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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, wrinkle, tousle |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
| Synonyms: | abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off*, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | derange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make crazy; confuse |
| Synonyms: | confound, craze*, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, distract, disturb, frenzy, madden, mess up*, misplace, muss*, perplex, ruffle, rummage, unbalance, unhinge*, unsettle, upset, dement, drive mad, make insane |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disarrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | derange, discompose, disturb, jumble, mess, mix up, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, unsettle, untidy, get out of order |
| Main Entry: | discomfit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, frustrate; confuse |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, baffle, balk, beat, bother, checkmate, confound, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foil, irk, outwit, overcome, perplex, perturb, prevent, rattle, ruffle, thwart, unsettle, upset, vex, worry, worst, take aback, trump |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | discompose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke, agitate |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bewilder, bother, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, disorganize, displease, disquiet, disturb, embarrass, faze, flurry, fluster, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, rattle, ruffle, unhinge, unsettle, upset, vex, worry, discombobulate |
| Antonyms: | calm, compose, soothe |
| Main Entry: | disconcert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake up; confuse |
| Synonyms: | abash, agitate, baffle, balk, bewilder, bug, confound, demoralize, disarrange, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foul up, frustrate, hinder, nonplus, perplex, perturb, put off, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, trouble, unbalance, undo, unsettle, upset, worry, discombobulate, get to, psych out, take aback, throw off balance, upset apple cart |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, soothe |
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agitate, confuse |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, bother, bustle, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, fluster, flutter, frustrate, fuss, galvanize, hassle, hurry, hustle, perplex, perturb, provoke, quicken, rattle, ruffle, stimulate, unhinge, unsettle, upset, discombobulate |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, quiet |
| Main Entry: | fluster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perturbation, upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, brouhaha, commotion, disturbance, dither, flap*, flurry, flutter, furor, ruffle, state*, to-do*, turmoil |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, comfort, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, perturb |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, craze*, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, flip*, flurry, frustrate, hassle, heat*, hurry, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, spook*, unhinge*, work up*, addle, discombobulate, fuddle*, get to*, make nervous, make waves, psych, stir up, throw off balance |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, settle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wave rapidly, flap |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bat, beat, dance, drift, flicker, flit, flop, fluctuate, hover, lop, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quaver, quiver, ripple, ruffle, shake, shiver, swing, throb, tremble, vibrate, wiggle, wobble, flitter |
| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | double thickness |
| Synonyms: | bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, dog's ear, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | fracas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, altercation, battle, battle royal*, brawl, broil*, brouhaha, dispute, donnybrook*, feud, flap*, fray, free-for-all*, hassle, melee, mix up*, quarrel, riot, row, ruffle, rumpus, run-in*, scrimmage, scuffle, squabble, stew*, trouble, tumult, uproar, words, bickering, knock-down-drag-out, ruction, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luxury, nice touch |
| Synonyms: | amenity, decoration, doodad*, extravagance, flounce, frippery*, fuss, garbage*, garnish, gathering, gimcrack*, jazz*, lace, ruffle, superfluity, thing*, tuck, fandangle, foppery, gingerbread |
| Antonyms: | plainness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fringe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, trimming |
| Synonyms: | binding, borderline, brim, brink, edge, flounce, hem, limit, march, margin, outside, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, ruffle, skirt, verge, edging, mane, rickrack, tassel |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | intimidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, threaten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, awe, badger, bait, bludgeon, bluster, bowl over*, browbeat*, buffalo, bulldoze*, bully, chill, coerce, compel, constrain, cow*, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, dragoon, enforce, force, hound*, lean on, oblige, overawe, push around, ride*, ruffle, scare, showboat, spook, strong-arm, subdue, terrify, terrorize, twist someone's arm |
| Antonyms: | assist, encourage, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aggravate; rub the wrong way |
| Synonyms: | abrade, annoy, bother, bug*, discommode, disturb, eat*, fret, gall, harass, inconvenience, irritate, miff, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out*, rasp, rile, ruffle, trouble, vex, get on nerves, get to*, give a hard time, incommode, make waves |
| Antonyms: | delight, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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