characterize
US
represent
portray
expatiate
patch
interfere with
tinker with
detail
expand upon
fiddle with
over-embroider
over-embellish
over-colour
give details
improve on
overwrite
explain
parody
dilate
characterise
UK
dress something up
conceal
travesty
poison
airbrush
scam
up
romance
overexaggerate
cheese
blarney
blow smoke
give a false idea of
miscolor
cloak
pass off
bias
cover up
beard
mask
mangle
skew
pirate
confuse
angle
dress
snow
pile it on about
pretty up
loud talk
round out
dilate on
dilate upon
enlarge upon
lay it on thick about
blow up out of proportion
grace
coat
forge
big up
deck
brighten
enrich
sugar-coat
window-dress
camouflage
overdo it
embellish the truth
over-praise
soft-soap
overstate one's case
pay extravagant compliments
sweet-talk
give fulsome praise
lay on with a trowel
counterfeit
lay it on with a trowel about
flesh something out
gloss over
garnish
beautify
ornament
bedeck
invent
debase
paint
begild
aureate
engild
overlay
wash
tinsel
whitewash
plate
aurify
glitter
vitiate
contravene
salt
four-flush
deceive
contort
rig
traverse
deacon
fib
put on an act
fake it
frame up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to break open or into pieces
blow out
burst
crack
disintegrate
explode
rupture
shatter
smash
splinter
bust
shiver
break open
fly apart
fly into pieces
be smashed to smithereens
break
fragment
fracture
split
rive
blow apart
break up
crumble
crumple
sever
collapse
separate
dismember
divide
disrupt
founder
subside
fall
fail
disperse
disunite
fold
disband
dismantle
disconnect
disorganize
disimprove
sink
turn
taint
detach
break apart
go to pieces
fall to pieces
fall apart
fall apart at the seams
cave in
take apart
go belly-up
come apart
fade away
turn to dust
give way
go to rack and ruin
fall to bits
demolish
pulverize
US
splinterize
fragmentalize
scrunch
crunch
powder
fragmentize
crush
blow
trash
pop
blast
break into pieces
smash to smithereens
break down
squash
bust up
break to pieces
crush to smithereens
pulverise
UK
prang
make mincemeat of
squish
break to smithereens
rend
snap
cleave
tear
sunder
damage
fissure
puncture
craze
physically break
destroy
spall
perforate
annihilate
torpedo
eradicate
part
total
breach
distort
warp
buckle
bisect
finish off
come undone
dissever
rift
open
gape
make hash of
pull to pieces
split asunder
split down the middle
pull apart
rip in two
rip asunder
break into
rend asunder
fly open
burst open
rip open
tear apart
split open
tear open
tear asunder
break out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To destroy by, or as if by, an explosion
shatter
blast
demolish
destroy
ruin
wreck
blight
crush
devastate
overturn
dash
torpedo
banjax
blow
burst
disable
explode
nix
pop
scotch
smash
dish
impair
queer
scupper
do for
rattle
upset
wipe out
wreak havoc with
blow a hole in
bring to naught
bring to nought
put paid to
put the kibosh on
blow sky-high
refute
discredit
disprove
give the lie to
shoot full of holes
blow out of the water
invalidate
negate
rebut
debunk
contradict
belie
controvert
deny
confute
gainsay
overthrow
expose
negative
challenge
prove wrong
shoot down in flames
drive a coach and horses through
shoot down
detonate
rupture
dynamite
damage
blow to pieces
blow away
break up
raze to the ground
confound
squelch
disconfirm
squash
falsify
undo
impugn
contravene
bust
break
knock props out
find unfounded
poke holes in
show to be false
be at odds with
throw out
blow sky high
make a nonsense of
shoot holes in
tear down
traverse
call into question
prove false
weaken
knock bottom out of
set aside
put an end to
repudiate
puncture
quash
ridicule
nullify
discard
deflate
prove impossible
cut down to size
knock the bottom out of
pick holes in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give greater praise than due
overrate
overestimate
overvalue
glorify
overprize
oversell
magnify
overpraise
over-praise
assess too highly
exaggerate
exceed
overassess
overesteem
overreckon
rate too highly
think
exaggerate the worth of
build up
praise too highly
prize too highly
attach too much importance to
exaggerate the merits of
make too much of
think too highly of
think too much of
expect too much of
hype
Verb
▲
To bombard with bombs or artillery
bomb
bombard
blitz
shell
cannonade
torpedo
attack
strafe
batter
assault
blast
pound
barrage
blitzkrieg
level
flatten
raid
rake
napalm
prang
blow to bits
open fire on
blow sky-high
drop bombs on
fire upon
rain destruction
fire on
fire at
strike
pepper
fusillade
assail
pelt
open fire
besiege
beset
machine-gun
enfilade
catapult
launch
shoot at
hit
overwhelm
shoot down
ravage
destroy
wreck
smash
devastate
rake with gunfire
target
wipe out
shower
sweep
fire a broadside at
scatter
riddle
beat
rain down on
pummel
US
wallop
thrash
belabour
UK
lapidate
invade
storm
infiltrate
pummelled
UK
belabor
US
mortar
stone
secure
penetrate
conquer
wither
breach
rush
pillage
hurl at
sling at
cast at
throw at
advance
seize
infringe
ambush
rain something down on
shrivel
pounce
plunder
maraud
charge
combat
blight
encroach
occupy
capture
descend upon
begin hostilities
swoop on
take down
march into
surge over
begin an assault
take the offensive
kill
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish the confidence or courage of
demoralize
US
dishearten
discourage
daunt
dispirit
unnerve
shake
deject
depress
undermine
unman
dismay
weaken
sap
crush
enfeeble
chill
cow
devitalize
disconcert
enervate
frustrate
rattle
subdue
throw
cast down
disempower
abash
cripple
damp
dampen
debilitate
deflate
disarrange
discountenance
disorder
disorganize
disparage
disturb
embarrass
jumble
muddle
nonplus
snarl
unglue
unsettle
unzip
upset
bring low
knock sideways
blow out
get to
knock for six
send up
take apart
psych out
take steam out
knock the stuffing out of
distress
deter
perturb
faze
sadden
intimidate
bother
put off
dash
trouble
confound
agitate
alarm
frighten
worry
fluster
discompose
oppress
discomfit
disquiet
take aback
shock
scare
startle
desolate
panic
afflict
chagrin
ail
mortify
confuse
unhinge
bug
throw off balance
weigh down
discomfort
dissuade
throw cold water on
overwhelm
disappoint
ruffle
pour cold water on
give someone the blues
discombobulate
spook
appal
UK
scare off
vex
try
shake up
surprise
bewilder
devastate
appall
US
perplex
stun
flurry
beat down
make despondent
put someone off their stroke
shatter
make unhappy
overcome
terrify
horrify
make downhearted
burden
terrorize
US
affright
aggrieve
overpower
distract
irk
psych
abase
awe
alarum
bum out
put a damper on
hinder
bring down
get down
make sad
weigh heavily on
puzzle
terrorise
UK
make someone fed up
make gloomy
foul up
suppress
defeat
exasperate
emasculate
break
ruin
hurt
destroy
prostrate
baffle
extinguish
petrify
floor
humble
humiliate
annoy
weary
diminish
impair
aggravate
make dejected
disincline
grieve
reduce
put someone off
fright
dull
put into a flap
undo
dumbfound
haunt
harrow
bowl over
throw into a tizz
downgrade
thwart
reduce to tears
put the wind up
flummox
browbeat
cause someone to lose their composure
bulldoze
scarify
repel
disburb
astound
stiff
cause suffering to
scare to death
wreck
make blood run cold
strike terror into
chill to the bone
make teeth chatter
set someone back on their heels
hang over
dash someone's hopes
scare away
break someone's spirit
curdle the blood
break someone's heart
dispraise
traumatize
US
cloud
consternate
discommode
demotivate
traumatise
UK
cast a shadow
stir up
put out
work up
make dispirited
make crestfallen
indispose
lower
subjugate
stifle
knock the wind out of
get someone down
disorient
harsh one's mellow
unbalance
squelch
smother
put down
make one's heart bleed
bring tears to one's eyes
dampen someone's spirit
make uncomfortable
catch off balance
deaden
curb
quell
make uneasy
disorientate
concern
gravel
balk
US
throw a pall over
worst
baulk
UK
take by surprise
bear down on
damp down
make self-conscious
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
put off his or her stride
take the wind out of someone's sails
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
throw into panic
inhibit
cause to be at a stand
upset apple cart
put someone off their stride
put out of countenance
make someone scratch their head
stop someone in their tracks
hagride
disillusion
frazzle
distemper
paralyse
UK
exercise
fuss
derail
scare stiff
scare witless
cast a pall over
pother
disgruntle
disenchant
fill with fear
scare the bejesus out of
freeze your blood
flatten
paralyze
US
weird out
mystify
snafu
let down
freak out
make someone jump out of their skin
make your hair stand on end
give someone goose pimples
make one's flesh creep
give one the creeps
chill someone to the marrow
scare someone out of their wits
get the wind up
put the fear of God into
scare the pants off
scare someone half to death
throw into a fright
give someone the heebie-jeebies
throw into a panic
make your blood run cold
scare the living daylights out of
throw into a blue funk
infuriate
anger
bust
degrade
squash
caution
warn
vanquish
smash
quash
demote
mess up
fill with consternation
screw up
put the wind up someone
throw into a tizzy
louse up
give someone a turn
muck up
irritate
madden
incapacitate
disrate
affect
stir
move
shame
dump
embitter
sour
dissatisfy
make anxious
make nervous
overawe
tame
impoverish
miff
stagger
strike
touch
impress
make worried
rout
bully
repress
droop
deprecate
weigh
nark
daze
overmaster
swamp
dazzle
whelm
spellbind
talk out of
drive crazy
hack off
make discontented
drive mad
jolt
disarm
make emotional
cause to lose heart
stupefy
wind up
bring to ruin
cause instability
break one's heart
blow away
run circles around
snow under
hit for six
steamroller
do in
leave speechless
sweep someone off their feet
render speechless
grind
subordinate
kill
take someone's breath away
bring someone to their knees
give someone the hump
silly
dampen someone's hopes
ride
uncalm
buffalo
needle
drain
torment
make one's blood run cold
make one's hair stand on end
scare the daylights out of
throw off
set back
drag
darken
beat
run down
give a turn
cast a gloom upon
turn one off
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
make desolate
bring tears to someone's eyes
bear down
harsh someone's mellow
make someone's heart bleed
dampen someone's spirits
make your heart bleed
sabotage
threaten
subvert
damage
disable
injure
compromise
spoil
impede
mar
botch
eat away
whittle away
drag through the mud
clip one's wings
mine
dig out
chip away at
dig
soften
tunnel
knock the bottom out of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
queer the pitch of
blunt
dent
sandbag
poke full of holes
attenuate
corrode
torpedo
hollow out
throw a spanner in the works of
wear
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
foil
put the kibosh on
challenge
demoralise
UK
amaze
astonish
flabbergast
addle
bemuse
fuddle
harass
provoke
stump
fox
befuddle
get
fret
rock
maze
bamboozle
pose
befog
thunderstrike
displease
fog
plague
wilder
hassle
dumfound
strike dumb
pester
gall
muddy
peeve
surprize
burn up
mix up
be all Greek to
leave open-mouthed
nettle
pique
set someone thinking
obfuscate
leave aghast
excite
knock out
give a hard time
rile
blow one's mind
derange
pain
agonize
US
gnaw at
agonise
UK
make waves
outrage
knock for a loop
sicken
throw a curve
wound
torture
offend
disrupt
craze
chafe
benumb
nag
niggle
jar
electrify
strain
cramp
stymie
pick on
disgrace
insult
check
rattle one's cage
spite
persecute
obstruct
demean
bedevil
stop
beset
chasten
boggle
elude
badger
block
harry
stress
bring up short
complicate
give someone grief
ridicule
boggle the mind
tick off
hang up
get at
take down
spring something on
go to one's head
hurry
bustle
disgust
scandalize
US
grate
unstring
affront
gripe
itch
frost
rasp
eat
inflame
rouse
tangle
frenzy
turn
dement
flip
bar
abrade
prevent
tease
hamper
throw into tizzy
arouse
dishonour
UK
discredit
own
make fretful
bluster
get across
dizzy
interrupt
encumber
egg on
antagonize
US
show up
numb
dishonor
US
turn on
beleaguer
scandalise
UK
rack
antagonise
UK
sting
dis
checkmate
hound
disoblige
make a scene
eat away at
snub
entangle
cause anxiety to
flip out
belittle
restrain
stumble
oppose
scupper
push buttons
interfere
halt
set thinking
lie heavy on
give a bad time
put on the spot
cause anguish to
give offence to
cause anxiety
circumvent
knock over
make miserable
make wretched
boggle the mind of
snow
take someone aback
hurt somebody's feelings
weigh on
gross out
rankle with
cut to the quick
take your breath away
put one away
make jump
give a shock
pull the rug from under
cramp one's style
knock over with feather
throw monkey wrench in
cause concern to
drive up the wall
mess with one's head
cause discomfort to
make someone's head spin
cut down to size
upset the apple cart
take the wind out of your sails
take down a peg
pull the rug out from under
take down a peg or two
shoot down
get in the way
heat
outface
stare down
outstare
put off balance
incite
put on edge
preoccupy
stick it to
stand up to
incommode
stick
despair
unquiet
excoriate
goad
stimulate
gobsmack
confusticate
down
displace
rummage
disarray
cause disquiet to
blind
pressure
pressurize
US
intrude
tire
make restless
galvanize
US
set one thinking
blur
send into a spin
ferment
metagrobolize
galvanise
UK
throw for loop
sweat
fear
stew
take breath away
throw into confusion
ventilate
examine
make punchy
intoxicate
inebriate
thicken
involve
scare silly
make someone's hair stand on end
revolt
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
cause to panic
roil
impose upon
burn
make speechless
put away
mull
obscure
wonder
profundicate
throw into uproar
throw into disorder
take one's breath away
strike with awe
cause wonder
blow someone's mind
psych someone out
pressurise
UK
nauseate
ball up
boggle someone's mind
anguish
curse
throw a curveball
hit like a ton of bricks
get on nerves
muck
ravel
mess with someone's head
do someone's head in
knock props out
throw for a loop
knock the stuffing out of someone
put off one's stroke
spring on
make flip
work someone up
bug up
lie heavy on someone's mind
hack you off
prey on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
nit-pick
tantalise
UK
strap
dog
tantalize
US
prick
push
martyr
make awkward
make ashamed
spring
possess
mix you up
inconvenience
blind someone with something
taunt
do a number on
cut up
eat at
arouse anxiety in
be on one's case
make it tough for
snarl up
muddy the waters
slight
give someone a jolt
give someone a fright
loco
bait
jeer
nag at
be a great weight on
be a burden to
weigh heavily on someone's mind
niggle at
grind at
divert
catch one short
barrack
boo
furbelow
frill
dampen spirits
bring one down
fire up
mau-mau
dragoon
strong-arm
bludgeon
tyrannize
US
blackjack
bullyrag
hector
bogart
shatter the illusions of
dash the hopes of
burst one's bubble
dampen the spirits of
dash hopes
put in a spot
make a monkey of
put in a hole
make blue
drag down
break the heart of
put into a funk
disrespect
diss
shout down
get someone
key up
lay up
debase
get one's comeuppance
make someone eat humble pie
put someone to shame
put to shame
take the wind out
cheapen
showboat
railroad
enforce
rock the boat
slur
zing
haze
hiss
reproach
smear
foul
raise someone's eyebrows
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
completely surprise
make someone's blood run cold
defile
put somebody off his or her stride
sink
blot
counter
tyrannise
UK
gibe
chivy
debunk
flutter
give a black eye
make someone eat crow
make someone feel ashamed
put someone in their place
hustle
crack
get on someone's wick
be disagreeable
be an affront to
be offensive
give offence
rub up the wrong way
put someone's back up
get someone's goat
tread on someone's toes
cause offense
hurt someone's feelings
put someone's nose out of joint
quicken
turn on the heat
walk heavy
push around
lean on
heckle
jibe at
shout at
knock down
puncture balloon
take the wind out of somebody's sails
let wind out of sails
kick in the teeth
let down easy
butt in
shout catcalls at
make game of
scotch
snooker
make insane
outwit
nobble
nullify
root
queer
traverse
halt in its tracks
duck
give the slip
crab
shake off
give the run-around
promote
dodge
get around
shuffle off
put the mockers on
nip in the bud
juke
bilk
put a spoke in someone's wheel
ditch
put paid to
skip
crimp
run rings around
throw a spanner in the works
bollix
throw a monkey wrench in the works
do for
conquer
delay
brake
retard
trammel
slow
cumber
hamstring
handicap
fetter
shackle
manacle
clog
hobble
stonewall
bork
dam
interfere with
handcuff
freeze
forestall
close off
hog-tie
cut off
slow down
shut down
put a brake on
saddle with
chain
hold back
bind
hold up
short-circuit
shut off
get in the way of
stand in the way of
tie up
counteract
stall
head off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Set on fire
ignite
light
fire
kindle
inflame
burn
torch
enflame
enkindle
set alight
awaken
catch fire
detonate
set burning
stir
burst into flames
set fire to
set on fire
touch off
catch light
fire up
go off
start up
flare up
put match to
set a match to
take fire
fan the flames of
go up in flames
put a match to
flame
smolder
US
combust
incinerate
blaze
smoulder
UK
explode
fume
flare
burn violently
burn up
burst out
burn unsteadily
be in flames
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to become angry
anger
enrage
annoy
incense
infuriate
provoke
gall
irritate
madden
exasperate
vex
displease
pique
rile
aggravate
antagonise
UK
antagonize
US
inflame
nettle
outrage
irk
excite
offend
ruffle
fret
hassle
miff
peeve
put out
affront
agitate
bug
nark
needle
bristle
drive crazy
drive mad
enflame
gravel
ire
mad
rankle
roil
tick off
burn up
chafe
cross
empurple
goad
grill
acerbate
arouse
bait
boil
burn
craze
embitter
exacerbate
rub up the wrong way
steam up
drive up the wall
get at
get someone
tee off
egg on
get across
get on someone's nerves
get someone's back up
hack off
raise hell
stir up
wind up
get in someone's hair
get someone's dander up
give someone the pip
lose one's temper
make someone's blood boil
make someone see red
make sore
put someone's back up
get on one's nerves
get on someone's wick
get someone's goat
get under someone's skin
get up someone's nose
make someone's hackles rise
rattle someone's cage
ruffle someone's feathers
bother
upset
get to
get
disturb
grate
ride
rasp
harass
eat
persecute
spite
give someone the hump
gripe
frost
pester
disgruntle
hump
itch
rark
bum out
hack you off
trouble
frustrate
perturb
distress
worry
get on your nerves
plague
make angry
disgust
dissatisfy
nag
rattle
rub the wrong way
tease
drive to distraction
torment
sting
insult
get your back up
discompose
hurt
harry
dismay
make cross
send into a rage
drive round the bend
pain
make your blood boil
disquiet
put your back up
wound
shock
aggrieve
fire up
give a hard time
drive round the twist
niggle
get your goat
rankle with
mortify
make waves
T-off
taunt
abrade
disaffect
disconcert
sour
scandalize
US
get in your hair
depress
gnaw
unnerve
try
bedevil
faze
badger
discountenance
get one's goat
prick
scandalise
UK
turn off
eat away at
horrify
alienate
get under your skin
get under one's skin
repel
rouse
fluster
umbrage
sicken
afflict
grieve
perplex
unsettle
hound
raise someone's hackles
sadden
jar
discomfit
ail
prod
discombobulate
grate on
throw
try someone's patience
make blood boil
envenom
get under skin
poison
cheese off
get a rise out of
ask for it
eat at
incite
get on your wick
cause offense
be on your back
appal
UK
cut to the quick
give offence to
estrange
pick on
chagrin
nauseate
put someone's nose out of joint
stir
be on the back of
slight
make bitter
molest
agonize
US
disoblige
hack
get across someone
wear on
obsess
flurry
fuss
disappoint
make you see red
be offensive
embarrass
unhinge
eat up
whip up
dog
work up
floor
drive bananas
distemper
shake
appall
US
raise your hackles
agonise
UK
injure
distract
give someone grief
discourage
be at
rub you up the wrong way
throw off balance
get your dander up
confound
hurt someone's feelings
disillusion
hit where one lives
discontent
jaundice
empoison
bluster
revolt
mither
make resentful
bite
get someone's hackles up
be a thorn in someone's flesh
make rancorous
zing
make somebody's blood boil
brown off
discommode
startle
alarm
heckle
haze
awake
incommode
inconvenience
devastate
bum
stick in one's craw
make your hackles rise
disrespect
diss
set one's teeth on edge
electrify
dis
quicken
huff
discomfort
shake up
be a pain in the neck
try one's patience
try your patience
be a thorn in someone's side
break
frazzle
concern
derail
bewilder
torture
get on nerves
make unhappy
alarum
get your hackles up
indispose
hagride
undo
get up your nose
get on somebody's nerves
jar on
key up
freak out
put down
weird out
exercise
be an affront to
hurt somebody's feelings
put somebody's nose out of joint
consume
drive nuts
get up somebody's nose
get somebody's back up
fester
get someone's wick
irritate greatly
make you angry
disenchant
chide
try the patience of
dishearten
rattle someone's chain
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
dispirit
gnaw at
spur
steam
nudge
henpeck
rile up
cut
make one see red
beleaguer
chill
demoralize
US
unman
daunt
wig
rub one the wrong way
drive insane
misplease
wing
curdle
cool
sound
cap
question
examine
quiz
tweak
hector
snit
pet
tiff
stew
push button
heat up
work on
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
mess
start
alien
goose
motivate
absorb
grab
ignite
attract
interest
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
demoralise
UK
make discontented
arouse hostility in
put your nose out of joint
play dirty
impose upon
put on the spot
foul
muddy
be like a red rag to a bull
push someon's buttons
mess with
repulse
excruciate
mist
put someone out
run up the wrong way
drive you crazy
lose the affection of
give the business
get on someone
confuse
possess
shatter
wind somebody up
drive you up the wall
wrong
work into lather
taint
colour
UK
cause anguish
cause suffering
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
lambaste
nag at
cause sorrow
guy
drive you to distraction
make livid
slap
tatter
erode
fray
frighten
worsen
rag
rib
mock
set one off
drive you round the twist
drive you round the bend
put
fog
fog up
mist up
cloud
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
set on
take a rise out of
oppress
rack
stress
ridicule
cause offence to
boil over
make indignant
cause offense to
drive you off your head
anguish
curse
abuse
confront
criticise
UK
dispraise
slander
criticize
US
scour
wear down
spook
psych
affect
put off
drive you out of your mind
drive out of mind
strain
acidulate
bitter
venom
thumb nose at
gibe
chaff
turn
incapacitate
flip
pother
cramp
debilitate
impair
harm
infect
color
US
make nervous
strap
tantalize
US
nit-pick
tantalise
UK
push
desolate
harrow
martyr
snub
drive somebody up the wall
flip out
dump on
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
slur
humiliate
arouse anxiety in
make miserable
do a number on
be on one's case
make wretched
cause suffering to
push buttons
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
cause anguish to
mist over
cloud over
become misty
become misted
scrape away
bite into
wear away
wear to shreds
gnaw away at
wear out
rage
turn on
lay up
razz
get on the nerves of
take the mickey out of
get in the hair of
take the piss out of
stump
bully
furbelow
cow
intimidate
frill
disrupt
flummox
browbeat
wear
fuddle
rock the boat
make a scene
put someone off their stroke
make turbid
put into a flap
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
turn one off
make sick
give offence
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
rattle one's cage
throw into tizzy
stun
stagger
traumatize
US
astound
jolt
rock
rant
fulminate
rave
spout
become covered with condensation
move
astonish
amaze
surprise
stimulate
dumbfound
daze
stupefy
galvanize
US
paralyse
UK
dumfound
flabbergast
overwhelm
overcome
abash
traumatise
UK
paralyze
US
numb
thunderstrike
awe
inspire
knock out
take the wind out of your sails
bowl over
completely surprise
give a turn
throw a curve
make someone's blood run cold
raise someone's eyebrows
set someone back on their heels
take aback
gross out
knock for six
shake out of your complacency
give someone a turn
hit like ton of bricks
exhilarate
wake
waken
animate
awaken
instigate
get going
inspirit
bestir
urge
rally
galvanise
UK
vivify
revive
innervate
enliven
redouble
foment
mount
magnify
enhance
deepen
intensify
heighten
whet
intensate
innerve
challenge
get in one's hair
mix up
give a bad time
spur on
fire the enthusiasm of
pep up
fire the imagination of
grumble
complain
light a fire under
beset
devil
burden
chivvy
besiege
pursue
heavy
importune
haunt
keep after
make anxious
keep on at
make uneasy
go on at
weigh down
tax
chivy
crush
crucify
puzzle
press
lie heavy on
smite
nonplus
dun
tire
scare
victimize
US
josh
shame
bore
banter
weary
blight
terrorize
US
interrupt
grind
assail
victimise
UK
lead on
breathe down someone's neck
scold
terrorise
UK
tyrannize
US
be a nuisance to
wring
bend someone's ear
harp on at
rag on
tyrannise
UK
make uncomfortable
hang up
cause anxiety
make a monkey of
roast
kid
deride
satirize
US
attack
jive
joke
test
twit
grip
thwart
disgrace
cause trouble to
intrude upon
fun
chiack
panic
impose on
shuck
bullyrag
smoke
jangle
rot
sledge
mistreat
beat
intrude
hang over
coerce
demean
satirise
UK
enslave
laugh at
infest
muddle
preoccupy
put the squeeze on
jeer at
scoff at
make fun of
jibe at
poke fun at
send up
barrage
ply
weigh heavily on
make jokes about
goof on
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
dominate
cause anxiety to
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
make sport of
sling off at
make fretful
flirt with
interfere
complicate
put on
prey on someone's mind
have on
flout at
make self-conscious
poke borak at
put in a spot
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
tyrannize over
get on the wrong side of
ache
face
pinch
squeeze
compress
fool around
make an enemy of somebody
tell off
get on the wrong side of somebody
stress out
scorn
push one's buttons
macerate
noodge
despoil
foray
excoriate
insist
remind
kid around
cavil
give someone hell
foil
jerk around
pressurize
US
put somebody's back up
breath down someone's neck
pressurise
UK
stretch
sap
drain
exhaust
pick at
punish
bone
hunt
dragoon
expel
exile
despair
begrudge
crab
grudge
cause to panic
occupy
disorder
make someone fed up
damage
scar
be in someone's way
unquiet
jar upon
grate upon
roust
be prey to
insist on
disarrange
peck at
wear upon
deject
bulldoze
call names
set your teeth on edge
be a pest to
tear
find fault with
get even
cramp style
louse up
sweat
fear
scratch around
yap at
single out
rasp one's nerves
lean on
make restless
search high heaven
blackjack
accost
encroach
terrify
put pressure on
obtrude
derange
resent
set someone's teeth on edge
be on someone's back
be on one's back
bring pressure to bear on
put through wringer
bogart
impede
hinder
be in someone's hair
get the knife into
stick the knife into
be the victim of
get on someone's back
entangle
hamper
make fed up
get in the way
make someone scratch their head
occupy someone's thoughts
aggress
grind on
grind at
mess with someone's head
sweat out
be a great weight on
recur
upset the apple cart
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
disaccord
disharmonize
lie heavily on
discord
bring down
lose patience
tire out
come back to
stay with
prey on
be a weight on one's mind
be ever present
deflate
humble
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
deter
mystify
disorientate
start on
prey on one's mind
rub somebody the wrong way
beleague
be bothered
rub somebody up the wrong way
weigh heavily on someone's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
be
lash at
carp at
dampen spirits
break one's heart
bring one down
cast down
menace
make one's hackles rise
jump on one's case
give one the business
prey on your mind
become bored
grate at
get on someone's case
disadvantage
entice
titillate
have had enough
exhaust someone's patience
break in
fall upon
fall on
abase
make blue
drag down
put a damper on
break the heart of
chasten
put into a funk
threaten
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
hurt one's feelings
do in
tear to pieces
hurt the feelings of
start in on
put off his or her stride
worst
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
take the wind out of someone's sails
suffer
be unwell
give the needle
dishonour
UK
discredit
berate
disparage
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
be indisposed
be crook
belittle
degrade
dishonor
US
put out of countenance
let down
throw into a tizzy
put in a hole
catch one short
reproach
revile
domineer
mutilate
brutalize
US
mangle
whip
brutalise
UK
inflict anguish on
lacerate
maim
martyrize
cause agony to
impale
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
meddle
be ill
be weak
be sick
be wrong with
feel pain
be in pain
hit a sour note
feel unwell
be the matter with
tempt
intrigue
beguile
fascinate
lure
allure
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
override
upbraid
mau-mau
strong-arm
give trouble
make someone go out of his way
make it tough
give someone bother
put to trouble
take down
baffle
charm
get one's comeuppance
make someone eat humble pie
put someone to shame
put to shame
take down a peg
take the wind out
strike
be autocratic
visit
take
buffet
make mouth water
keep hanging on
keep someone hanging on
make someone's mouth water
keep hanging
smoulder
UK
ferment
brew
suppress
subjugate
maltreat
subdue
repress
hegemonize
overpower
master
ill-treat
ulcerate
gather
ulcer
cause bitterness
cause annoyance
blister
canker
cause resentment
cause vexation
smolder
US
eat away at one's mind
gnaw at one's mind
exploit
subject
scourge
increase
compound
keep down
treat harshly
slang
make worse
amplify
augment
encumber
overload
saddle
be cruel to
grind down
bring under the yoke
tyrranize
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
smother
handicap
beat down
be brutal to
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
hold sway over
walk all over
put screws to
bring someone to their knees
ride roughshod over
overthrow
trample
despotize
rule
force
put upon
bring to heel
spoof
slam
snap
make matters worse
to make matters worse
go from bad to worse
rub salt in the wounds
feed the fire
add fuel to the flames
hit on
fan the flames
compound the problem
add insult to injury
add fuel to the fire
add to
rub salt in a wound
push one's button
fan the flames of
mess around
pull someone's leg
swipe at
lead somebody on
pull somebody's leg
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
puff up
)
To promote with exaggerated or false praise
puff
promote
advertise
advertize
publicise
UK
publicize
US
hype
plug
push
commend
endorse
recommend
merchandise
overpraise
praise
ballyhoo
build
cry
press-agent
big up
crack up
give publicity to
hype up
beat the drum for
give a puff to
put in a good word for
boost
tout
pitch
market
bang the drum for
puff up
sell
talk up
build up
trumpet
flog
advance
proclaim
promulgate
announce
broadcast
publish
give a plug to
declare
herald
flack
annunciate
flaunt
huckster
sponsor
drum
call attention to
peddle
spruik
flash
blazon
show
inform
notify
post
apprise
enunciate
disclose
present
release
communicate
sound
circularize
US
expose
divulge
exhibit
reveal
circularise
UK
make known
make public
spiel
shout from the rooftops
soft sell
bring to public notice
popularize
US
bill
display
advocate
trailer
blaze
blare
trail
advise
placard
uncover
spot
blurb
acquaint
alert
unmask
splash
encourage
propagandize
US
aggrandize
talk something up
spotlight
popularise
UK
mention
spread around
hard sell
beat the drum
give notice of
make a pitch
write up
propagandise
UK
run with
put on the map
get on soapbox for
shout out
cry up
spread abroad
give out
speak well of
hawk
bark
pump up
extol
bruit
play up
gazette
spread about
glorify
package
namecheck
pile it on
tub-thump
give a boost
lay it on thick
package as
spin
further
espouse
proselytize
US
persuade
hustle
proselytise
UK
get across
talk someone into
convince someone of the merits of
get acceptance for
gain acceptance for
win someone over to
win approval for
sweet talk
persuade someone to accept
get support for
put across
bring someone round to
speak for
soft-soap
champion
back
supply
draw attention to
give a mention to
traffic in
campaign for
get behind
deal in
air
circulate
disseminate
report
spread
impart
state
transmit
unveil
express
feature
issue
pronounce
convey
brandish
distribute
showcase
propagate
tell
flourish
put out
parade
disport
utter
voice
indicate
vent
put up for sale
produce
set forth
show off
pass on
put into words
assert
showboat
raise
articulate
offer for sale
sport
strut
introduce
roll out
repeat
suggest
manifest
lay out
trot out
talk about
come out with
profess
affirm
say
intimate
ventilate
preview
purvey
evince
give
blazon abroad
verbalize
US
deliver
bring to public attention
break
describe
noise abroad
pass
relate
relay
bruit about
put forward
register
verbalise
UK
give voice to
leak
put on display
spell out
put on show
project
call
put on the market
demonstrate
headline
diffuse
propound
vaunt
unfold
maintain
expound
denote
illustrate
signal
moot
shout
discuss
pass the word
intone
bespeak
phrase
purport
recount
emphasize
US
talk of
stress
detail
put about
outline
admit
clarify
confess
emphasise
UK
give utterance to
give expression to
put
bruit abroad
get out
bring into the open
give away
make a show of
wave around
spread the word
bring out
boast
stage
vend
gossip
retail
blast
rumour
UK
decree
rumor
US
transfer
scatter
trade
preconize
exchange
evidence
set out
put on view
noise
vocalize
US
protest
table
sound off
sow
spout
cite
word
debate
claim
submit
speak of
ostend
mark
betray
propose
transfuse
opine
allege
out
connote
argue
mouth
testify
conduct
press
shout something from the rooftops
look
asseverate
broach
aver
speak
spill
mutter
avouch
frame
imply
modulate
vocalise
UK
offer
address
explain
render
print
flash about
whisper
summarise
UK
summarize
US
translate
leak out
let on
make a great show of
signify
get round
make an exhibition of
display ostentatiously
get about
let it all hang out
get around
go into
get off
make clear
speak about
lay down
pop off
come out
review
perform
screen
top
shift
turn over
name
brag
swagger
celebrate
swank
put up in lights
scream
crow
pass round
troll
renown
splatter
gloat
grandstand
bare
make something known
toot
disperse
tweet
inscribe
depict
beat the drum about
sound loudly
make official
dissipate
call out
immortalise
UK
skywrite
immortalize
US
soft-sell
billboard
acknowledge
spring
ring out
persuade people to buy
make manifest
make obvious
issue a statement about
put before the public
make a pitch for
have printed
blow wide open
show excerpts of
bandy about
pass around
be passed around
go the rounds
strew
radiate
disject
array
trade in
read out
hand on
put in print
lodge
dangle
wave
talk
let it be known
let out
write
share
ring up
let on about
get through
dispose of
put on sale
model
examine
streak
hotdog
put on the air
put on the airwaves
run off at mouth
preach
hang
arrange
sift
scrutinize
US
bring up
postulate
show and tell
show to the public
put on a display
parade wares
put on public view
strut stuff
deliberate
thresh out
scrutinise
UK
give an airing to
free
talk over
discourse
bring out into the open
take up
make a scene
throw in one's face
spring on
smack with
break out
whip out
fan it
exclaim
exult in
let people know
spread the news
inform people
tell people
wield
reflect
recite
attest
note
remark
contend
vouch
blurt
plead
chatter
predicate
enounce
orate
mumble
betoken
evoke
televise
quote
retell
chirp
narrate
perorate
rehearse
swear
specify
yammer
pipe
read
blab
soliloquize
drawl
jaw
yak
regurgitate
lip
gab
gas
murmur
declaim
put on
infer
merchandize
put forth
reel off
throw out
sound out
pipe up with
couch
allot
avow
import
designate
formulate
point to
be evidence of
be a sign of
tell of
point toward
asservate
inflect
insinuate
hint
intonate
yell
reassert
clothe
allegate
roar
reaffirm
share out
blaze abroad
wholesale
barter
make out
give utterance
put over
get over
give expression
raise awareness
speak out
point out
bring forward
attest to
give testimony
pour out
put in words
testify to
give vent to
bear witness
stump
state publicly
punctuate
underscore
highlight
put up
shout from the housetops
spread it around
shoot off mouth
underline
accentuate
get on a soapbox
illuminate
foreground
accent
focus attention on
give prominence to
point up
set off
italicize
US
make a feature of
give the full works
italicise
UK
make conspicuous
more ❯
Verb
▲
To go, or cause to go, insane or as if insane
crack
craze
derange
unhinge
flip
madden
frenzy
unbalance
loco
unstring
flip out
freak out
break down
lose control
melt down
go crazy
lose it
wig out
become insane
go bonkers
become deranged
be overcome
bug out
crack up
come apart at the seams
fall apart at the seams
blow one's mind
confuse
dement
drive mad
crumble
distemper
disintegrate
break up
collapse
go to pieces
blow a fuse
disconcert
distract
inflame
bewilder
enrage
infatuate
disturb
make insane
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
distort
drive insane
disorder
unsettle
confound
drive someone off their head
drive round the bend
cry
blow one's top
blow one's cork
blow one's stack
flip one's lid
drive you out of your mind
go mad
dissolve into tears
burst into tears
go out of mind
decline
have breakdown
go off rocker
have a breakdown
deteriorate
schizz out
become psychotic
fail
go nuts
become demented
sicken
go off deep end
come apart at seams
more ❯
Noun
▲
(
mass noun
)
An increase in size
growth
growing
extension
widening
enlargement
thickening
broadening
expansion
heightening
swelling
augmentation
ballooning
burgeoning
development
evolution
increase in size
spread
blowing up
magnification
blow-up
amplification
increase
inflation
swell
distension
dilatation
multiplication
elongation
fattening
stretching
expanse
diffusion
unfolding
lengthening
unfurling
elaboration
aggrandizement
US
tumefaction
intumescence
intensification
aggrandisement
UK
deepening
puffing up
filling out
opening out
boost
dilation
enhancement
addition
building up
topping up
waxing
enprint
progression
buildup
escalation
accession
accretion
mushrooming
proliferation
accrual
rise
uptrend
advance
spike
upsurge
buildout
upturn
upgrade
advancement
uptick
progress
diversification
embellishment
upping
maturation
evolvement
snowballing
furtherance
large print
build-up
step up
scaling up
spreading out
gain
improvement
increment
hike
upswing
surge
accumulation
raise
jump
elevation
boom
promotion
headway
addendum
plus
appreciation
supplement
breakthrough
amelioration
upgrading
leap
spreading
explosion
bump
betterment
continuation
acceleration
refinement
emergence
enrichment
boosting
more
reinforcement
creep
movement
exacerbation
run-up
prolongation
flourishing
crescendo
unraveling
US
strengthening
blossoming
raising
metamorphosis
forward movement
cumulation
passage
unravelling
UK
blooming
transformation
drawing out
momentum
spurt
worsening
success
augmenting
march
procession
process
prolonging
step forward
coming-of-age
accumulating
recovery
onrush
maturing
onward movement
evolving
advancing
movement forward
spiralling
UK
flowering
upgrowth
up
innovation
continuing
distention
protraction
climb
melioration
collection
aggravation
spiraling
US
compounding
upward turn
going
stimulation
motion
dissemination
forwarding
journey
transmission
concentration
flow
developing
encroachment
expedition
turnaround
course
deterioration
extent
stepping-up
elaborating
reinforcing
dispersal
exaggeration
rush
maximization
US
onward motion
forward motion
distribution
prosperity
increasement
propagation
maturity
scope
compass
ongoing
maximisation
UK
push
fleshing out
dispersion
adding to
stretch
ripening
gathering
ascent
exponential growth
quadrupling
doubling
tripling
revolution
growth spurt
revival
avalanche
rapid increase
recuperation
intensifying
lift
change
revision
fruition
modernization
steps forward
passing
piling up
stacking up
soaring
proceeding
break
voyage
ramp up
technological advancement
scientific advancement
augment
aggrandization
uprise
supplementation
incubation
perfection
inroads
beefing up
regeneration
skyrocketing
perpetuation
high
ground gained
sharpening
pickup
bounce
logjam
stockpile
backlog
collecting
amassing
formation
amassment
thriving
adjunct
stepping up
accruement
agglomeration
order
stack
load
puff
plug
heap
advertising
store
mass
hype
publicity
reflation
wax
rocketing
geometric growth
succession
sequence
accrument
profit
traction
expatiation
supplementing
continuity
crossing
traverse
traversal
trek
ascension
gradual growth
move-up
jump-up
explosive growth
adaptation
jack up
explanation
padding
leg-up
rising
creation
ascendance
optimization
US
operation
leap forward
inroad
discovery
find
invention
finding
step
towering
soar
correction
merger
resilience
strength
reworking
modification
rampant growth
rapid growth
chain
dramatic increase
sudden increase
rectification
transmogrification
assemblage
appendix
complement
access
incorporation
quantum leap
suffusion
scale
scheme
consecution
string
jump up
move up
upward movement
unrolling
recasting
reconstruction
amendment
vigour
UK
vigor
US
shooting up
stride
advent
transition
stream
flux
coming
drift
nearing
stepping forward
arrival
nurse
nourish
incubate
step in the right direction
rally
rectifying
face-lift
continuance
top-up
optimisation
UK
profusion
term
division
period
transfusion
radiation
coverage
allotment
ramification
pretension
rounding out
pretentiousness
working out
reformation
upbeat
cultivation
large increase
career
affectation
anabasis
pretence
UK
meliorism
renovation
civilisation
UK
preferment
civilization
US
change for the better
kaizen
reclamation
grandiosity
pretense
US
affectedness
elasticity
buoyancy
adulthood
increasing
perfecting
puffiness
forward march
getting ahead
giant strides
going forward
moving forward
making progress
price rises
price increases
branch
conservatory
sweep
radius
production
lean-to
purview
orbit
allowance
denotation
arm
reach
leeway
span
porch
economic growth
circulation
additional room
scattering
high level of activity
promulgation
broadcasting
circulating
dissipation
issuance
broadcast
distributing
dispersing
disseminating
bruiting
putting about
more ❯
Noun
▲
A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility
anger
rage
fury
outrage
wrath
indignation
irritation
annoyance
exasperation
resentment
temper
displeasure
ire
irritability
vexation
pique
spleen
choler
crossness
passion
agitation
antagonism
furore
UK
furor
US
infuriation
irascibility
aggravation
angriness
irateness
lividity
lividness
madness
umbrage
vehemence
acrimony
animosity
bile
chagrin
enmity
gall
huff
rankling
testiness
tetchiness
wrathfulness
birse
conniption
disapprobation
distemper
hatred
ill temper
impatience
miff
peevishness
petulance
soreness
stew
storm
tantrum
tiff
waspishness
dyspepsia
violence
air rage
high dudgeon
ill humour
road rage
cat fit
hissy fit
ill humor
slow burn
dander
mood
mad
lather
fume
tizzy
bitterness
offense
US
offence
UK
malice
dudgeon
grudge
spite
animus
rancour
UK
rancor
US
ill will
hurt
hostility
malignity
malevolence
rise
bad feeling
ill feeling
acerbity
peeve
resentfulness
virulence
disgruntlement
hate
bad temper
cynicism
perturbation
exacerbation
venom
asperity
spitefulness
dissatisfaction
antipathy
virulency
bad mood
dislike
fog
embitterment
rancorousness
vindictiveness
cattiness
maliciousness
affront
discontent
discontentment
hot temper
jaundice
injury
pet
bad blood
flare-up
boiling point
hard feelings
acridity
acidity
acridness
tartness
vitriol
mordancy
acidness
corrosiveness
aversion
cantankerousness
grievance
upset
querulousness
snappishness
crabbiness
moodiness
strop
viciousness
blowout
grump
slight
explosion
outburst
wax
paddy
grumpiness
bate
hatefulness
score
down
injustice
odium
malignancy
blowup
ill feelings
bad feelings
fit of pique
provocation
chip on your shoulder
wounded feelings
extreme anger
acrimoniousness
unhappiness
distress
poison
pain
danger
scorn
vengeance
scene
fit
needle
more heat than light
conniption fit
friction
righteous anger
pet peeve
bone to pick
complaint
chip on one's shoulder
opposition
detestation
loathing
abhorrence
pettishness
malignance
sullenness
touchiness
disrelish
grievances
grudges
envy
jealousy
hurt feelings
irk
hurt pride
wounded pride
ruckus
snit
sore
biliousness
sourness
fierceness
fire
blood lust
fieriness
histrionics
furiousness
no love lost
extreme dislike
nastiness
meanness
despite
state
raving
uproar
feverishness
delirium
frenzy
distraction
fever
obsession
flap
hysteria
deliriousness
mania
rampage
milt
melancholy
lien
caprice
whim
depression
foulie
fit of rage
fit of fury
fit of anger
skid
paddywhack
towering rage
wingding
frenzy of anger
apoplexy
fit of temper
spasm
hysterics
paroxysm
convulsion
squall
frenzy of rage
fireworks
eruption
hemorrhage
US
excitement
bluster
heat
ferocity
haemorrhage
UK
ferment
fit of bad temper
paroxysm of anger
fit of ill temper
paroxysm of rage
insult
snub
harm
indignity
put down
mard
insolence
rudeness
exception
nettling
provoking
irking
sense of injury
slap in the face
scandal
more ❯
Noun
▲
A conspicuous display or outburst of something
blaze
outburst
burst
eruption
explosion
flare-up
storm
blast
rush
attack
outbreak
paroxysm
spasm
fit
gale
surge
gush
torrent
access
blow-up
ebullition
outpouring
agony
effusion
flare
flash
flood
flush
fury
gust
hurricane
outflow
spurt
upsurge
boutade
outflowing
splurt
welling up
blowup
detonation
spell
spate
bout
bursting
turn
case
seizure
siege
flurry
frenzy
discharge
throe
stroke
bang
blowout
wave
rash
dose
run
stint
fulmination
patch
convulsion
stretch
conniption
state
period
scene
blow
huff
boom
round
blowing-up
blowing up
onset
flicker
flutter
manifestation
paddy
combustion
upheaval
rapture
spot
term
breakout
epidemic
cycle
start
fireworks
twitch
interval
course
recrudescence
inflammation
sally
blasting
flow
sudden appearance
vomiting
occurrence
ignition
encounter
relapse
streak
crack
series
suffering
battle
spree
ailment
stream
deluge
volley
cascade
flux
tide
barrage
hail
jet
issue
onslaught
efflux
salvo
bombardment
rise
avalanche
cannonade
outrush
shower
current
blitz
drainage
fusillade
blitzkrieg
welling
drain
frothing
roar
drumfire
drumbeat
swell
battery
passion
effluence
spout
inundation
upwelling
leakage
outpour
exodus
rain
escape
emanation
outflux
overflow
upswing
gushing
sweep
howl
peal
emergence
spring
effervescence
shriek
hoot
hysterics
furor
US
rage
anger
emission
agitation
fuming
throes
break
groundswell
plague
thunder
furore
UK
charge
uprising
onrush
effluent
debouchment
escalation
influx
expression
hemorrhage
US
haemorrhage
UK
ooze
bubble
seepage
effluvium
scream
shout
tantrum
ripple
twinge
outcry
hissy
vibration
expulsion
fire
bomb
broadside
fever
ferment
strafe
gunfire
spray
boiling
bubbling
fountain
ebb
voidance
shedding
mass
shelling
bombing
violence
excitement
ejection
venting
exudation
splash
touch
hissy fit
outfall
crash
breaking
sundering
commotion
rending
brawl
irruption
disorder
disruption
tumult
sortie
crossfire
stab
fermentation
seething
exudate
diffusion
pouring
effluxion
loss
streaming
depletion
show
burst of fire
building up
build-up
sudden display
sudden exhibition
craze
increase
growth
sudden show
brief display
brief exhibition
upturn
scourge
contagion
mushrooming
spread
pest
endemic
pestilence
what's going around
motion
trickle
river
oozing
more ❯
Noun
▲
A hostile engagement involving sustained, full-scale fighting between opposing forces in close combat
pitched battle
argument
battle
disagreement
fight
head-to-head
set-to
blow-up
brouhaha
shouting match
dispute
row
quarrel
altercation
squabble
wrangle
scrap
brawl
tiff
spat
donnybrook
contretemps
misunderstanding
controversy
hassle
rhubarb
bicker
battle royal
argle-bargle
cross fire
fierce contest
argy-bargy
melee
intense battle
riot
kickup
imbroglio
rumble
falling-out
Noun
▲
An often childish display or fit of bad temper
tantrum
fit
huff
blowup
explosion
scene
hissy
fireworks
outburst
hysterics
rage
anger
conniption
temper
frenzy
paddy
paroxysm
wax
mood
pet
storm
animosity
blowout
dander
fret
haemorrhage
UK
hemorrhage
US
spaz
strop
sulk
wobbly
hissy fit
flare-up
temper tantrum
blow-up
fit of rage
bad mood
fit of ill humour
fit of pique
dummy spit
fit of temper
ill humour
fuss
furor
US
row
furore
UK
wobbler
frothing
fuming
agitation
snit fit
throes
mayhem
paroxysms
tantrums
uproar
trouble
histrionics
outrage
effusion
dispute
fury
hissie fit
conniption fit
commotion
brouhaha
disturbance
upset
confrontation
contretemps
drama
exhibition
performance
carry-on
to-do
carrying-on
exhibition of oneself
song and dance
hue and cry
display of emotion
bout
attack
spell
burst
outbreak
throe
turn
spate
access
torrent
rush
stroke
eruption
seizure
flash
spasm
gush
flare
state
siege
case
boutade
welling up
dose
spot
term
run
patch
cycle
stint
spurt
round
period
interval
course
flurry
convulsion
stretch
flush
gale
gust
blaze
agony
twitch
ebullition
blow
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Blow-up
inflatable
blow-up
expandable
pump-up
foldup
stretchy
elastic
foldaway
foldout
pliant
pullout
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