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What is another word for
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Cause trouble
Rebel against
Disturb the status quo
Upset the norm
To frustrate, vex, provoke, or annoy
Incite someone to do something, especially something bad
To disturb the composure of
To make something more complex
Cause the downfall or ruin of
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Verb
▲
Cause trouble
cause trouble
criticise
UK
criticize
US
dissent
disturb
rebel
revolt
be disruptive
be noticed
be troublesome
cause a disturbance
create a stir
make an impression
rock the boat
kick up a fuss
“It finally took foreign visitors to
make waves
about the spiralling cost of living here.”
Verb
▲
Rebel against
go against
be insubordinate
break with
combat
come out against
defy
denounce
disobey
dissent
drop out
fight
get out of line
insurrect
mutiny
oppose
opt out
overturn
rebel
remonstrate
renounce
resist
revolt
riot
rise up
rock the boat
run amok
secede
strike
turn against
upset
rise
defect
show resistance
disobey authority
boycott
take to the streets
defy authority
take up arms against
break
take up arms
arise
oppose authority
refuse to obey orders
take part in an uprising
resist authority
overthrow
rampage
demonstrate
run riot
protest
agitate
mount a rebellion
stage a rebellion
rise up in arms
take on
mount the barricades
stir up trouble
go on rampage
rise against
take part in an insurrection
rally
take a stand
defy the authorities
mobilise
UK
march against
stand up to
mobilize
US
go on strike
kick over
refuse to obey
struggle
face down
man the barricades
rise in opposition
campaign
stage
scuffle
brawl
go wild
run wild
go berserk
fight in the streets
dissipate
cause an affray
debauch
raise hell
raise an uproar
racket
start a fight
go on the rampage
more ❯
Verb
▲
Disturb the status quo
rock the boat
cause an argument
cause an upset
cause trouble
challenge the status quo
complain
disagree
disturb
disturb the balance
make a stink
not conform
object
protest
stir things up
upset the apple cart
Verb
▲
Upset the norm
upset the applecart
dislocate
disorder
sink
Verb
▲
To frustrate, vex, provoke, or annoy
exasperate
irritate
aggravate
annoy
anger
bug
gall
provoke
exacerbate
incense
infuriate
irk
pique
rile
vex
enrage
inflame
madden
nettle
nark
rankle
rouse
antagonise
UK
antagonize
US
get to
hassle
needle
peeve
embitter
miff
rasp
bother
chafe
drive crazy
eat
frost
get
grate
gravel
gripe
itch
persecute
ride
ruffle
send into a rage
spite
agitate
burn up
disturb
drive to distraction
excite
frustrate
get at
hack off
hump
make someone see red
roil
T-off
upset
bum out
drive mad
put out
tee off
tick off
try the patience of
wear on
wind up
get in your hair
get one's goat
get on your nerves
give someone the hump
hack you off
rub up the wrong way
work up
get on one's nerves
get on your wick
rub the wrong way
stick in one's craw
drive round the bend
drive up the wall
get under one's skin
set one's teeth on edge
displease
goad
harass
nag
rark
make angry
get across
offend
affront
make cross
tease
molest
perturb
plague
harry
incommode
trouble
fret
abrade
cheese off
drive round the twist
egg on
get your back up
be on your back
give someone the pip
put your back up
give a hard time
hit where one lives
get someone's back up
get on someone's nerves
get a rise out of
put someone's nose out of joint
put someone's back up
make someone's blood boil
get in someone's hair
raise someone's hackles
rattle
discountenance
brown off
insult
inconvenience
discommode
wound
disgruntle
torment
taunt
get on nerves
sting
rub you up the wrong way
niggle
incite
mortify
grill
bait
put your nose out of joint
start
awake
absorb
prick
quicken
grab
ignite
goose
attract
interest
motivate
put someone out
try someone's patience
get under skin
give the business
work into lather
try one's patience
stir up
make blood boil
set one off
get across someone
set on
take a rise out of
pester
worry
distress
nudge
break
gnaw
henpeck
bedevil
badger
beleaguer
give someone grief
make your blood boil
get up your nose
get your goat
get under your skin
get your dander up
push button
fire up
be at
turn off
heat up
work on
ask for it
be on the back of
ruffle someone's feathers
make someone's hackles rise
get on someone's wick
get someone's dander up
rattle someone's cage
get up someone's nose
get under someone's skin
outrage
discompose
disquiet
disconcert
hound
ire
mad
afflict
unsettle
concern
steam up
fluster
enflame
dismay
hurt
heckle
perplex
flurry
disgust
rankle with
pain
unhinge
fuss
distemper
frazzle
torture
alarm
discomfort
unnerve
discomfit
arouse
hector
grate on
dog
burn
distract
chivvy
confuse
devil
try
ail
exercise
aggrieve
pick on
empurple
rag
haze
freak out
weird out
mither
beset
bully
hagride
derail
mock
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
prod
get someone's goat
rattle one's cage
put down
rib
chaff
dissatisfy
chagrin
eat away at
embarrass
get someone
umbrage
oppress
alarum
faze
undo
criticize
US
discombobulate
depress
criticise
UK
make fun of
drive bananas
ridicule
get on somebody's nerves
make anxious
deride
guy
cross
scandalize
US
gibe
acerbate
hack
grieve
pursue
quiz
chivy
bewilder
craze
heavy
harrow
kid
jar on
scandalise
UK
browbeat
be offensive
confound
shock
upbraid
make you see red
besiege
dump on
raise your hackles
keep after
agonize
US
keep on at
whip up
laugh at
get in one's hair
importune
breathe down someone's neck
have on
pull somebody's leg
cause offense
bend someone's ear
take the piss out of
dishearten
agonise
UK
make uneasy
titillate
slight
abuse
victimize
US
sour
humiliate
injure
razz
stress out
bite
disoblige
zing
curdle
worsen
disrespect
diss
jar
twit
dis
rally
sound
scold
thwart
revile
raise hell
bore
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get someone's hackles up
derange
slap
bum
scorn
wrong
berate
impose on
examine
rack
curse
reproach
stimulate
sledge
scoff at
scare
jeer at
heighten
make your hackles rise
preoccupy
victimise
UK
slam
lead on
anguish
excruciate
crab
intrude upon
be a pain in the neck
pother
tire
be a thorn in someone's side
poke fun at
take the mickey out of
carp at
try your patience
complicate
eat at
get your hackles up
peck at
strain
cut to the quick
go on at
give a bad time
intimidate
flirt with
rag on
gnaw at
make sport of
give offence to
spook
swipe at
put off
be an affront to
find fault with
drive you up the wall
shake up
puzzle
add fuel to the fire
pick at
put somebody's nose out of joint
mess with
add insult to injury
get up somebody's nose
get on the wrong side of
drive nuts
take the mickey
spur
haunt
rattle someone's chain
irritate greatly
make you angry
discontent
disaffect
steam
get someone's wick
fester
chide
misplease
wing
disappoint
repel
revolt
cool
cap
question
tweak
make one see red
cavil
bristle
wig
dun
drive insane
rile up
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
panic
excoriate
stress
get on the nerves of
boil
put somebody's back up
blight
assail
play dirty
push one's buttons
rub one the wrong way
tangle
get in the hair of
lash
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
shake
run up the wrong way
harm
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
nag at
blow up
insist
remind
cause anxiety
despair
obsess
foil
be like a red rag to a bull
mess
burden
make sore
lose one's temper
ruffle one's feathers
jeer
arouse hostility in
cause disquiet to
cause to panic
put
impose upon
put on the spot
frighten
startle
macerate
attack
noodge
despoil
foray
bullyrag
sneer
resent
push someon's buttons
occupy
begrudge
grudge
drive you crazy
confront
dispraise
slander
eat up
get on someone
gibe at
sneer at
ferment
possess
throw off
psych out
shatter
daze
appal
UK
entice
disdain
scout
flout
jab
twitter
dig
lout
wind somebody up
jerk around
appall
US
drive you to distraction
make livid
ventilate
move
psych
hang up
get even
cramp style
louse up
tatter
erode
fray
amaze
intrude
interfere
astound
get in the way
stir
drive you round the twist
drive you round the bend
sicken
nauseate
weary
cause anxiety to
throw
affect
do someone's head in
make someone scratch their head
lie heavy on
occupy someone's thoughts
prey on someone's mind
interrupt
drive you off your head
boil over
make indignant
cause offense to
cause offence to
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
impede
hinder
make nervous
punish
wring
smite
bone
make flip
work someone up
push buttons
turn on
bug up
scour
wear down
upset the apple cart
snub
drive you out of your mind
make somebody's blood boil
drive out of mind
disparage
throw off balance
tempt
intrigue
beguile
fascinate
lure
allure
horrify
slur
be a nuisance to
drive somebody up the wall
make fed up
scratch around
yap at
stump
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
furbelow
cow
bluster
floor
frill
flummox
fuddle
cause someone to lose their composure
disrupt
throw into a tizz
wear
throw into tizzy
domineer
search high heaven
be a pest to
be on one's back
be on one's case
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
lose patience
exploit
manipulate
maltreat
violate
scrape away
bite into
gnaw away at
rage
wear away
wear to shreds
wear out
baffle
charm
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
put through wringer
rub salt in wound
grip
override
tyrannize
US
push
turn one off
mistreat
belittle
ill-treat
be disagreeable
give offence
tread on someone's toes
dominate
tyrannise
UK
enslave
hurt somebody's feelings
hurt someone's feelings
slap in the face
twist the knife
rub salt in the wound
abase
misuse
keep hanging
dishonor
US
tyrannize over
be autocratic
make mouth water
keep hanging on
keep someone hanging on
make someone's mouth water
take advantage of
dishonour
UK
do an injustice to
ill-use
martyrize
martyr
hurry
yowl
yammer
wail
moan
grump
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
carp
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
yawp
whinge
maunder
beef
grouse
holler
mutter
grumble
kvetch
complain
squeal
caterwaul
whine
scream
grouch
repine
bellyache
grizzle
bustle
flutter
mix up
hustle
step on the toes of
egg
urge
harp on at
find fault
moan at
moan on at
take it out on
get on someone's back
grumble at
keep complaining to
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
intensify
josh
increase
compound
joke
jive
magnify
make worse
amplify
augment
satirize
US
roast
banter
envenom
fun
impair
add to
chiack
make matters worse
fan the flames
compound the problem
slang
shuck
smoke
hit on
rot
feed the fire
add fuel to the flames
push one's button
fan the flames of
spoof
snap
to make matters worse
go from bad to worse
rub salt in the wounds
rub salt in a wound
satirise
UK
jibe at
send up
make jokes about
goof on
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
sling off at
lead somebody on
pull someone's leg
put on
poke borak at
flout at
make a monkey of
mess around
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Verb
▲
Incite someone to do something, especially something bad
instigate
encourage
provoke
incite
stimulate
prompt
influence
move
rouse
goad
impel
prod
urge
arouse
entice
excite
start
constrain
egg on
induce
inflame
initiate
motivate
persuade
press
push
spur
trigger
drive on
impassion
kick-start
make
pique
spark
spur on
sting
stir
sway
actuate
bring about
foment
kindle
prevail upon
prick
procure
set off
stir up
fire up
get going
hint
insinuate
needle
originate
plan
plot
rabble-rouse
rev up
scheme
suggest
tempt
whip up
put up to
root on
add fuel
set on
steam up
turn on
work up
inspire
animate
galvanize
US
electrify
awaken
waken
whet
wake
bestir
rile
quicken
rally
revive
galvanise
UK
activate
fire
enkindle
thrill
fan
raise
energize
US
vitalize
touch
spook
abet
psych
energise
UK
bring back
call forth
feed the fire
call to mind
switch on
stir embers
add fuel to fire
agitate
anger
startle
disturb
exhilarate
awake
inspirit
vivify
innervate
mount
intensify
heighten
magnify
enliven
craze
intensate
redouble
enhance
innerve
bug
deepen
challenge
key up
pep up
fire the enthusiasm of
fire the imagination of
ask for it
light a fire under
wind up
drive
cause
invigorate
US
propel
envigorate
UK
produce
titillate
liven up
increase
wake up
promote
spark off
amp up
generate
strengthen
engender
occasion
enthuse
jazz up
foster
brace
evoke
elicit
spike
touch off
jump-start
give rise to
ginger up
fuel
resuscitate
juice up
refresh
buck up
exhort
boost
fillip
lead
trigger off
precipitate
pump up
uplift
revitalize
US
zip up
ferment
intoxicate
tantalize
US
rejuvenate
hearten
coerce
work
nudge
brew
lead to
get someone going
invoke
force
revitalise
UK
attract
bring on
breed
result in
perk up
beget
tantalise
UK
exacerbate
trouble
cultivate
seduce
restore
charge
revivify
summon up
set in motion
tease
put in motion
create
compel
exalt
ignite
call up
fortify
intrigue
goose
build up
augment
bring
incentivize
US
incline
pick
renew
mobilize
US
incentivise
UK
extend
effectuate
mobilise
UK
pick up
expand
gee up
gladden
set going
interest
upset
allure
develop
reanimate
please
conjure up
tickle
irritate
inform
bother
ruffle
bring around
hook
fascinate
fluster
prime
charm
set alight
bring to
liven
distract
sic
buoy
amplify
commove
summon
educe
reinforce
zap
exercise
embolden
begin
get to
shake up
talk into
draw forth
appeal to
add to
nurture
aggravate
accentuate
consolidate
win over
step up
worsen
make worse
start up
beef up
rise
worry
jolt
effect
perturb
alarm
reinvigorate
cheer up
concern
grow
hound
roust
distress
cheer
convince
unsettle
bring out
chivvy
regenerate
recreate
further
sharpen
send
disquiet
resurrect
convert
get
entertain
vivificate
dynamize
oblige
coax
pressure
dismay
taunt
disconcert
escalate
give life to
whip
harass
breathe life into
discompose
spawn
irk
unnerve
flurry
vex
impress
run
shake
support
spellbind
pressurize
US
set
give a buzz
brighten
manifest
tickle pink
help
confuse
freshen
call
badger
frighten
contribute to
work into lather
build a fire under
give someone a kick
woo
hagride
frazzle
distemper
undo
unhinge
ail
alarum
discomfort
fuss
derail
pressurise
UK
necessitate
charge up
sweeten
widen
captivate
catalyze
US
put a bomb under
actualize
evince
rattle
prevail on
heat up
act as a incentive to
act as a stimulus to
be the cause of
weird out
freak out
extract
broaden
catalyse
UK
exaggerate
court
burn up
give a new lease of life to
bring forth
draw out
crank up
fan the flames of
put new life in
turn one's head
hone
hatch
improve
refine
roil
exert
delight
incense
activize
shock
elate
lift
work something up
ravish
grill
enrapture
grip
egg
jumpstart
muster up
get up
work on
amuse
grapple
grab
palpate
put life into
feed
bring round
crowd
remind
sound
dispose
root
gain
satisfy
madden
lead on
set ablaze
set aflame
set fire to
set afire
give someone a charge
put zip into
sustain
cajole
nerve
accelerate
mushroom
snowball
rout
steel
nourish
power
warm
harden
advance
jog memory
put into action
stun
astonish
bully
dragoon
be conducive to
enrich
speed
impact
advise
empower
inveigle
light up
reawaken
nurse
push forward
lash
lure
strike
incentify
give new life to
breathe new life into
snap up
get something going
brighten up
yield
alert
set on foot
set afoot
bring into being
cause to appear
stoke up
put new heart into
put new heart in
put new strength in
make lively
buoy up
waken up
predispose
condition
impose on
determine
direct
orient
enlarge
add fuel to the flames
draw
magnetize
US
make wild
suscitate
make alive
hot up
accumulate
become worse
drum up
fan the flames
forward
juice
solicit
bring back to life
spice
divert
spirit up
act upon
ride herd on
lean on
set up
bring to life
hint to
cheer on
boost up
suggest to
recharge
refreshen
repair
agitate for
sow the seeds of
sow the seeds
restore to life
raise from the dead
invite
magnetise
UK
sweep off feet
draw on
have as a consequence
translate into
have as a result
make happen
risk
contribute
give a shot in the arm
titivate
be instrumental in
make more lively
brace up
make more exciting
speed up
dilate
have a hand in
bring to pass
entail
operate
confound
end in
have a part in
tidy
dust
neaten
clean
get one started
act as a impetus to
act as a fillip to
act as a spur to
get one going
fan the fire
involve
conduce to
put pep into
give a lift
let sunshine in
maximize
US
make for
incent
discomfit
conduce
be at the bottom of
cost
trip
freshen up
snap out of it
beguile
tap
perplex
jack up
hike up
multiply
pyramid
maximise
UK
swell
run up
hike
distend
jump up
blow up
daze
derange
bewilder
clean up
air out
set on fire
enchant
enthrall
US
entrance
bewitch
reactivate
initialize
US
afflict
scare
depress
make uneasy
dishearten
outrage
astound
complicate
puzzle
annoy
grieve
amaze
intrude
pain
tire
get in the way
gall
interfere
blow away the cobwebs
spruce up
concentrate
recall
actify
enable
dispatch
spring
crank
echo
initialise
UK
enthral
UK
reproduce
rekindle
conjure
impart
express
capture
encapsulate
compound
dig
milk
extort
incarnate
start off
make active
take out of mothballs
put one in mind of
remind one of
bring to mind
call out
emphasize
US
countenance
turn someone on
float someone's boat
tickle someone's fancy
light someone's fire
give someone a thrill
do it for someone
favour
UK
favor
US
gain strength
pile on
lighten
pour it on
darken
stress
point
aggrandize
accent
tone up
emphasise
UK
heap on
give the incentive to
pester
interrupt
disrupt
plague
hassle
chivy
inconvenience
molest
faze
interfere with
put out
intrude upon
barge in on
intrude on
discombobulate
ventilate
examine
make anxious
butt in on
horn in on
cause anxiety to
make flip
push buttons
bug up
work someone up
give someone grief
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▲
To disturb the composure of
perturb
unsettle
upset
worry
disturb
alarm
bother
disquiet
agitate
discompose
trouble
disconcert
concern
dismay
ruffle
discountenance
distress
fluster
unnerve
discomfit
exercise
ail
alarum
derail
discomfort
disorder
distemper
distract
faze
flurry
frazzle
fuss
hagride
undo
unhinge
vex
confuse
disarrange
make anxious
make fretful
make uneasy
muddle
pother
rattle
annoy
bewilder
bug
confound
freak out
gnaw at
irritate
needle
perplex
pester
weird out
shake up
stir up
make a scene
get to
hassle
spook
psych
throw off balance
grieve
torment
plague
afflict
fret
harass
irk
throw
frighten
hurt
discombobulate
shake
sadden
flip
craze
puzzle
flip out
give someone grief
give a hard time
pain
agonize
US
nag
fear
niggle
harry
oppress
stress
burden
stew
sweat
displease
weigh down
strain
try
offend
anger
inconvenience
shock
agonise
UK
grind
nonplus
disappoint
peeve
interrupt
scare
move
daunt
nark
indispose
miff
wound
cause discomfort to
cause concern to
turn
sicken
incapacitate
cramp
debilitate
floor
jar
consternate
horrify
traumatize
US
intimidate
excite
heat
hurry
make uncomfortable
burn up
tick off
fire up
pick on
get at
wind up
egg on
hack you off
give a bad time
drive up the wall
get across
get someone
turn on
lay up
hack off
bum out
key up
panic
abash
bustle
embarrass
make nervous
mortify
appall
US
traumatise
UK
unstring
appal
UK
rock the boat
prey on someone's mind
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
take aback
hurt somebody's feelings
put on edge
addle
frustrate
mystify
fuddle
knock props out
get on someone's wick
mess with someone's head
do someone's head in
throw a curve
work up
throw into a tizz
put into a flap
send into a spin
provoke
demoralize
US
depress
dishearten
put off
demoralise
UK
discourage
startle
chagrin
surprise
dispirit
put someone off their stroke
psych out
baffle
flummox
derange
deject
jolt
aggrieve
beset
stun
set someone back on their heels
dumbfound
gall
unbalance
chafe
overwhelm
exasperate
chill
throw off
astound
aggravate
lie heavy on
astonish
destabilize
US
put out of countenance
cast down
discommode
knock for six
make someone scratch their head
unman
torture
cow
haunt
bedevil
dampen
amaze
destabilise
UK
disorient
desolate
sap
harrow
crush
gravel
enervate
catch off balance
abase
put someone off their stride
bowl over
knock sideways
cause someone to lose their composure
cause to be at a stand
disorganize
pique
deter
disarray
disrupt
rattle one's cage
rouse
despair
put out
stagger
preoccupy
subdue
arouse
nettle
terrify
outrage
beleaguer
rock
devastate
persecute
terrorize
US
awe
badger
shame
dash
daze
break
cause anxiety to
humiliate
rack
paralyse
UK
befuddle
curse
stupefy
tangle
terrorise
UK
weaken
prick
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
jumble
bamboozle
complicate
push buttons
paralyze
US
weary
affect
foul up
overcome
tease
electrify
buffalo
balk
US
let down
beat
thwart
prey on
baulk
UK
dull
hang over
cause suffering to
stop someone in their tracks
make self-conscious
give someone a turn
beat down
pull the rug from under
give a turn
throw into a tizzy
mix up
pull the rug out from under
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
incite
inflame
incommode
stress out
frenzy
occupy
overawe
unquiet
flutter
hustle
stimulate
quicken
make restless
bully
browbeat
eat away at
down
dement
displace
rummage
cause anxiety
ferment
put down
tax
embitter
sour
ventilate
examine
intrude
tire
interfere
touch
disorientate
besiege
blind
hinder
throw into confusion
cause disquiet to
dizzy
put someone off
take by surprise
anguish
hound
worst
make flip
bug up
work someone up
test
importune
throw into uproar
throw into disorder
revolt
disgust
injure
dun
tear
goad
hector
occupy someone's thoughts
scandalize
US
nauseate
disengage
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
uncouple
detach
cut
stab
disarm
strap
dog
nit-pick
push
martyr
upset apple cart
acerbate
galvanize
US
get in the way
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
cause anguish to
bring down
repel
disillusion
sweat out
be a great weight on
demean
press down on
obsess
galvanise
UK
lower
suppress
subjugate
stifle
bemuse
put off one's stroke
disaccord
jangle
discord
disharmonize
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
knock the wind out of
affright
disgruntle
disenchant
be
eat at
make wretched
cut up
knock off balance
ride
uncalm
undermine
enfeeble
stump
harsh one's mellow
weigh heavily on one's mind
discredit
dishonour
UK
snafu
dumfound
flabbergast
arouse anxiety in
weigh on
fox
get
suffer
be unwell
be a burden to
be a burden on
weigh
devitalize
squelch
smother
diminish
drive insane
hit a sour note
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
antagonize
US
knock over
pose
fog
do a number on
make it tough for
make miserable
be on one's case
set back
send over the edge
dishonor
US
hang up
make a monkey of
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
catch one short
carp
be indisposed
be crook
scandalise
UK
numb
thunderstrike
antagonise
UK
insult
maze
cavil
mess up
fill with consternation
screw up
louse up
muck up
humble
deaden
defeat
curb
quell
extinguish
overpower
spring something on
throw a curveball
take control of
take over
get someone down
put the wind up
give offence to
befog
involve
wilder
thicken
muddy
be sick
be wrong with
feel pain
be in pain
feel unwell
be ill
be weak
be the matter with
quibble
cause anguish
cause someone distress
cause pain
nitpick
encumber
entangle
flap
knock out
take the wind out of your sails
completely surprise
make someone's blood run cold
raise someone's eyebrows
gross out
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
fidget
bear down on
damp down
muck
be all Greek to
ravel
snarl up
stumble
muddy the waters
mix you up
put the wind up someone
be agitated
take pains
be in a tizzy
be worried
cast a pall over
put a damper on
labour over
be in a flap
get worked up
get in a stew
be in a stew
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
make a thing of
drain
drag
darken
damp
run down
reduce to tears
make sad
get down
make unhappy
cast a gloom upon
bring tears to someone's eyes
knock the stuffing out of
make gloomy
bear down
harsh someone's mellow
turn one off
make someone's heart bleed
give someone the blues
make someone fed up
bring tears to your eyes
make despondent
keep under
make desolate
dampen someone's spirits
make your heart bleed
weigh heavily on
dash someone's hopes
break someone's spirit
break someone's heart
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Verb
▲
To make something more complex
complicate
entangle
confuse
muddle
embroil
perplex
embarrass
complex
complexify
ravel
sophisticate
involve
make difficult
mix up
snarl up
bedevil
clog
combine
confound
convolute
derange
disarrange
disorder
elaborate
fold
handicap
impede
infold
interfuse
interrelate
interweave
intricate
jumble
make complex
make complicated
mess up
mire
muddy
multiply
obfuscate
obscure
screw up
snafu
snag
tangle
thwart
twist
upset
make more difficult
foul up
make difficulties
muck up
render unintelligible
set hurdles
make intricate
add fuel to fire
open can of worms
befog
befuddle
discombobulate
fuddle
cloud
blur
garble
muddy the waters
becloud
mystify
disorient
fog
make unclear
discompose
muck
make a mess of
rattle
distort
baffle
bewilder
disorganize
bemuse
flummox
beat
darken
conceal
stump
muss
disrupt
nonplus
puzzle
pose
throw
faze
get
addle
fox
bamboozle
clutter
gravel
maze
dumbfound
bungle
disconcert
botch
vex
buffalo
wilder
snarl
floor
disturb
distract
stumble
perturb
throw into disorder
get to
make someone scratch their head
psych out
overshadow
make obscure
eclipse
put off
mull
amaze
stir
profundicate
foil
flabbergast
frustrate
snow
set someone thinking
wonder
ambiguate
repress
misrepresent
mislead
misinform
render uncertain
obnubilate
hide
scramble
disarray
tarnish
falsify
fuzz
color
US
equivocate
colour
UK
taint
lead astray
muddy up
rumple
shuffle
tousle
fuzz up
disjoint
dishevel
dislocate
misarrange
muddy the waters of
foul
jumble up
throw off
get into a tangle
muff
mix
stir up
fumble
mess
ruffle
blunder
spoil
louse up
throw up smoke screen
cloud the issue
throw a veil over
exercise
worry
implicate
beset
thicken
encumber
concern
incriminate
baulk
UK
stun
astound
surprise
balk
US
astonish
throw off balance
catch off balance
inculpate
connect
enmesh
associate
cause to be at a stand
be all Greek to
mix you up
link
ensnare
rope in
draw in
wrap up in
stitch up
get into
bear on
compromise
more ❯
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▲
Cause the downfall or ruin of
undo
ruin
undermine
defeat
destroy
mar
overturn
quash
subvert
wreck
shatter
spoil
sabotage
scotch
scupper
topple
upset
annihilate
cripple
crush
devastate
harm
impair
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
smash
squelch
eradicate
mess up
obliterate
put at risk
thwart
blow
botch
cancel out
foil
frustrate
hamper
hinder
obstruct
put an end to
make a mess of
play havoc with
render ineffective
foul up
abate
abolish
break
cramp
craze
crimp
decimate
demolish
do for
have
impoverish
injure
louse up
muck up
offset
outfox
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
outsmart
overreach
overthrow
queer
raze
skin
stymie
unbuild
vitiate
wrack
balls up
put the kibosh on
blow a hole in
bring down
screw up
work against
bring to naught
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
rain on someone's parade
dash
disrupt
blight
do in
damage
banjax
dish
cruel
extinguish
nix
euchre
nullify
put paid to
quell
pull down
torpedo
end
total
pulverize
US
vaporize
US
desolate
waste
cream
nuke
put the lid on
prevent
tear down
rub out
pulverise
UK
vaporise
UK
blast
suppress
level
make a hash of
put a stop to
invalidate
efface
wipe out
threaten
eliminate
kill
erase
check
disappoint
ravage
poison
flatten
bring to an end
extirpate
trash
expunge
squash
negate
knock down
wreak havoc on
take out
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
terminate
unsettle
interfere with
destabilize
US
weaken
baulk
UK
baffle
impede
circumvent
crool
stain
cloud
taint
exterminate
block
balk
US
hold up
remove
confound
annul
liquidate
muller
disfigure
bulldoze
put a damper on
sink
undercut
break up
destabilise
UK
bodge
break down
scuttle
finish off
capsize
snuff out
dilapidate
overwhelm
blow up
reduce
zap
wipe from the face of the earth
blot out
lay waste
raze to the ground
beat
throw down
contradict
interrupt
attack
disturb
disarrange
disorganize
disorder
dispatch
convulse
delay
slow
retard
incapacitate
darken
turn upside-down
derange
slow down
disable
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
throw into disorder
throw into disarray
throw into confusion
cook someone's goose
upset someone's apple cart
endanger
dismantle
bollix
hurt
imperil
jeopardize
US
slaughter
tarnish
blemish
touch
abort
root out
cast a shadow over
cast a pall over
prejudice
disassemble
cancel
sap
take the edge off
take the shine off
be detrimental to
compromise
intrude on
ruinate
desecrate
bust
take the enjoyment out of
take the pleasure out of
crack
wolf
wipe off map
blow to pieces
trounce
reduce to ruins
blow to bits
wax
tear to pieces
take apart
put in toilet
gobble up
excise
jeopardise
UK
despoil
ravish
mangle
massacre
abrogate
murder
clean up
benothing
conquer
black out
sweep away
stamp out
overpower
debilitate
deface
scourge
defile
fell
delete
mutilate
deplete
maim
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
lessen
minimize
US
minimise
UK
detract
demean
belittle
diminish
reduce to rubble
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
bring to ruin
wreak havoc upon
leave in ruins
clean out
lay in ruins
leave desolate
bilk
be deleterious to
crash
dynamite
blow down
bomb
spill
knock to pieces
cast down
strike out
batter
tear up
scatter
mow down
scratch out
unmake
obscure
supplant
queer someone's pitch
chip away
scar
dethrone
disestablish
oust
depose
dissolve
unseat
dampen
chill
explode
decay
afflict
forestall
discredit
stop
contravene
debar
obviate
snooker
derail
pop
refute
burst
disprove
wreak havoc with
glitch up
bar
discomfit
halt
repel
repress
deter
burst one's bubble
repulse
curb
rattle
parry
nobble
checkmate
outwit
supersede
invert
depress
rebel
tumble
reverse
prove wrong
restrain
blank
counter
counterplot
cross
bury
drive a coach and horses through
blow sky-high
give the lie to
shoot full of holes
blow out of the water
do away with
put down
take away
put the stopper on
put a spoke in someone's wheel
cause setback
get the better of
put end to
stand in the way of
put the mockers on
nip in the bud
upset one's apple cart
beat down
take wind out of sails
bring about the downfall of
confuse
crab
muddle
muss
discompose
mix up
shuffle
trammel
jumble
scramble
oppose
disarray
dishevel
tousle
rumple
disjoint
dislocate
clutter
entangle
root
snafu
upset the apple cart
hang up
snarl
give the slip
endamage
hash
inhibit
muddy
fetter
muck
complicate
flaw
mix
tangle
hamstring
hobble
bungle
traverse
ravel
faze
interfere
distort
cramp one's style
take wind out of
cross up
take down
play off
disconcert
mess
spike someone's guns
jumble up
put a brake on
get into a tangle
lay waste to
perplex
snarl up
mistake
be a blot on the landscape
wrench
twist
disfeature
strew
put in disarray
rummage
muddle up
make a shambles of
throw into chaos
brake
encumber
cumber
shackle
handicap
clog
manacle
handcuff
stonewall
freeze
bork
dam
bind
close off
hog-tie
cut off
give a hard time
short-circuit
shut off
get in the way of
shut down
saddle with
chain
hold back
embarrass
tie up
get in the way
discombobulate
elude
make of no use or value
misarrange
sully
halt in its tracks
ditch
duck
run circles around
throw monkey wrench in
shake off
give the run-around
skip
run rings around
shake
throw a spanner in the works
buffalo
promote
dodge
get around
throw a monkey wrench in the works
shuffle off
juke
throw off
muff
stir up
perturb
psych out
foul
fumble
ruffle
blunder
bloody
pollute
blot
scratch
ding
rough up
bend
bruise
shake up
warp
tweak
rearrange
meddle
tamper
replace
turn upside down
confront
stifle
stump
dash one's hope
prohibit
render null and void
overcome
lick
upset the applecart
preclude
arrest
give the run around
counteract
forbid
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