| Main Entry: | foul up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mess of |
Synonyms: |
botch, bungle, confuse, jumble, mismanage, mix up, muck up, muddle, screw up, snafu, snarl, tumble |
Antonyms: |
fix, mend, organize |
| Main Entry: | blight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up, frustrate, glitch up, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck |
Antonyms: |
aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect |
| Main Entry: | blunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make mistake |
Synonyms: |
ball up, blow, bobble, botch, bumble, bungle, confuse, drop the ball, err, flounder, flub, foul up, fumble, gum up, louse up, mess up, misjudge, screw up, slip up, stumble |
Antonyms: |
correct, fix, restore |
| Main Entry: | bungle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder, mess up |
Synonyms: |
ball up, boggle, botch, butcher, drop the ball, err, flub, foul up, fudge, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, make a mess of, mar, mess up, miscalculate, mishandle, mismanage, muff, ruin, screw up, spoil |
Antonyms: |
do well, fix, manage, succeed |
| Main Entry: | complicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, make difficult |
Synonyms: |
add fuel to fire, bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up, handicap, impede, infold, interfuse, interrelate, interweave, involve, jumble, make intricate, make waves, mix up, muck up, muddle, multiply, obscure, open can of worms, perplex, ravel, render unintelligible, screw up, snafu, snag, snarl up, tangle, twist, upset |
Antonyms: |
disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, make simple, untangle |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray, hinder |
Synonyms: |
backtalk, block, bollix, buck, crab, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, flummox, foil, foul up, frustrate, have bone to pick, impede, interfere, knock props out, louse up, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell out, sell*, snafu, stab in the back, stonewall, stump, stymie, take on, take wind out of sails, thwart |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | disconcert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake up; confuse |
Synonyms: |
abash, agitate, baffle, balk, bewilder, bug, confound, demoralize, disarrange, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foul up, frustrate, get to, hinder, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, put off, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, take aback, throw off balance, trouble, unbalance, undo, unsettle, upset, upset apple cart, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort, soothe |
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappoint, fill with consternation |
Synonyms: |
abash, affright, agitate, alarm, appall, bewilder, bother, chill, confound, daunt, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, dispirit, disquiet, distress, disturb, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, flummox, fluster, foul up, frighten, get to, horrify, louse up, mess up*, muck up, mystify, nonplus, paralyze, perplex, put off, puzzle, rattle, scare, screw up, shake, snafu, take aback, terrify, terrorize, throw, throw into a tizzy, unhinge, unnerve, upset |
Antonyms: |
assure, encourage, make happy |
| Main Entry: | disturb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder; dislocate |
Synonyms: |
confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disorganize, displace, distort, foul up, interfere, jumble, louse up, mess up, mix up, move, muddle, remove, replace, shift, tamper, unsettle, upset |
| Notes: | disturb is based on Latin turba 'tumult' and disturb applies better to physical agitation and perturb to mental agitation |
Antonyms: |
arrange, locate, order, organize, sort |
| Main Entry: | err |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mistake; do wrong |
Synonyms: |
be in error, be inaccurate, be incorrect, be mistaken, blow*, blunder, bollix, boo-boo, deviate, drop the ball, fall, flub, foul up, go astray, go wrong, goof, lapse, louse up, make a mess of, mess up*, misapprehend, misbehave, miscalculate, misjudge, muff, offend, screw up, sin, slip up, snafu, snarl up, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, wander |
Antonyms: |
correct |