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rocked boat
| Main Entry: |
rock the boat
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disturb the status quo |
| Synonyms: | cause trouble, challenge the status quo, complain, disagree, disturb, disturb the balance, make a stink, make a stink, make waves, make waves, not conform, object, protest, stir things up, stir things up, upset the apple cart, upset the apple cart |
| Main Entry: | revolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rebel, rise up against |
| Synonyms: | arise, boycott, break, defect, defy, drop out, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, mutiny, oppose, opt out, overthrow, overturn, renounce, resist, riot, rock the boat, strike, take up arms, turn against |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Antonyms: | comply, harmonize, obey, submit |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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