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Ruffle

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Main Entry: ruffle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mess up

Synonyms:

cockle, confuse, crease, crinkle, crumple, crush, derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, pucker, purse, rifle, rumple, tangle, tousle, wrinkle
Notes: a continuous low drumbeat is a ruffle, a continuous even drumbeat is a tattoo, a continuous loud drumbeat is a drumroll

Antonyms:

smooth
Main Entry: ruffle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: upset, irritate

Synonyms:

abrade, agitate, anger, annoy, bluster, bother, browbeat, bully, chafe, confuse, cow*, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, excite, floor*, flummox, flurry, fluster, fret, fuddle, gall, get to, harass, intimidate, irk, nettle, peeve, perturb, provoke, put off, put out, rattle, rattle one's cage, shake up, stir, stump, throw into tizzy, torment, trouble, unsettle, vex, wear, worry

Antonyms:

calm, soothe
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: annoy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: irritate, upset

Synonyms:

T-off, abrade, agitate, ask for it, badger, be at, be on the back of, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, burn up, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on, exasperate, fire up, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, heat up, henpeck, hit where one lives, irk, madden, make waves, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, tick off, trouble, turn off, vex, work on, worry

Antonyms:

aid, gratify, make happy, please, soothe
Main Entry: blow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blast, rush of air, wind

Synonyms:

breathe, buffet, drive, exhale, fan, flap, flow, flutter, gasp, heave, huff, inflate, pant, puff, pump, ruffle, rush, stream, swell, swirl, waft, wave, whiff, whirl, whisk, whisper, whistle
Main Entry: bristle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become upset, excited

Synonyms:

be angry, be infuriated, be maddened, blow up, boil, boil over, bridle, flare, flare up, fume, get one's dander up, rage, rise, ruffle, see red, seethe, spit*, stand on end, swell
Main Entry: chafe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rub, grind against

Synonyms:

abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, inflame, irritate, peel, ruffle, scrape, scratch, skin, wear
Notes: to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly
Main Entry: chafe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: annoy

Synonyms:

abrade, anger, annoy, bother, exasperate, exercise, fret, fume, gall, grate, harass, incense, inflame, irk, irritate, itch, offend, provoke, rage, rasp, rub, ruffle, scrape, scratch, vex, worry

Antonyms:

make happy
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
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