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bother
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make confused or perplexed or puzzled
make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
related words >
abash
,
abrade
,
abuse a privilege
,
addle
,
addle the wits
,
ado
,
afflict
,
aggravate
,
aggravation
,
agitate
,
agitation
,
ail
,
annoy
,
annoyance
,
anxiety
,
awkwardness
,
bad news
,
badger
,
baffle
,
bafflement
,
bait
,
ball up
,
be at
,
be the matter
,
becloud
,
bedazzle
,
bedevil
,
bedevilment
,
befuddle
,
befuddlement
,
beset
,
besetment
,
bewilder
,
bewilderment
,
bore
,
botheration
,
bothersomeness
,
brawl
,
bristle
,
broil
,
brouhaha
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bullyrag
,
burden
,
burdening
,
burn up
,
burst
,
bustle
,
can of worms
,
chafe
,
chaos
,
charging
,
chivy
,
cloud
,
clumsiness
,
commotion
,
complicate matters
,
concern
,
confoundment
,
confuse
,
confusion
,
crashing bore
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
demand
,
devil
,
devilment
,
difficulty
,
dilemma
,
disaccommodate
,
disadvantage
,
discombobulate
,
discombobulation
,
discomfit
,
discomfiture
,
discomfort
,
discommode
,
discommodity
,
discompose
,
discomposure
,
disconcert
,
disconcertedness
,
disconcertion
,
disconcertment
,
dismay
,
disoblige
,
disorder
,
disorganization
,
disorganize
,
disorient
,
disorientation
,
disquiet
,
distemper
,
distress
,
disturb
,
disturbance
,
dither
,
dog
,
dogging
,
donnybrook
,
donnybrook fair
,
downer
,
drag
,
dustup
,
effort
,
embarrass
,
embarrassment
,
embroilment
,
encroach upon
,
enigma
,
entangle
,
evil
,
exaction
,
exasperate
,
exasperation
,
exercise
,
fash
,
feery-fary
,
ferment
,
fidgetiness
,
fit
,
fix
,
flap
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flusteration
,
flustration
,
flutter
,
flutteriness
,
fog
,
foofaraw
,
fracas
,
frazzle
,
free-for-all
,
freighting
,
frenzy
,
fret
,
fuddle
,
fuddlement
,
fuss
,
fuss at
,
fussiness
,
get
,
give concern
,
great ado
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harassment
,
harry
,
harrying
,
hassle
,
haze
,
headache
,
heckle
,
hector
,
helter-skelter
,
hound
,
hounding
,
hubbub
,
hullabaloo
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
imposing an onus
,
imposition
,
incommode
,
incommodity
,
inconsiderateness
,
inconvenience
,
inconveniency
,
inconvenientness
,
infliction
,
irk
,
irritant
,
irritate
,
irritation
,
jam
,
jumble
,
lather
,
laying on
,
load with care
,
loading
,
loading down
,
maelstrom
,
make free with
,
matter
,
maze
,
melee
,
mess
,
miff
,
mist
,
mix up
,
moider
,
molest
,
molestation
,
muddle
,
muddlement
,
mystery
,
nag
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nonplus
,
nudge
,
nudzh
,
nuisance
,
obtrude upon
,
obtrusiveness
,
overstep
,
pain
,
peck of troubles
,
peeve
,
pell-mell
,
perplex
,
perplexity
,
persecute
,
persecution
,
perturb
,
perturbation
,
pest
,
pester
,
pet
,
pick on
,
pickle
,
pique
,
plague
,
plight
,
pluck the beard
,
pother
,
predicament
,
presume on
,
presume upon
,
presumptuousness
,
problem
,
provoke
,
pucker
,
put out
,
put to inconvenience
,
put to it
,
put to trouble
,
puzzle
,
puzzlement
,
quandary
,
racket
,
raise hell
,
rampage
,
rattle
,
restlessness
,
riddle
,
ride
,
rile
,
riot
,
roil
,
rough-and-tumble
,
roughhouse
,
row
,
ruckus
,
ruction
,
ruffle
,
rumpus
,
scramble
,
scrape
,
sea of troubles
,
shindy
,
shuffle
,
spasm
,
spurt
,
stew
,
stir
,
sweat
,
swirl
,
swivet
,
take a liberty
,
take liberties
,
tasking
,
taxing
,
tease
,
throw into confusion
,
tizzy
,
to-do
,
torment
,
trial
,
trouble
,
troublesomeness
,
try the patience
,
tumult
,
turmoil
,
tweak the nose
,
twitter
,
twitteration
,
unassuredness
,
unhandiness
,
unhinge
,
unquiet
,
unsettle
,
unsettlement
,
unwarranted demand
,
unwieldiness
,
uproar
,
upset
,
vex
,
vexation
,
vexatiousness
,
vortex
,
weighting
,
whirl
,
worriment
,
worry
senses
collapse
related words >
balance
,
chromesthesia
,
color hearing
,
consciousness
,
contact with reality
,
faculties
,
five senses
,
healthy mind
,
hearing
,
intellectual gifts
,
intellectuals
,
lucid interval
,
lucidity
,
mental balance
,
mental equilibrium
,
mental health
,
mental hygiene
,
mental poise
,
normalcy
,
normality
,
normalness
,
parts
,
phonism
,
photism
,
rationality
,
reason
,
reasonableness
,
receptor
,
right mind
,
sanemindedness
,
saneness
,
sanity
,
sense organ
,
sensillum
,
sensorium
,
sensory organ
,
sight
,
sixth sense
,
smell
,
sober senses
,
sobriety
,
sound mind
,
soundness
,
soundness of mind
,
synesthesia
,
taste
,
touch
,
wholesomeness
,
wits
edify
collapse
related words >
acculturate
,
advance
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
better
,
boost
,
bring forward
,
broaden the mind
,
catechize
,
civilize
,
demonstrate
,
direct
,
educate
,
elevate
,
elucidate
,
emend
,
enhance
,
enlighten
,
enrich
,
fatten
,
favor
,
forward
,
foster
,
give instruction
,
give lessons in
,
go straight
,
ground
,
guide
,
illume
,
illumine
,
improve
,
improve upon
,
inform
,
instruct
,
irradiate
,
lard
,
lift
,
make an improvement
,
meliorate
,
mend
,
nurture
,
open the eyes
,
promote
,
raise
,
reeducate
,
refine upon
,
reform
,
school
,
set right
,
sharpen the wits
,
show
,
show how
,
socialize
,
straighten out
,
teach
,
teach a lesson
,
teach the rudiments
,
transfigure
,
transform
,
upgrade
,
uplift
fuss
collapse
an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
related words >
addle
,
addle the wits
,
ado
,
agitate
,
agitation
,
air a grievance
,
altercation
,
argument
,
ball up
,
becloud
,
bedazzle
,
beef
,
befuddle
,
bellyache
,
bewilder
,
bicker
,
bickering
,
bitch
,
bleat
,
blood feud
,
blow off
,
bluff
,
bluster
,
bluster and bluff
,
blustering
,
boastfulness
,
bobbery
,
boil
,
boiling
,
bother
,
botheration
,
bravado
,
bravery
,
brawl
,
broil
,
brouhaha
,
bug
,
bullying
,
burn to
,
burst
,
bustle
,
buzz about
,
cacophony
,
carp at
,
chafe
,
chaos
,
chiffon
,
churn
,
clamor
,
clinquant
,
cloud
,
coil
,
commotion
,
complain
,
confuse
,
contention
,
controversy
,
conturbation
,
crab
,
croak
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
discombobulate
,
discomfit
,
discompose
,
discomposure
,
disconcert
,
disdain
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
disorient
,
dispute
,
disquiet
,
disquietude
,
disturb
,
disturbance
,
dither
,
donnybrook
,
donnybrook fair
,
dustup
,
ebullition
,
electrify
,
embarrass
,
embroilment
,
entangle
,
excitement
,
falling-out
,
fanaticism
,
fanfaronade
,
feery-fary
,
ferment
,
fermentation
,
festoons
,
feud
,
fever
,
feverishness
,
fidgetiness
,
fidgets
,
fight
,
finery
,
fit
,
flap
,
fliting
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flusteration
,
flustration
,
flutter
,
flutteration
,
flutteriness
,
fog
,
folderol
,
foment
,
fomentation
,
foofaraw
,
fracas
,
free-for-all
,
frenzy
,
fret
,
fret and fume
,
fret at
,
frilliness
,
frilling
,
frills
,
frills and furbelows
,
frippery
,
froufrou
,
fuddle
,
fuddy-duddy
,
fume
,
furor
,
furore
,
fury
,
fuss at
,
fuss-budget
,
fusser
,
fussiness
,
fusspot
,
gaiety
,
gaudery
,
get excited
,
gilding
,
gilt
,
gingerbread
,
granny
,
gripe
,
groan
,
grouch
,
grouse
,
growl
,
grumble
,
grunt
,
hardly wait
,
hassle
,
haste
,
hasten
,
hectoring
,
helter-skelter
,
henpeck
,
holler
,
howl
,
hubbub
,
hullabaloo
,
hurly-burly
,
hurrah
,
hurry
,
hurry about
,
imbroglio
,
inquietude
,
intimidation
,
itch to
,
jar
,
jitters
,
jolt
,
jump the gun
,
jumpiness
,
kick
,
lather
,
lodge a complaint
,
logomachy
,
maelstrom
,
make a fuss
,
malaise
,
maze
,
melee
,
miff
,
mist
,
mix up
,
moider
,
moil
,
muddle
,
murmur
,
mutter
,
nag
,
nerviness
,
nervosity
,
nervousness
,
nibble at
,
old maid
,
old woman
,
open quarrel
,
pandemonium
,
passion
,
paste
,
peck at
,
pell-mell
,
perplex
,
perturb
,
perturbation
,
pester
,
pick and choose
,
pick at
,
pick on
,
pinchbeck
,
polemic
,
pother
,
pucker
,
put out
,
quarrel
,
racket
,
rage
,
raise a howl
,
raise hell
,
rampage
,
rant
,
rattle
,
register a complaint
,
repine
,
restlessness
,
riot
,
rock
,
rodomontade
,
roil
,
rough-and-tumble
,
roughhouse
,
rout
,
row
,
ruckus
,
ruction
,
ruffle
,
rumpus
,
rush about
,
rush around
,
scorn
,
scramble
,
seethe
,
seething
,
shake
,
shake up
,
sharp words
,
shindig
,
shindy
,
shock
,
side
,
slanging match
,
snarl
,
spasm
,
spat
,
speed
,
splutter
,
spurn
,
spurt
,
sputter
,
squabble
,
squawk
,
squirm
,
stagger
,
stew
,
stink
,
stir
,
storminess
,
strife
,
superfluity
,
swagger
,
swashbucklery
,
sweat
,
sweat and stew
,
sweat it out
,
swirl
,
swivet
,
take on
,
tear around
,
tempestuousness
,
throw into confusion
,
tiff
,
tinsel
,
tizzy
,
to-do
,
trappings
,
trepidation
,
trepidity
,
trickery
,
trouble
,
trumpery
,
tumult
,
tumultuation
,
tumultuousness
,
turbidity
,
turbulence
,
turmoil
,
tussle
,
twitter
,
twitteration
,
unease
,
unquiet
,
unrest
,
unsettle
,
uproar
,
upset
,
vendetta
,
vortex
,
wail
,
wait impatiently
,
whine
,
whirl
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
whiz about
,
wildness
,
words
,
worry
,
wrangle
,
yammer
,
yap
,
yap at
,
yawp
,
yelp
,
zeal
,
zealousness
stupefy
collapse
related words >
KO
,
addle
,
amaze
,
anesthetize
,
appall
,
astonish
,
astound
,
awe
,
awestrike
,
bedaze
,
bedazzle
,
bemuse
,
benumb
,
besot
,
bewilder
,
blunt
,
boggle
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
chloroform
,
coldcock
,
confound
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
deaden
,
desensitize
,
dope
,
drug
,
dull
,
dumbfound
,
dumbfounder
,
etherize
,
faze
,
flabbergast
,
freeze
,
hebetate
,
horrify
,
kayo
,
knock out
,
knock senseless
,
knock stiff
,
knock unconscious
,
lay out
,
narcotize
,
nonplus
,
numb
,
obtund
,
overwhelm
,
palsy
,
paralyze
,
perplex
,
petrify
,
put to sleep
,
rattle
,
scare stiff
,
scare to death
,
shock
,
stagger
,
startle
,
strike dead
,
strike dumb
,
strike terror into
,
strike with wonder
,
stun
,
surprise
,
terrify
ruffle
collapse
pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"
trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
related words >
abrade
,
addle
,
addle the wits
,
ado
,
affect
,
aggravate
,
agitate
,
agitation
,
annoy
,
arouse
,
badger
,
bait
,
ball up
,
barrage
,
be at
,
beading
,
beat
,
beat a ruffle
,
beat a tattoo
,
beat the drum
,
beat time
,
beat up
,
beating
,
becloud
,
bedazzle
,
bedevil
,
befuddle
,
befuddlement
,
beset
,
bewilder
,
bewilderment
,
binding
,
bludgeon
,
bluster
,
bordering
,
bordure
,
bother
,
botheration
,
bristle
,
brouhaha
,
browbeat
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
bustle
,
chafe
,
chaos
,
chivy
,
churn
,
churn up
,
cloud
,
clutter
,
commotion
,
confuse
,
confusion
,
convulse
,
corrugate
,
count
,
count the beats
,
cow
,
crease
,
creasing
,
crimp
,
crinkle
,
crisp
,
crumple
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
derange
,
devil
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
discombobulate
,
discombobulation
,
discomfit
,
discomfiture
,
discompose
,
discomposure
,
disconcert
,
disconcertion
,
dishevel
,
dislocate
,
disorder
,
disorganization
,
disorganize
,
disorient
,
disorientation
,
disquiet
,
distemper
,
disturb
,
disturbance
,
dog
,
dog-ear
,
double
,
double over
,
doubling
,
dragoon
,
drum
,
drum music
,
drumbeat
,
drumfire
,
drumming
,
duplicature
,
ebullience
,
ebullition
,
eddy
,
edging
,
effervescence
,
electrify
,
embarrass
,
embarrassment
,
embitter
,
embroilment
,
enfold
,
entangle
,
erode
,
exasperate
,
excite
,
exercise
,
fan
,
fash
,
feery-fary
,
ferment
,
fermentation
,
fimbria
,
fimbriation
,
flare
,
flection
,
flexure
,
flounce
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flute
,
flutter
,
fog
,
fold
,
fold over
,
frenzy
,
fret
,
frill
,
frilling
,
fringe
,
fuddle
,
fuddlement
,
fume
,
furbelow
,
fuss
,
gall
,
galloon
,
gather
,
gathering
,
get
,
go pitapat
,
graze
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harry
,
haze
,
heckle
,
hector
,
hem
,
hex
,
hound
,
huff
,
hurly-burly
,
hurry
,
hurry-scurry
,
incense
,
inflame
,
infold
,
interfold
,
intimidate
,
irk
,
irritate
,
jar
,
jolt
,
jumble
,
keep time
,
lap over
,
lapel
,
lappet
,
list
,
litter
,
maze
,
mess
,
mess up
,
miff
,
misarrange
,
mist
,
mix up
,
moider
,
molest
,
motif
,
muddle
,
muddlement
,
muss
,
muss up
,
nag
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nudzh
,
paddle
,
palpitate
,
palpitation
,
paradiddle
,
patter
,
peeve
,
pell-mell
,
peplum
,
perplex
,
perplexity
,
persecute
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
perturbation
,
pester
,
pick on
,
pique
,
pitapat
,
pitter-patter
,
plague
,
plait
,
plat
,
play drum
,
pleat
,
plica
,
plicate
,
plication
,
plicature
,
pluck the beard
,
ply
,
pother
,
pound
,
pounding
,
provoke
,
psych out
,
pucker
,
pulsate
,
pulsation
,
put out
,
quill
,
raise hell
,
rankle
,
rat-a-tat
,
rat-tat
,
rat-tat-tat
,
rataplan
,
rattattoo
,
rattle
,
ride
,
rile
,
ripple
,
rock
,
roil
,
roll
,
roughen
,
rub
,
rub-a-dub
,
ruche
,
ruching
,
ruff
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
selvage
,
set on edge
,
set up
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shock
,
shuffle
,
skirting
,
sound a tattoo
,
spatter
,
splatter
,
splutter
,
spook
,
sputter
,
staccato
,
stagger
,
stew
,
stir
,
stir the blood
,
stir up
,
strong-arm
,
sweat
,
swirl
,
swirling
,
swivet
,
tangle
,
tap
,
tat-tat
,
tattoo
,
tease
,
throb
,
throbbing
,
throw
,
throw into confusion
,
thrum
,
thump
,
thumping
,
tizzy
,
to-do
,
tom-tom
,
torment
,
tousle
,
trimming
,
trouble
,
try the patience
,
tuck
,
tumult
,
turbulence
,
turmoil
,
turn over
,
tweak the nose
,
twill
,
unnerve
,
unsettle
,
unsettlement
,
unstring
,
uproar
,
upset
,
valance
,
vex
,
voodoo
,
vortex
,
wavelet
,
wear
,
welt
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whirl
,
whisk
,
wind
,
winnow
,
work up
,
worry
,
wrinkle
,
yeastiness
mystify
collapse
make mysterious; "mystify the story"
related words >
addle
,
amaze
,
around the bush
,
baffle
,
bamboozle
,
beat
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bewilder
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
buffalo
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
complicate
,
confound
,
confuse
,
corrupt
,
daze
,
dodge
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
floor
,
flummox
,
fool
,
fuddle
,
garble
,
get
,
hedge
,
hoax
,
humbug
,
jumble
,
keep in suspense
,
lick
,
make unintelligible
,
maze
,
misadvise
,
misdirect
,
miseducate
,
misguide
,
misinform
,
misinstruct
,
mislead
,
misteach
,
mix up
,
muddle
,
nitpick
,
nonplus
,
obfuscate
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
perplex
,
pervert
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
puzzle
,
quibble
,
scramble
,
shadow
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
stick
,
stump
,
tergiversate
,
throw
flurry
collapse
a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that); "he had to close the window against the flurries"; "there was a flurry of chicken feathers"
move in an agitated or confused manner
related words >
Scotch mist
,
activity
,
addle
,
addle the wits
,
ado
,
agitate
,
agitation
,
air speed
,
asking price
,
avalanche
,
ball up
,
bearish prices
,
beat
,
beat up
,
becloud
,
bedazzle
,
befuddle
,
befuddlement
,
bewilder
,
bewilderment
,
bid price
,
blast
,
blizzard
,
blood rain
,
blow
,
bluff
,
bluster
,
bluster and bluff
,
blustering
,
boastfulness
,
bobbery
,
boil
,
boiling
,
book value
,
bother
,
botheration
,
bravado
,
brouhaha
,
bug
,
bullish prices
,
bullying
,
burst
,
bustle
,
call price
,
celerity
,
chaos
,
churn
,
churn up
,
closing price
,
cloud
,
commotion
,
confuse
,
confusion
,
conturbation
,
convulse
,
crystal
,
dash
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
decline
,
disarrange
,
discombobulate
,
discombobulation
,
discomfit
,
discomfiture
,
discompose
,
discomposure
,
disconcert
,
disconcertion
,
disorder
,
disorganization
,
disorganize
,
disorient
,
disorientation
,
dispatch
,
disquiet
,
disquietude
,
distract
,
disturb
,
disturbance
,
drive
,
driven snow
,
drizzle
,
ebullience
,
ebullition
,
eddy
,
effervescence
,
electrify
,
embarrassment
,
embroilment
,
entangle
,
evening mist
,
excite
,
excitement
,
expedition
,
face value
,
fall
,
fanfaronade
,
fastness
,
feery-fary
,
ferment
,
fermentation
,
fever
,
feverishness
,
fidgetiness
,
fidgets
,
fit
,
fixed price
,
flake
,
flap
,
flash price
,
flaw
,
flight
,
flit
,
flummox
,
fluster
,
flutter
,
flutteration
,
flutteriness
,
fog
,
foment
,
frenzy
,
fret
,
fuddle
,
fuddlement
,
fume
,
furore
,
fuss
,
fussiness
,
galvanize
,
gout of rain
,
granular snow
,
ground speed
,
gust
,
haste
,
haze
,
hectoring
,
helter-skelter
,
high
,
hubbub
,
hullabaloo
,
hurly-burly
,
hurry
,
hurry-scurry
,
hustle
,
igloo
,
inquietude
,
instantaneousness
,
intimidation
,
issue par
,
issue price
,
jar
,
jitters
,
jolt
,
jumble
,
jumpiness
,
knots
,
lightning speed
,
low
,
maelstrom
,
malaise
,
mantle of snow
,
market price
,
market value
,
maze
,
mess
,
miles per hour
,
mist
,
misty rain
,
mix up
,
mizzle
,
mogul
,
moider
,
moil
,
moisture
,
muddle
,
muddlement
,
nerviness
,
nervosity
,
nervousness
,
nominal value
,
offering price
,
opening price
,
outburst
,
paddle
,
par
,
par value
,
parity
,
patter
,
pell-mell
,
perplex
,
perplexity
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
perturbation
,
pitter-patter
,
pother
,
precipitation
,
price
,
promptitude
,
promptness
,
provoke
,
pucker
,
put out
,
put price
,
quicken
,
quickness
,
quotation
,
quoted price
,
race
,
rain
,
raindrop
,
rainfall
,
rainwater
,
raise hell
,
rally
,
rant
,
rapidity
,
rattle
,
restlessness
,
rile
,
ripple
,
rock
,
rodomontade
,
roil
,
roughen
,
round pace
,
rout
,
row
,
rpm
,
ruffle
,
rumple
,
rush
,
scamper
,
scramble
,
scud
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
seethe
,
seething
,
settling price
,
shake
,
shake up
,
sheet of rain
,
shock
,
shower
,
shuffle
,
side
,
slosh
,
slush
,
snappiness
,
snow
,
snow banner
,
snow bed
,
snow blanket
,
snow blast
,
snow fence
,
snow flurry
,
snow roller
,
snow slush
,
snow squall
,
snow wreath
,
snow-crystal
,
snowball
,
snowbank
,
snowbridge
,
snowcap
,
snowdrift
,
snowfall
,
snowfield
,
snowflake
,
snowland
,
snowman
,
snowscape
,
snowshed
,
snowslide
,
snowslip
,
snowstorm
,
spasm
,
speed
,
speediness
,
splatter
,
splutter
,
sprinkle
,
spurt
,
sputter
,
stagger
,
stated value
,
stew
,
stimulate
,
stir
,
stir up
,
swagger
,
swashbucklery
,
sweat
,
swift rate
,
swiftness
,
swings
,
swirl
,
swirling
,
swivet
,
throw into confusion
,
tizzy
,
to-do
,
trepidation
,
trepidity
,
trouble
,
tumult
,
tumultuation
,
turbidity
,
turbulence
,
turmoil
,
twitter
,
unease
,
unfrozen hydrometeor
,
unhinge
,
unquiet
,
unrest
,
unsettle
,
unsettlement
,
uproar
,
upset
,
velocity
,
vortex
,
wet
,
wet snow
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whirl
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
whisk
,
wind gust
,
work up
,
yeastiness
rattle
collapse
loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail
a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"
shake and cause to make a rattling noise
make short successive sounds
related words >
Bedlam let loose
,
Klaxon
,
abash
,
abate
,
addle
,
addle the wits
,
agitate
,
agreeable rattle
,
assault
,
attenuate
,
babble
,
babbler
,
ball up
,
battery
,
bear
,
bear upon
,
becloud
,
bedazzle
,
bedlam
,
befuddle
,
bells
,
bewilder
,
bicker
,
big talker
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blabberer
,
blast
,
blather
,
blatherer
,
blether
,
blunt
,
bobbery
,
boiler factory
,
boiler room
,
bones
,
boost
,
bother
,
bounce
,
brattle
,
brawl
,
brouhaha
,
buck
,
bug
,
bull
,
bull-roarer
,
bulldoze
,
bullshit
,
bump
,
bump against
,
bunt
,
butt
,
butt against
,
cackle
,
call off
,
castanets
,
catcall
,
celesta
,
charivari
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chatterbox
,
chatterer
,
cherry bomb
,
chime
,
chimes
,
chirm
,
clack
,
clacker
,
clacket
,
clamor
,
clangor
,
clap
,
clapper
,
clappers
,
clatter
,
clatter about
,
clitter
,
clitterclatter
,
cloud
,
clunter
,
commotion
,
confound
,
confuse
,
cracker
,
crackle
,
crackling
,
cram
,
cramp
,
crash cymbal
,
cricket
,
cripple
,
crowd
,
cymbals
,
damp
,
dampen
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
devitalize
,
dig
,
din
,
discombobulate
,
discomfit
,
discompose
,
disconcert
,
discord
,
discountenance
,
disorganize
,
disorient
,
disquiet
,
distract
,
disturb
,
dither
,
donnybrook
,
drive
,
drivel
,
drool
,
drunken brawl
,
dull
,
dustup
,
elbow
,
electrify
,
embarrass
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
entangle
,
enumerate
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
faze
,
finger cymbals
,
firecracker
,
flap
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flutter
,
fog
,
force
,
fracas
,
free-for-all
,
fuddle
,
fuss
,
gab
,
gabber
,
gabble
,
gabbler
,
gamelan
,
gas
,
gasbag
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
gibble-gabbler
,
glockenspiel
,
go on
,
goad
,
gong
,
gossip
,
great talker
,
gruel
,
gush
,
handbells
,
haver
,
hell broke loose
,
horn
,
hot-air artist
,
howl
,
hubbub
,
hue and cry
,
hullabaloo
,
hurtle
,
hustle
,
idiophone
,
idle chatterer
,
jab
,
jabber
,
jabberer
,
jam
,
jangle
,
jar
,
jaw
,
jay
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
jounce
,
lay low
,
list
,
loud noise
,
lyra
,
magpie
,
maraca
,
marimba
,
maze
,
metallophone
,
mist
,
mitigate
,
mix up
,
moider
,
moulin a paroles
,
muddle
,
natter
,
noise
,
noise and shouting
,
noisemaker
,
nudge
,
orchestral bells
,
outcry
,
palaver
,
pandemonium
,
patter
,
patterer
,
percussion
,
percussion instrument
,
percussions
,
percussive
,
perplex
,
perturb
,
piffle
,
pile drive
,
poke
,
pother
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prater
,
prattle
,
prattler
,
press
,
prod
,
punch
,
push
,
put off
,
put out
,
racket
,
raise hell
,
ram
,
ram down
,
ramble
,
ramble on
,
rattle around
,
rattle on
,
rattlebones
,
rattlebox
,
rattletybang
,
rattling
,
recite
,
reduce
,
reel off
,
rhubarb
,
roar
,
rock
,
row
,
ruckle
,
ruckus
,
ruction
,
ruffle
,
rumble
,
rumpus
,
run
,
run against
,
run on
,
run through
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shatter
,
shindy
,
shivaree
,
shock
,
shoulder
,
shove
,
siren
,
sizzler
,
snapper
,
snappers
,
soften up
,
speed
,
spout
,
spout off
,
stagger
,
steam whistle
,
stir
,
stress
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
tam-tam
,
tamp
,
throw into confusion
,
thrust
,
thunder
,
thunderclap
,
ticktack
,
tintamarre
,
tintinnabula
,
tittle-tattle
,
tonitruone
,
triangle
,
trouble
,
tubular bells
,
tumult
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unsettle
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
uproar
,
upset
,
utter
,
vapor
,
vibes
,
vibraphone
,
vibrate
,
waffle
,
weaken
,
whistle
,
whizgig
,
whizzer
,
windbag
,
windjammer
,
word-slinger
,
xylophone
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
civilize
collapse
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
related words >
acculturate
,
advance
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
anthropomorphize
,
better
,
boost
,
bring forward
,
broaden
,
broaden the mind
,
catechize
,
demonstrate
,
direct
,
domesticate
,
edify
,
educate
,
elevate
,
emend
,
enhance
,
enlighten
,
enrich
,
fatten
,
favor
,
forward
,
foster
,
give instruction
,
give lessons in
,
go straight
,
ground
,
guide
,
humanize
,
illumine
,
improve
,
improve upon
,
inform
,
instruct
,
lard
,
lift
,
make an improvement
,
make human
,
meliorate
,
mend
,
nurture
,
open the eyes
,
polish
,
promote
,
raise
,
reeducate
,
refine
,
refine upon
,
reform
,
school
,
set right
,
sharpen the wits
,
show
,
show how
,
socialize
,
straighten out
,
tame
,
teach
,
teach a lesson
,
teach the rudiments
,
transfigure
,
transform
,
upgrade
,
uplift
educate
collapse
give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"
train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
related words >
acculturate
,
advance
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
better
,
boost
,
brief
,
bring forward
,
bring up
,
broaden the mind
,
catechize
,
civilize
,
coach
,
cultivate
,
demonstrate
,
develop
,
direct
,
discipline
,
drill
,
edify
,
elevate
,
emend
,
enhance
,
enlighten
,
enrich
,
explain
,
fatten
,
favor
,
forward
,
foster
,
give instruction
,
give lessons in
,
go straight
,
ground
,
guide
,
illumine
,
improve
,
improve upon
,
inculcate
,
indoctrinate
,
inform
,
instruct
,
lard
,
lift
,
make an improvement
,
meliorate
,
mend
,
nurture
,
open the eyes
,
prepare
,
promote
,
raise
,
ready
,
rear
,
reeducate
,
refine upon
,
reform
,
school
,
set right
,
sharpen the wits
,
show
,
show how
,
socialize
,
straighten out
,
teach
,
teach a lesson
,
teach the rudiments
,
train
,
transfigure
,
transform
,
tutor
,
upgrade
,
uplift
buffalo
collapse
meat from an American bison
a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)
intimidate or overawe
related words >
Brahman
,
Indian buffalo
,
addle
,
amaze
,
aurochs
,
baffle
,
balk
,
bamboozle
,
beat
,
beef
,
beef cattle
,
beeves
,
bilk
,
bison
,
boggle
,
bossy
,
bovine
,
bovine animal
,
bull
,
bullock
,
calf
,
carabao
,
cattle
,
circumvent
,
confound
,
cow
,
critter
,
dairy cattle
,
dairy cow
,
dash
,
daze
,
disappoint
,
dogie
,
floor
,
foil
,
fuddle
,
get
,
heifer
,
hornless cow
,
keep in suspense
,
kine
,
leppy
,
lick
,
maverick
,
maze
,
milch cow
,
milcher
,
milk cow
,
milker
,
muddle
,
muley cow
,
muley head
,
musk-ox
,
mystify
,
neat
,
nonplus
,
ox
,
oxen
,
perplex
,
puzzle
,
ruin
,
steer
,
stick
,
stirk
,
stot
,
stump
,
throw
,
wisent
,
yak
,
yearling
,
zebu
mull
collapse
an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"
heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider"
related words >
addle
,
ball up
,
befuddle
,
benumb
,
bewilder
,
blunt
,
botch
,
botchery
,
candy
,
chafe
,
chew over
,
con
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
cook
,
dally
,
deliberate over
,
desensitize
,
dillydally
,
discombobulate
,
distract
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
edulcorate
,
electric-heat
,
evaluate
,
examine
,
fire
,
fire up
,
foment
,
fuddle
,
gas-heat
,
glaze
,
hash
,
heat
,
honey
,
hot
,
hot up
,
hot-air-heat
,
hot-water-heat
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mix-up
,
muddle
,
mull over
,
muse on
,
muss
,
numb
,
overheat
,
poke
,
ponder
,
preheat
,
procrastinate
,
put off
,
recook
,
reheat
,
review
,
ruminate over
,
saccharify
,
shambles
,
steam
,
stoke up
,
study
,
sugar
,
sugar off
,
sugarcoat
,
superheat
,
sweeten
,
tarry
,
tepefy
,
think about
,
think over
,
throw off
,
turn over
,
warm
,
warm over
,
warm up
,
weigh
consciousness
collapse
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"
related words >
advertence
,
advertency
,
alertness
,
all-night vigil
,
apperception
,
appreciation
,
appreciativeness
,
assiduity
,
assiduousness
,
attention
,
attention span
,
attentiveness
,
awareness
,
brain
,
care
,
carefulness
,
cognition
,
cognizance
,
concentration
,
concern
,
consideration
,
diligence
,
ear
,
earnestness
,
experience
,
faculties
,
feeling
,
head
,
heed
,
heedfulness
,
insight
,
insomnia
,
insomniac
,
insomnolence
,
insomnolency
,
intellect
,
intellectual gifts
,
intellectuals
,
intelligence
,
intentiveness
,
intentness
,
lidless vigil
,
mentality
,
mindfulness
,
noesis
,
note
,
notice
,
observance
,
observation
,
parts
,
percept
,
perception
,
realization
,
recognition
,
regard
,
regardfulness
,
remark
,
respect
,
response
,
response to stimuli
,
restlessness
,
sensation
,
sense
,
sense impression
,
sense perception
,
senses
,
sensibility
,
sensory experience
,
sentience
,
sleeplessness
,
thought
,
tossing and turning
,
vigil
,
wake
,
wakefulness
,
wise man
,
wits
distract
collapse
draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
related words >
absorb
,
addle
,
agitate
,
amuse
,
ball up
,
befuddle
,
beguile
,
bemuse
,
bewilder
,
blunt
,
bother
,
bug
,
call away
,
chill
,
confound
,
confuse
,
convulse
,
cool
,
craze
,
damp
,
dampen
,
daze
,
deflect
,
delight
,
dement
,
derange
,
deter
,
detract
,
detract attention
,
disaffect
,
discompose
,
disconcert
,
discourage
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
disturb
,
divert
,
divert the mind
,
drive insane
,
drive mad
,
embroil
,
engross
,
entertain
,
fluster
,
frenzy
,
fuddle
,
gratify
,
indispose
,
interest
,
mad
,
madden
,
make mad
,
mix up
,
mystify
,
occupy
,
perplex
,
perturb
,
psych
,
put off
,
puzzle
,
quench
,
rattle
,
repel
,
send mad
,
shatter
,
sidetrack
,
spook
,
throw
,
throw into confusion
,
throw off
,
trouble
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
unbalance
,
unhinge
,
unsettle
,
upset
,
wean from
inebriate
collapse
related words >
addle
,
addled
,
alcoholic
,
alcoholic addict
,
bacchanal
,
bacchanalian
,
beery
,
befuddle
,
bemuse
,
bemused
,
besot
,
besotted
,
bibber
,
big drunk
,
blind drunk
,
boozer
,
carouser
,
chronic alcoholic
,
chronic drunk
,
crapulent
,
crapulous
,
devotee of Bacchus
,
dipsomaniac
,
dizzy
,
drenched
,
drinker
,
drunk
,
drunkard
,
drunken
,
far-gone
,
flustered
,
fou
,
full
,
gay
,
giddy
,
glorious
,
guzzler
,
happy
,
hard drinker
,
heavy drinker
,
imbiber
,
in liquor
,
inebriated
,
inebrious
,
intoxicate
,
intoxicated
,
jolly
,
lovepot
,
lush
,
maudlin
,
mellow
,
merry
,
muddled
,
nappy
,
oenophilist
,
pathological drinker
,
pot companion
,
problem drinker
,
reeling
,
reveler
,
serious drinker
,
shikker
,
soak
,
soaker
,
social drinker
,
sodden
,
sot
,
sotted
,
swigger
,
swiller
,
thirsty soul
,
tiddly
,
tippler
,
tipsy
,
toper
,
tosspot
,
under the influence
,
wassailer
,
winebibber
flutter
collapse
abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
flag the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead"
related words >
Bebung
,
addle
,
addle the wits
,
ado
,
agiotage
,
agitate
,
agitation
,
arbitrage
,
arrhythmia
,
asking price
,
ball up
,
barrage
,
bearish prices
,
beat
,
beat a ruffle
,
beat a tattoo
,
beating
,
becloud
,
bedazzle
,
befuddle
,
befuddlement
,
bewilder
,
bewilderment
,
bicker
,
bid price
,
birdies
,
blooping
,
blurping
,
bob
,
bobble
,
book value
,
bother
,
botheration
,
brandish
,
bug
,
bullish prices
,
burst
,
bustle
,
buying in
,
buzz about
,
call price
,
careen
,
chaos
,
closing price
,
cloud
,
coggle
,
commotion
,
confuse
,
confusion
,
dance
,
dancing
,
dangle
,
dash
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
decline
,
didder
,
discombobulate
,
discombobulation
,
discomfit
,
discomfiture
,
discompose
,
discomposure
,
disconcert
,
disconcertion
,
disorder
,
disorganization
,
disorganize
,
disorient
,
disorientation
,
disquiet
,
disquietude
,
distortion
,
disturb
,
disturbance
,
dither
,
dithers
,
drive
,
drum
,
drum music
,
drumbeat
,
drumfire
,
drumming
,
electrify
,
embarrass
,
embarrassment
,
entangle
,
equity capital
,
face value
,
falter
,
feedback
,
feery-fary
,
ferment
,
fidget
,
fidgetiness
,
fidgets
,
fit
,
fixed price
,
flap
,
flapping
,
flash price
,
flaunt
,
flick
,
flicker
,
flickering
,
flickering light
,
flier
,
flip
,
flip out
,
flit
,
flitter
,
float
,
flop
,
flourish
,
fluctuate
,
fluctuating
,
fluctuation
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flusteration
,
flustration
,
flutteriness
,
fluttering
,
fly
,
fog
,
foofaraw
,
freak out on
,
frenzy
,
fret
,
fuddle
,
fuddlement
,
fuss
,
fussiness
,
get high on
,
glancing light
,
glow
,
go pitapat
,
gutter
,
haste
,
have the fidgets
,
have the shakes
,
haze
,
heartbeat
,
heartthrob
,
heave
,
heaving
,
helter-skelter
,
high
,
hissing
,
hover
,
howling
,
hubbub
,
hullabaloo
,
hum
,
hurry
,
hurry about
,
hurry-scurry
,
hustle
,
inquietude
,
issue par
,
issue price
,
jar
,
jerk
,
jolt
,
jumble
,
jump
,
lambency
,
lather
,
librate
,
light show
,
liquidation
,
low
,
lurch
,
maelstrom
,
make a fuss
,
market price
,
market value
,
maze
,
mess
,
mist
,
mix up
,
moider
,
motorboating
,
muddle
,
muddlement
,
nominal value
,
nutate
,
offering price
,
opening price
,
oscillate
,
oscillating
,
oscillation
,
palpitate
,
palpitation
,
pant
,
panting
,
par
,
par value
,
paradiddle
,
parity
,
patter
,
pendulate
,
perplexity
,
perturb
,
perturbation
,
pitapat
,
pitch
,
pitter-patter
,
play
,
play of light
,
plunge
,
pother
,
pound
,
pounding
,
price
,
profit taking
,
pucker
,
pulsate
,
pulsation
,
pulse
,
put out
,
put price
,
quake
,
quaking
,
quaver
,
quavering
,
quiver
,
quivering
,
quotation
,
quoted price
,
race
,
raise hell
,
rally
,
rat-a-tat
,
rat-tat
,
rat-tat-tat
,
rataplan
,
rattattoo
,
rattle
,
reel
,
resonate
,
restlessness
,
rhythm
,
rock
,
roll
,
round trade
,
rub-a-dub
,
ruff
,
ruffle
,
rumble
,
rush
,
rush about
,
rush around
,
scalping
,
scamper
,
scramble
,
scratching
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
settling price
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shakes
,
shaking
,
shiver
,
shivers
,
shock
,
shredding
,
shudder
,
shuffle
,
slat
,
sound a tattoo
,
spasm
,
spatter
,
speculation
,
splatter
,
splutter
,
spot sale
,
spurt
,
sputter
,
squeals
,
squirm
,
staccato
,
stagger
,
stated value
,
static
,
stew
,
stir
,
stockjobbery
,
stockjobbing
,
swag
,
sway
,
sweat
,
swell
,
swell with emotion
,
swing
,
swings
,
swirl
,
swivet
,
tat-tat
,
tattoo
,
tear around
,
tempo
,
thrill
,
thrill to
,
throb
,
throbbing
,
throw into confusion
,
thrum
,
thump
,
thumping
,
tingle
,
tingle with excitement
,
tizzy
,
to-do
,
tom-tom
,
toss
,
toss and turn
,
tremble
,
trembling
,
tremolando
,
tremolant
,
tremolo
,
tremor
,
trepidation
,
trepidity
,
trill
,
trillet
,
trilleto
,
trillo
,
trouble
,
tumble
,
tumult
,
turn
,
turn on to
,
twist and turn
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
twitteration
,
undulate
,
unquiet
,
unrest
,
unsettle
,
unsettlement
,
upset
,
vacillate
,
vacillating
,
vacillation
,
venture
,
venture capital
,
vibrate
,
vibrato
,
vortex
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
waver
,
waving
,
whirl
,
whistles
,
whiz about
,
wield
,
wiggle
,
wigwag
,
wobble
,
woomping
,
wow
,
wowwows
,
wriggle
,
writhe
bug
collapse
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
a fault or defect in a system or machine
related words >
ALGOL
,
COBOL
,
FORTRAN
,
Mumbo Jumbo
,
abrade
,
addict
,
addle
,
addle the wits
,
adenovirus
,
aerobe
,
aerobic bacteria
,
aficionado
,
aggravate
,
agitate
,
alphabetic data
,
alphanumeric code
,
amoeba
,
anaerobe
,
anaerobic bacteria
,
angular data
,
annoy
,
apply pressure
,
arachnid
,
arthropod
,
assembler
,
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
bacillus
,
bacteria
,
bacterium
,
badger
,
bag
,
bait
,
ball up
,
balloon
,
be all ears
,
be at
,
becloud
,
bedazzle
,
bedevil
,
beetle
,
befuddle
,
belly
,
belly out
,
bend an ear
,
beset
,
besiege
,
bewilder
,
bigot
,
bilge
,
billow
,
binary digit
,
binary scale
,
binary system
,
bit
,
blandish
,
blemish
,
bogey
,
bogeyman
,
boggart
,
bogle
,
booger
,
boogerman
,
boogeyman
,
bother
,
bouge
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
buff
,
bugaboo
,
bugbear
,
bugger
,
bulge
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
buttonhole
,
byte
,
cajole
,
carp at
,
case
,
catch
,
caterpillar
,
centipede
,
chafe
,
chilopod
,
chivy
,
cloud
,
coax
,
coccus
,
cock the ears
,
collector
,
command pulses
,
commands
,
compiler
,
computer code
,
computer language
,
computer program
,
confuse
,
control signals
,
controlled quantity
,
convulse
,
correcting signals
,
crack
,
crank
,
craze
,
crazy fancy
,
daddy longlegs
,
data
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
defect
,
defection
,
deficiency
,
demon
,
devil
,
devotee
,
dilate
,
diplopod
,
discombobulate
,
discomfit
,
discompose
,
disconcert
,
disease-producing microorganism
,
disorganize
,
disorient
,
distemper
,
distend
,
distract
,
disturb
,
dog
,
drawback
,
dun
,
eager beaver
,
eavesdrop
,
echovirus
,
embarrass
,
embroil
,
energumen
,
entangle
,
enterovirus
,
enthusiasm
,
enthusiast
,
error
,
error signals
,
examine by ear
,
exasperate
,
exercise
,
exert pressure
,
faddist
,
failing
,
failure
,
fan
,
fanatic
,
fanatico
,
fascination
,
fash
,
fault
,
faute
,
fee-faw-fum
,
feedback pulses
,
feedback signals
,
fiend
,
film data
,
filterable virus
,
flaw
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flutter
,
fly
,
fog
,
foible
,
frailty
,
freak
,
fret
,
fret at
,
fuddle
,
fungus
,
furor
,
furore
,
fuss
,
fuss at
,
gall
,
germ
,
get
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
goggle
,
gram-negative bacteria
,
gram-positive bacteria
,
great one for
,
gripe
,
harass
,
hark
,
harry
,
harvestman
,
hassle
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
heckle
,
hector
,
heed
,
henpeck
,
hexadecimal system
,
hexapod
,
hobbyist
,
hole
,
hound
,
imperfection
,
importune
,
inadequacy
,
infatuate
,
infatuation
,
infirmity
,
information
,
input data
,
input quantity
,
insect
,
instructions
,
intercept
,
irk
,
kink
,
larva
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
little problem
,
lunatic fringe
,
machine language
,
maggot
,
make a reconnaissance
,
mania
,
maniac
,
manic-depressive psychosis
,
maze
,
message
,
microbe
,
microorganism
,
microphone
,
miff
,
mike
,
millepede
,
millipede
,
mist
,
mite
,
mix up
,
moider
,
mold
,
molest
,
monomaniac
,
muddle
,
multiple messages
,
nag
,
nag at
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nibble at
,
noise
,
nonfilterable virus
,
nudzh
,
numeric data
,
nut
,
nymph
,
octal system
,
oscillograph data
,
output data
,
output quantity
,
passion
,
pathogen
,
peck at
,
peep
,
peeve
,
perplex
,
persecute
,
perturb
,
pester
,
pick at
,
pick on
,
picornavirus
,
pique
,
plague
,
play
,
play the spy
,
pluck the beard
,
ply
,
polar data
,
pooch
,
pop
,
pother
,
pouch
,
pout
,
press
,
pressure
,
problem
,
protozoa
,
protozoon
,
provoke
,
psych
,
punch-card data
,
pursuer
,
push
,
put out
,
put under surveillance
,
radiomicrophone
,
rage
,
raise hell
,
random data
,
rattle
,
reconnoiter
,
rectangular data
,
reference quantity
,
reovirus
,
rhapsodist
,
rhinovirus
,
rickettsia
,
ride
,
rift
,
rile
,
roil
,
round out
,
ruffle
,
ruly English
,
scorpion
,
scout
,
scout out
,
shortcoming
,
signals
,
single messages
,
sit in on
,
snag
,
something missing
,
spider
,
spirillum
,
spirochete
,
spook
,
spore
,
spy
,
spy out
,
stake out
,
staphylococcus
,
streptococcus
,
sucker for
,
swell
,
swell out
,
taint
,
tap
,
tarantula
,
tease
,
throw
,
throw into confusion
,
tick
,
torment
,
trouble
,
try the patience
,
trypanosome
,
tweak the nose
,
unorganized data
,
unsettle
,
upset
,
urge
,
vex
,
vibrio
,
virus
,
visible-speech data
,
visionary
,
vulnerable place
,
watch
,
weak link
,
weak point
,
weakness
,
wheedle
,
wiretap
,
work on
,
worry
,
yap at
,
zealot
instruct
collapse
give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"
related words >
acquaint
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
advocate
,
apprise
,
assign
,
bid
,
brief
,
bring word
,
broaden the mind
,
call on
,
call the signals
,
call upon
,
catechize
,
charge
,
civilize
,
coach
,
command
,
commission
,
communicate
,
confer
,
consult with
,
counsel
,
declare
,
decree
,
define
,
demonstrate
,
dictate
,
direct
,
discipline
,
disclose
,
drill
,
edify
,
educate
,
engineer
,
enjoin
,
enlighten
,
familiarize
,
give an order
,
give instruction
,
give lessons in
,
give notice
,
give the facts
,
give the word
,
give word
,
ground
,
guide
,
illumine
,
importune
,
inculcate
,
indoctrinate
,
inform
,
issue a command
,
issue a writ
,
kibitz
,
lead
,
leave word
,
let know
,
mandate
,
meddle
,
mention to
,
notify
,
open the eyes
,
ordain
,
order
,
order about
,
pilot
,
prepare
,
prescribe
,
proclaim
,
promulgate
,
pronounce
,
propose
,
recommend
,
reeducate
,
report
,
require
,
rule
,
say the word
,
school
,
send word
,
serve notice
,
set right
,
sharpen the wits
,
show
,
show how
,
speak
,
steer
,
submit
,
suggest
,
teach
,
teach a lesson
,
teach the rudiments
,
tell
,
train
,
tutor
,
verse
,
warn
faculty
collapse
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
related words >
ability
,
ableness
,
absolute power
,
absolutism
,
adequacy
,
adroitness
,
appurtenance
,
aptitude
,
aptness
,
authority
,
authorization
,
bent
,
birthright
,
bump
,
caliber
,
capability
,
capableness
,
capacity
,
claim
,
cleverness
,
competence
,
competency
,
conjugal right
,
consciousness
,
constituted authority
,
delegated authority
,
demand
,
department
,
dexterity
,
discipline
,
dispensation
,
divine right
,
dower
,
dowry
,
droit
,
due
,
efficacy
,
efficiency
,
endowment
,
equipment
,
facility
,
faculties
,
fitness
,
flair
,
forte
,
function
,
genius
,
gift
,
inalienable right
,
indirect authority
,
inherent authority
,
instinct
,
intellectual gifts
,
intellectuals
,
interest
,
jus divinum
,
knack
,
lawful authority
,
leaning
,
legal authority
,
legitimacy
,
liberty
,
long suit
,
makings
,
members
,
metier
,
natural endowment
,
natural gift
,
natural right
,
nose
,
parts
,
penchant
,
permission
,
personnel
,
potential
,
power
,
powers
,
predilection
,
prerogative
,
prescription
,
presumptive right
,
pretense
,
pretension
,
privilege
,
proclivity
,
professorate
,
professordom
,
professoriate
,
professors
,
proficiency
,
propensity
,
proper claim
,
property
,
property right
,
qualification
,
quality
,
regality
,
right
,
rightful authority
,
royal prerogative
,
sanction
,
school
,
senses
,
skill
,
speciality
,
staff
,
strong flair
,
strong point
,
sufficiency
,
susceptibility
,
talent
,
talents
,
the goods
,
the say
,
the say-so
,
the stuff
,
title
,
turn
,
vested authority
,
vested interest
,
vested right
,
vicarious authority
,
what it takes
,
wits
set right
collapse
related words >
accommodate
,
accord
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
amend
,
assimilate
,
atone
,
attune
,
awaken
,
break the spell
,
broaden the mind
,
burst the bubble
,
catechize
,
civilize
,
compensate
,
conduct to
,
coordinate
,
correct
,
cover
,
cut to
,
debunk
,
demonstrate
,
direct
,
direct to
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
do penance
,
edify
,
educate
,
emend
,
enlighten
,
equalize
,
expiate
,
expose
,
fill up
,
fit
,
fix
,
gear to
,
give and take
,
give instruction
,
give lessons in
,
give satisfaction
,
ground
,
guide
,
harmonize
,
homologate
,
homologize
,
illumine
,
indemnify
,
inform
,
instruct
,
key to
,
lead to
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
make all square
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make plumb
,
make right
,
make uniform
,
make up for
,
measure
,
open the eyes
,
pay back
,
pay reparations
,
point out to
,
point the way
,
prick the bubble
,
proportion
,
put in tune
,
put right
,
put straight
,
put to rights
,
recompense
,
reconcile
,
rectify
,
redress
,
reeducate
,
regulate
,
remedy
,
remunerate
,
repay
,
requite
,
retaliate
,
right
,
school
,
set
,
set straight
,
set to rights
,
set up
,
sharpen the wits
,
show
,
show how
,
show the way
,
show up
,
similarize
,
steer
,
sync
,
synchronize
,
tailor
,
teach
,
teach a lesson
,
teach the rudiments
,
tell the truth
,
trim to
,
true
,
true up
,
tune
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
undeceive
,
unspell
,
wake up
inform
collapse
give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching"
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"
act as an informer; "She had informed on her own parents for years"
related words >
acquaint
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
animate
,
announce
,
apprise
,
babble
,
be indiscreet
,
be unguarded
,
betray
,
betray a confidence
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blurt
,
blurt out
,
break the news
,
brief
,
bring word
,
broaden the mind
,
catechize
,
civilize
,
communicate
,
demonstrate
,
direct
,
disclose
,
divulge
,
due
,
edify
,
educate
,
embue
,
endow
,
endue
,
enlighten
,
enliven
,
exalt
,
exhilarate
,
familiarize
,
fill in
,
finger
,
fire
,
forewarn
,
give a report
,
give away
,
give instruction
,
give lessons in
,
give notice
,
give the facts
,
give tidings of
,
give word
,
ground
,
guide
,
identify
,
illuminate
,
illumine
,
imbue
,
impart
,
implicate
,
incriminate
,
infect
,
inform on
,
infuse
,
inject
,
inoculate
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
instruct
,
keep posted
,
leak
,
leave word
,
leaven
,
let drop
,
let fall
,
let know
,
let slip
,
mention to
,
nark
,
notify
,
open the eyes
,
peach
,
permeate
,
pimp
,
post
,
rat
,
reeducate
,
rehearse
,
relate
,
report
,
reveal
,
reveal a secret
,
rumor
,
school
,
send word
,
serve notice
,
set right
,
sharpen the wits
,
show
,
show how
,
sing
,
snitch
,
snitch on
,
speak
,
spill
,
spill the beans
,
spirit
,
spirit up
,
squeak
,
squeal
,
stool
,
talk
,
tattle
,
tattle on
,
teach
,
teach a lesson
,
teach the rudiments
,
tell
,
tell on
,
tell secrets
,
tell tales
,
tip off
,
turn in
,
verse
,
warn
,
write up
baffle
collapse
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
check the emission of (sound)
related words >
addle
,
amaze
,
babble
,
bafflement
,
balk
,
ball up
,
bamboozle
,
be Greek to
,
be beyond one
,
be too deep
,
beat
,
beat one
,
befuddle
,
bewilderment
,
bilk
,
blast
,
boggle
,
bother
,
brave
,
buffalo
,
cast down
,
challenge
,
checkmate
,
circumvent
,
confound
,
confoundment
,
confront
,
confuse
,
confusion
,
contravene
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countermand
,
counterwork
,
cross
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dash
,
daze
,
deaden
,
deafen
,
defeat
,
defeat expectation
,
defy
,
destroy
,
dilemma
,
disappoint
,
discomfit
,
discomposure
,
disconcert
,
disconcertedness
,
disconcertion
,
disconcertment
,
discountenance
,
dish
,
disillusion
,
disrupt
,
dissatisfy
,
disturbance
,
dull
,
dumbfound
,
elude
,
embarrass
,
embarrassment
,
enigma
,
escape one
,
faze
,
fix
,
floor
,
flummox
,
fog
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
fuddle
,
get
,
gibber
,
jam
,
keep in suspense
,
knock the chocks
,
let down
,
lick
,
lose one
,
maze
,
mix up
,
muddle
,
muffle
,
mute
,
mystery
,
mystify
,
need explanation
,
nonplus
,
not make sense
,
not penetrate
,
pass comprehension
,
perplex
,
perplexity
,
perturbation
,
pickle
,
plight
,
pother
,
predicament
,
problem
,
puzzle
,
puzzlement
,
quandary
,
rattle
,
riddle
,
ruin
,
sabotage
,
scotch
,
scrape
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
speak in tongues
,
spike
,
spoil
,
stew
,
stick
,
stonewall
,
stop
,
stump
,
subdue
,
talk double Dutch
,
tantalize
,
tease
,
throw
,
thwart
,
tone down
,
unassuredness
,
upset
nonplus
collapse
related words >
Gordian knot
,
abecedarian
,
addle
,
amaze
,
answer
,
answer conclusively
,
argue down
,
astonish
,
astound
,
baffle
,
bafflement
,
balk
,
bamboozle
,
beat
,
bewilderment
,
blast
,
boggle
,
bother
,
brave
,
bring up short
,
buffalo
,
challenge
,
check
,
checkmate
,
circumvent
,
confound
,
confoundment
,
confront
,
confuse
,
confusion
,
confute
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countermand
,
counterwork
,
cross
,
crush
,
crux
,
dabbler
,
dash
,
daze
,
defeat
,
defy
,
demolish
,
deny
,
destroy
,
dilemma
,
dilettante
,
discomfit
,
discomposure
,
disconcert
,
disconcertedness
,
disconcertion
,
disconcertment
,
discountenance
,
dish
,
dismay
,
dismiss
,
dispose of
,
disrupt
,
disturbance
,
dumbfound
,
elude
,
embarrassment
,
enigma
,
faze
,
finish
,
fix
,
floor
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
fuddle
,
get
,
jam
,
keep in suspense
,
knock the chocks
,
knot
,
knotty point
,
lick
,
maze
,
muddle
,
mystery
,
mystify
,
node
,
nodus
,
nonprofessional
,
overcome
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
oxymoron
,
paradox
,
paralyze
,
parry
,
perplex
,
perplexity
,
perturbation
,
pickle
,
plight
,
pons asinorum
,
poser
,
pother
,
predicament
,
problem
,
put to silence
,
puzzle
,
puzzlement
,
quandary
,
rattle
,
rebut
,
reduce to silence
,
refute
,
riddle
,
ruin
,
sabotage
,
scotch
,
scrape
,
settle
,
shock
,
shut up
,
silence
,
smash all opposition
,
smatterer
,
spike
,
spoil
,
squash
,
squelch
,
stew
,
stick
,
stonewall
,
stop
,
stump
,
stun
,
stymie
,
subvert
,
take aback
,
teaser
,
throw
,
thwart
,
tyro
,
unassuredness
,
undermine
,
upset
,
vexed question
throw out
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abrupt
,
addle
,
alienate
,
ball up
,
befuddle
,
bewilder
,
blow out
,
boot out
,
bounce
,
bring out
,
brush aside
,
cashier
,
cast
,
cast aside
,
cast away
,
cast forth
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
chase
,
chime in
,
chuck
,
chuck out
,
come out with
,
contemn
,
contradict
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
debouch
,
decant
,
declare
,
decline
,
deep-six
,
defenestrate
,
delete
,
deliver
,
deny
,
depart
,
despise
,
detrude
,
disapprove
,
disarticulate
,
discard
,
discharge
,
disclaim
,
disconnect
,
discount
,
disdain
,
disembogue
,
disengage
,
disgorge
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dismiss
,
disown
,
dispose of
,
disregard
,
dissociate
,
distract
,
disunite
,
ditch
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dump
,
eighty-six
,
ejaculate
,
eject
,
eliminate
,
eruct
,
erupt
,
estrange
,
evict
,
except
,
exclude
,
exhaust
,
expel
,
extravasate
,
extrude
,
fluster
,
forswear
,
get quit of
,
get rid of
,
get shut of
,
give away
,
give the hook
,
heave out
,
ignore
,
isolate
,
jet
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
junk
,
kick downstairs
,
kick out
,
leave
,
mix up
,
obtrude
,
oust
,
out
,
outpour
,
part
,
part with
,
pass by
,
pass up
,
pour
,
pour forth
,
pour out
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
push aside
,
put out
,
rebuff
,
recant
,
refuse
,
refuse to consider
,
reject
,
remove
,
renounce
,
repel
,
repudiate
,
repulse
,
say
,
scout
,
scrap
,
segregate
,
send forth
,
send out
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shed
,
shove away
,
shut off
,
slough
,
spew
,
split
,
spout
,
spurn
,
spurt
,
squirt
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
state
,
step aside
,
subtract
,
tell
,
throw away
,
throw off
,
throw over
,
throw overboard
,
thrust out
,
toss out
,
toss overboard
,
turn away
,
turn out
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
utter
,
waive
,
withdraw
enlighten
collapse
give spiritual insight to; in religion
make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"
related words >
account for
,
acculturate
,
acquaint
,
advance
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
allegorize
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
apprise
,
awaken
,
beacon
,
better
,
boost
,
break the spell
,
brief
,
brighten
,
brighten up
,
bring forward
,
bring word
,
broaden the mind
,
burst the bubble
,
catechize
,
civilize
,
clarify
,
clear up
,
coach
,
communicate
,
correct
,
counsel
,
crack
,
debunk
,
decipher
,
demonstrate
,
demythologize
,
direct
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
disclose
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
edify
,
educate
,
elevate
,
elucidate
,
emend
,
enhance
,
enrich
,
euhemerize
,
exemplify
,
explain
,
explain away
,
explicate
,
expose
,
exposit
,
expound
,
familiarize
,
fatten
,
favor
,
flood with light
,
floodlight
,
forward
,
foster
,
give instruction
,
give lessons in
,
give notice
,
give reason for
,
give the facts
,
give the meaning
,
give word
,
go straight
,
ground
,
guide
,
highlight
,
illume
,
illuminate
,
illumine
,
illustrate
,
improve
,
improve upon
,
inform
,
instruct
,
irradiate
,
lard
,
leave word
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
let know
,
lift
,
light
,
light up
,
lighten
,
luminate
,
make an improvement
,
make clear
,
make plain
,
meliorate
,
mend
,
mention to
,
notify
,
nurture
,
open the eyes
,
overshine
,
popularize
,
prick the bubble
,
promote
,
put straight
,
raise
,
rationalize
,
reeducate
,
refine upon
,
reform
,
relume
,
relumine
,
report
,
school
,
send word
,
serve notice
,
set right
,
set straight
,
sharpen the wits
,
shed light upon
,
shine upon
,
show
,
show how
,
show the way
,
show up
,
simplify
,
socialize
,
solve
,
speak
,
spell out
,
spotlight
,
straighten out
,
teach
,
teach a lesson
,
teach the rudiments
,
tell
,
tell the truth
,
throw light upon
,
train
,
transfigure
,
transform
,
tutor
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
undeceive
,
unfold
,
unlock
,
unravel
,
unspell
,
upgrade
,
uplift
,
verse
,
wake up
puzzle
collapse
a toy that tests your ingenuity
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
related words >
Chinese puzzle
,
Gordian knot
,
addle
,
ail
,
amaze
,
apply the mind
,
baffle
,
bafflement
,
baffling problem
,
bamboozle
,
be the matter
,
beat
,
befog
,
befuddle
,
beset
,
bewilder
,
bewilderment
,
boggle
,
bother
,
brain twister
,
brain-teaser
,
buffalo
,
cap
,
complicate matters
,
concern
,
confound
,
confoundment
,
confuse
,
confusion
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
conundrum
,
crossword puzzle
,
crux
,
dark horse
,
daze
,
decipher
,
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,
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irk
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,
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,
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,
why
,
work out
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,
x
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