What is another word for shook up ?

To have triggered a passionate feeling or reaction

energised^UK

energized^US

put someone's nose out of joint

fired the imagination of

called forth

built up

perked up

fired the enthusiasm of

revitalized^US

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

rubbed up the wrong way

spooked

acted as a incentive to

set up

acted as a stimulus to

revitalised^UK

antagonized^US

pressurized^US

favoured^UK

favored^US

added fuel to the flames

mobilised^UK

mobilized^US

setted one's teeth on edge

given someone the hump

antagonised^UK

pressurised^UK

tried the patience of

sticked in one's craw

made someone see red

acted as a impetus to

got across

cheered up

wakened up

gave someone the hump

gotten under your skin

made more exciting

given a shot in the arm to

gave a shot in the arm to

added fuel

gotten up

gave the incentive to

given the incentive to

shaken

shaken up

given a new lease of life to

gotten one started

gave a new lease of life to

driven to distraction

driven round the bend

gotten on one's nerves

gotten on your nerves

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Verb

Past tense for to cause to feel upset or agitated

upset

unsettled

distressed

tugged at your heartstrings

biassed^UK

biased^US

fazed

impacted on

made an impression on

turned someone's head

regarded

interested

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“Understandably, the terrible news would greatly shake him up.”

Verb

stopped someone in their tracks

Past tense for to cause an unpleasant shock or surprise to

hit like a ton of bricks

took by surprise

confused

knocked out

took your breath away

left aghast

perplexed

blew your mind

knocked the stuffing out of

setted someone back on their heels

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

petrified

jarred

threw off balance

took the wind out of your sails

put out of action

knocked over with feather

hit like ton of bricks

scandalized^US

shook out of your complacency

scandalised^UK

raised someone's eyebrows

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

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“All I wanted to do was shake him up a little, to put a scare into him by hauling him up before his superiors.”

Verb

Past tense for to make drastic changes to

“Even in the smallest ways in those first days, Roosevelt wanted to shake up the department and assert the reform agenda.”

Verb

Past tense for to mix or blend together

homogenized^US

homogenised^UK

synthesized^US

synthesised^UK

harmonized^US

harmonised^UK

hybridized^US

hybridised^UK

melted into one another

faded into one another

molt^US

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“Tightly close the bottle cover and shake up the ingredients until they are well blended.”

Verb

Plumped up

Verb

Past tense for to organize something again, or in a different manner

Verb

threw a monkey wrench into

(usually of a disease or condition) Past tense for to affect adversely

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

put out of commission

jeopardized^US

jeopardised^UK

vandalized^US

vandalised^UK

played merry hell with

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

drove a nail into the coffin of

torn

tore

driven a nail into the coffin of

gnew

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Verb

pulled the rug from under

Past tense for to overawe someone, especially with words or facts they may not fully comprehend

terrorised^UK

terrorized^US

pulled the rug out from under

upset

disturbed

worried

put someone off their stroke

caused someone to lose their composure

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

put out of countenance

bowled over

let down

gave a turn

stopped someone in their tracks

caused to be at a stand

put someone off their stride

made someone scratch their head

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

messed up

threw into a tizzy

filled with consternation

balked^US

setted someone back on their heels

baulked^UK

struck dumb

setted someone thinking

knocked the stuffing out of

scared the bejesus out of

sprang

made someone jump out of their skin

scared to death

sprung

gave someone a fright

rubbed up the wrong way

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

put someone's nose out of joint

gotten on your nerves

got on your wick

given someone the hump

gave someone the hump

afflicted

made cross

got under your skin

gotten under your skin

rankled with

driven mad

drove mad

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

made somebody's hackles rise

ruffled one's feathers

gotten on one's nerves

hurt somebody's feelings

got your dander up

driven to distraction

drove to distraction

picked on

grieved

given someone the pip

driven round the twist

drove round the twist

driven round the bend

drove round the bend

fired up

turned off

rubbed you up the wrong way

hit where one lives

inconvenienced

rattled someone's cage

gotten up someone's nose

got up someone's nose

setted one's teeth on edge

tried the patience of

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

agonized^US

breathed down someone's neck

agonised^UK

sticked in one's craw

eaten at

ate at

got your hackles up

gotten your hackles up

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

victimized^US

made an enemy of somebody

made things hot for someone

energized^US

victimised^UK

made it hot for someone

inspirited

worked into lather

enthused

pushed someon's buttons

gotten on the wrong side of

energised^UK

messed with one's head

sticked the knife into

got on the wrong side of

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

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Verb

Past tense for to modify something after a thorough examination

modernised^UK

modernized^US

refitted

refurbished

adjusted

remodeled^US

remodelled^UK

Verb

Past tense for to stimulate or become stimulated

revitalised^UK

revitalized^US

energised^UK

energized^US

Verb

Past tense for suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs

Verb

Past tense for inflict trauma

hurt somebody's feelings

agonized^US

agonised^UK

pushed the buttons of

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Verb

Past tense for to treat with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly

brutalised^UK

brutalized^US

victimised^UK

victimized^US

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Verb

made far-reaching changes in

Past tense for to radically or significantly change

revolutionised^UK

revolutionized^US

remodeled^US

remodelled^UK

reorganised^UK

reorganized^US

modernised^UK

modernized^US

recast

metamorphosed

remolded^US

remoulded^UK

broke with the past

Adjective

Emotionally defeated or dispirited

with one's stomach in knots

like a cat on a hot tin roof

in a flap

a bundle of nerves

having butterflies in the stomach

with your heart in your mouth

on pins and needles

all of a dither

in a tizz

in a state of agitation

put out of countenance

like a fish out of water

aghast

sweating bullets

in a state of nerves

like a cat on hot bricks

agonized^US

agonised^UK

racked with suffering

at the end of your tether

like a chicken with its head cut off

shaking in one's shoes

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

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Adjective

at the end of your tether

Overcome or consumed by an emotion

het up

having kittens

out of one's wit

not knowing what to do with oneself

knock-down-and-drag-out

woolly^UK

wooly^US

like Piccadilly Circus

hell broke loose

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Adjective