| Main Entry: | antagonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause problem; oppose |
Synonyms: |
alienate, anger, annoy, counteract, estrange, insult, irritate, neutralize, offend, repel, struggle, work against |
Antonyms: |
agree, aid, help |
| 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: | disaffect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose affection for, estrange |
Synonyms: |
agitate, alienate, antagonize, discompose, disquiet, disturb, disunify, disunite, divide, repel, upset, wean |
Antonyms: |
content, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | displease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make unhappy |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, cap, chagrin, cool, curdle, cut to the quick, disappoint, discontent, disgruntle, disgust, disoblige, dissatisfy, enrage, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, hurt, incense, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, perplex, pique, play dirty, provoke, put out, repel, revolt, rile, roil, sound, turn off, upset, vex, wing*, worry, zing |
Antonyms: |
appease, calm, compose, delight, humor, make happy, please, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | estrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy the affections of |
Synonyms: |
alien, alienate, antagonize, break up, disaffect, disunify, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, drive apart, leave, make hostile, part, put on the outs, separate, set at odds, sever, split, sunder, turn off, wean, withdraw, withhold |
Antonyms: |
engage, marry, unite |
| Main Entry: | offend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease, insult |
Synonyms: |
affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, antagonize, be disagreeable, disgruntle, disgust, disoblige, distress, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, horrify, hurt, irritate, jar, miff, nauseate, nettle, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, repel, repulse, rile, shock, sicken, sin, slight, slur, snub, sting, transgress, trespass, turn one off, upset, vex, wound, zing |
Antonyms: |
compliment, please |
| Main Entry: | resist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withstand, oppose |
Synonyms: |
abide, abstain from, antagonize, assail, assault, battle, bear, brook, buck, check, combat, confront, contend, continue, counteract, countervail, curb, defy, die hard, dispute, duel, endure, fight back, forbear, forgo, hinder, hold, hold off, hold out against, keep from, leave alone, maintain, persevere, persist, prevent, put up a fight, refrain, refuse, remain, remain firm, repel, stand up to, stay, stonewall, struggle against, suffer, thwart, traverse, turn down, weather |
Antonyms: |
comply, conform, go along |
| Main Entry: | shock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | completely surprise |
Synonyms: |
abash, agitate, anger, antagonize, appall, astound, awe, bowl over, daze, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, disturb, electrify, flabbergast, flood, floor*, give a turn, hit like ton of bricks, horrify, insult, jar, jolt, knock out, nauseate, numb, offend, outrage, overcome, overwhelm, paralyze, revolt, rock, scandalize, shake, shake up, sicken, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, throw a curve, traumatize, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | bullyrag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intimidate |
Synonyms: |
annoy, antagonize, badger, bait, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, chivy, coerce, harass, heckle, hector, hound, menace, mistreat, taunt, tease, terrorize, threaten, torment |
| Main Entry: | envenom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poison |
Synonyms: |
acerbate, alienate, anger, antagonize, contaminate, embitter, empoison, harm, impair, infect, injure, make bitter, make sick, rankle, taint |