| Main Entry: | craze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make insane |
Synonyms: |
bewilder, confuse, dement, derange, distemper, distract, drive mad, enrage, frenzy, infatuate, inflame, madden, unbalance, unhinge |
Antonyms: |
balance, clear up, steady |
| Main Entry: | agitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disturb, trouble someone |
Synonyms: |
alarm, argue, arouse, bug up, bug*, burn up, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on, examine, excite, ferment, flurry, fluster, get to, incite, inflame, make flip, move, perturb, psych, push buttons, rouse, ruffle, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on, unhinge, upset, ventilate, work up, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, not bother, quiet, soothe |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone mad; become mad |
Synonyms: |
acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex |
Antonyms: |
calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe |
| Main Entry: | derange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make crazy; confuse |
Synonyms: |
confound, craze*, dement, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, distract, disturb, drive mad, frenzy, madden, make insane, mess up*, misplace, muss, perplex, ruffle, rummage, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort |
| Main Entry: | fluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, perturb |
Synonyms: |
addle, agitate, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, craze*, discombobulate, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, flip*, flurry, frustrate, fuddle, get to, hassle, heat*, hurry, make nervous, make waves, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, psych, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, spook, stir up, throw off balance, unhinge, work up |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort, settle |
| Main Entry: | incite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, provoke |
Synonyms: |
abet, activate, actuate, agitate, animate, arouse, coax, craze, drive, egg on, encourage, excite, exhort, fan the fire, foment, force, forward, further, get to, goad, impel, induce, inflame, influence, inspire, inspirit, instigate, juice*, key up, motivate, persuade, prick, promote, prompt, provoke, psych, push, put up to, raise, rouse, set, set off, solicit, spur, stimulate, stir up, talk into, taunt, trigger, urge, whip up, work up |
| Notes: | incite means to provoke or stir up while insight means clear or deep perception of a situation |
Antonyms: |
delay, deter, discourage, prohibit |
| Main Entry: | madden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make angry |
Synonyms: |
anger, annoy, bother, craze, derange, distract, drive crazy, drive insane, drive out of mind, drive to distraction, enrage, exasperate, frenzy, incense, inflame, infuriate, ire, irritate, make see red, pester, possess, provoke, shatter, steam up, umbrage, unbalance, unhinge, upset, vex |
Antonyms: |
gladden, make happy |
| Main Entry: | rouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate, excite |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, agitate, anger, animate, arouse, ask for it, awaken, bestir, bug*, challenge, craze, deepen, disturb, enhance, enliven, exhilarate, fire up, foment, galvanize, get going, heighten, incite, inflame, innervate, innerve, instigate, intensate, intensify, key up, kindle, magnify, make waves, mount, move, needle, pep up, pique, provoke, quicken, rally, redouble, rile, rise, startle, steam up, stir, trigger, urge, vivify, wake, wake up, waken, whet, whip up, work up |
Antonyms: |
calm, disenchant, dull |
| Main Entry: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incite, stimulate |
Synonyms: |
abet, actuate, add fuel to fire, adjy, affect, agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, bestir, challenge, craze, drive, electrify, energize, excite, feed the fire, foment, galvanize, impel, inflame, inspire, kindle, make waves, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, psych, quicken, raise, rally, rile, rouse, roust, rout, set, spark, spook, spur, stir embers, stir up, switch on, thrill, touch, trigger, urge, vitalize, wake, waken, whet, whip up, work up |
Antonyms: |
calm, discourage |
| Main Entry: | undo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nullify, invalidate |
Synonyms: |
abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, break, bring down, bring to naught, cancel, cramp, craze, crimp, decimate, defeat, demolish, destroy, have*, impoverish, injure, make waves, mar, negate, neutralize, offset, outfox, outmaneuver, outsmart, overreach, overthrow, overturn, quash, queer*, raze, reverse, ruin, screw up, shatter, skin*, smash, spoil, stymie*, subvert, unbuild, undermine, unsettle, upset, vitiate, wipe out, wrack, wreck |
Antonyms: |
approve, permit, validate |