| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder; knock over |
Synonyms: |
capsize, change, derange, disarray, disorganize, disturb, invert, jumble, keel over, mess up*, mix up, muddle, overset, overturn, pitch, put out of order, reverse, rummage, spill, spoil, subvert, tilt, tip over, topple, tumble, turn, turn inside-out, turn topsy-turvy, turn upside-down, unsettle, upend, upturn |
Antonyms: |
hold, order, place, straighten |
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
Synonyms: |
adjy, afflict, agitate, ail, bewilder, bug*, confound, cramp, craze, debilitate, derange, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, egg on, fire up, flip out, flip*, floor*, flurry, fluster, get to, give a hard time, grieve, incapacitate, indispose, key up, lay up, make a scene, make waves, perturb, pick on, pother, psych, rattle, rock the boat, ruffle, sicken, spook, stir up, throw off balance, turn, turn on, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle |
Antonyms: |
delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat |
Synonyms: |
be victorious, beat, conquer, get the better of, outplay, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overturn, topple, triumph over, win |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | upsetting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disturbing |
Synonyms: |
aggravating, agitating, alarming, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, consequential, creepy, depressing, difficult, disagreeable, discomforting, discommoding, discomposing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, disruptive, distressful, distressing, embarrassing, foreboding, frightening, gloomy, harassing, hard, impeding, inconvenient, intrusive, irksome, irritating, laborious, ominous, onerous, painful, perplexing, perturbing, pessimistic, prophetic, provoking, severe, sinister, startling, threatening, tiresome, toilsome, troublesome, troubling, troublous, trying, uncertain, unpleasant, unsettling, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
Synonyms: |
act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| 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: | ail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt |
Synonyms: |
afflict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder |
Synonyms: |
beat, block, check, circumvent, dash, defeat, disappoint, foil, frustrate, impede, obstruct, prevent, ruin, thwart, upset |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, assist, encourage, help, relieve, support |
| Main Entry: | bewilder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, baffle, ball up, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, floor*, fluster, mess with one's head, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow*, stump, stupefy, throw, upset |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, orient |
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, annoy; give trouble |
Synonyms: |
afflict, aggravate, agitate, alarm, badger, bedevil, bore, browbeat, carp at, concern, cross, discommode, disconcert, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, exacerbate, exasperate, goad, grate on, grieve, harry, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, insult, intrude upon, irk, irritate, molest, nag, needle, nudge, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, pursue, put out, ride, scare, spite, tantalize, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, help, please |