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Raises cain
| Main Entry: |
raise Cain
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause trouble |
| Synonyms: | raise a rumpus, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the dickens |
| Main Entry: | carouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make merry, often with liquor |
| Synonyms: | booze, drink, frolic, go on a spree, have fun, imbibe, paint the town, paint the town red, play, quaff, raise Cain, revel, riot, roister, wassail, whoop it up |
| Antonyms: | be sad, grieve |
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose control emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act up, be indecorous, blunder, cut up, lose it, make a fuss, misbehave, rage, raise Cain |
| Antonyms: | be calm |
| Main Entry: | clamor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry out, make commotion |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bark, bawl, bellow, bluster, claim, debate, demand, dispute, holler, put up a howl, raise Cain, raise the roof, roar, rout, shout |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, be silent |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight about, often verbally |
| Synonyms: | argue, bang heads, battle, brawl, buck, combat, conflict, contend, cross swords, differ, disagree, encounter, feud, fret, gall, grapple, grate, mix it up, quarrel, raise Cain, row, try, war, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree |
| Main Entry: | outrage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrong, offend, abuse |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, boil over, burn up, defile, deflower, desecrate, do violence to, fire up, force, ill- treat, incense, infuriate, injure, insult, jar, kick up a row, madden, make hit the ceiling, maltreat, mistreat, misuse, oppress, persecute, raise Cain, rape, ravage, ravish, reach boiling point, scandalize, shock, spoil, violate, whip up |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | squawk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gripe |
| Synonyms: | bellyache, complain, kick up a fuss, protest, raise Cain, squeal, yammer |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
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