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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mess up |
| Synonyms: | cockle, confuse, crease, crinkle, crumple, crush, derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, pucker, purse, rifle, rumple, tangle, tousle, wrinkle |
| 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: | disconcerted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused; shaken |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bewildered, caught off balance, come apart, distracted, disturbed, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, in botheration, messed-up, mixed-up, nonplussed, out of countenance, perturbed, psyched-out, rattled, ruffled, shook-up, spaced-out, taken aback, thrown, troubled, unglued, unsettled, unzipped, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, composed, concerted, soothed, unworried |
| Main Entry: | disheveled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrinkled, unkempt in appearance |
| Synonyms: | bagged out, beat up, bedraggled, blowzy, dirty, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, frowzy, grubby, messed up, messy, mussed up, mussy, ruffled, rumpled, scuzzy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, unbuttoned, uncombed, unfastidious, untidy, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | neat, ordered, orderly, tidy, unwrinkled |
| Main Entry: | disordered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a mess |
| Synonyms: | all over the place, confused, deranged, disarranged, discombobulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjointed, dislocated, disorganized, displaced, in confusion, incoherent, jumbled, mislaid, misplaced, molested, moved, muddled, out-of-place, removed, roiled, ruffled, rumpled, shifted, shuffled, stirred up, tampered-with, tangled, tossed, tousled, tumbled, unsettled, untidy |
| Antonyms: | arranged, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematic, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | excited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspired; upset |
| Synonyms: | aflame, agitated, animated, annoyed, aroused, awakened, beside oneself, charged, delighted, discomposed, disconcerted, disturbed, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, fired up, frantic, high*, hot and bothered, hot*, hyperactive, hysterical, in a tizzy, inflamed, juiced up, jumpy, keyed up, moved, nervous, on edge, on fire, overwrought, passionate, piqued, provoked, roused, ruffled, steamed up, stimulated, stirred, thrilled, tumultous/tumultuous, wild, wired, worked up, zipped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, calm, composed, easy-going, laid-back, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexcited, uninspired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nervous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, annoyed, apprehensive, basket case, bothered, concerned, distressed, disturbed, edgy, excitable, fidgety, fitful, flustered, fussy*, hesitant, high-strung, hysterical, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neurotic, on edge, overwrought, querulous, restive, ruffled, sensitive, shaky*, shrinking, shy, skittish, snappish, solicitous, spooked, taut, tense, timid, timorous, troubled, twitchy, uneasy, unrestful, unstrung, upset, uptight, volatile, weak, wired, worried |
| Antonyms: | brave, calm, unafraid, unnervous, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneven, irregular |
| Synonyms: | asperous, bearded, brambly, bristly, broken, bumpy, bushy, chapped, choppy, coarse, cragged, craggy, cross-grained, disheveled, fuzzy, hairy, harsh, jagged, knobby, knotty, nappy, nodular, not smooth, ridged, rocky, ruffled, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, shaggy, sharp, stony, tangled, tousled, tufted, unequal, unfinished, unlevel, unshaven, unshorn, woolly, wrinkled, wrinkly |
| Antonyms: | even, level, polished, regular, smooth |
| Main Entry: | shaggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hairy, unkempt |
| Synonyms: | furry, hirsute, long-haired, ragged, rough, ruffled, rugged, uncombed, unshorn |
| Antonyms: | kempt, shaven, smooth |
| Main Entry: | tousled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disarrayed |
| Synonyms: | beat-up, dirty, disarranged, disheveled, disordered, grubby, messed-up, messy, mussed-up, ruffled, rumpled, sloppy, tangled, uncombed, unkempt |
| Antonyms: | kempt, neat, ordered |
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