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DEFINITIONS OF: shake up

1

v shock physically

“Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game”
Synonyms:
bump around, jar
Type of:
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

Synonyms:
excite, shake, stimulate, stir
Types:
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fuel
stimulate
arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind up
stimulate sexually
affright, fright, frighten, scare
cause fear in
thrill, tickle, vibrate
feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
invite, tempt
give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate
heighten or intensify
titillate
excite pleasurably or erotically
bluff
frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
awe
inspire awe in
terrify, terrorise, terrorize
fill with terror; frighten greatly
intimidate
make timid or fearful
alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
consternate
fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
tempt
try to seduce
beatify
make blessedly happy
puff
make proud or conceited
beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink
fill with sublime emotion
encourage
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
spook
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
Type of:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

v change the arrangement or position of

Synonyms:
agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, stir up, vex
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beat, scramble
stir vigorously
toss
agitate
rile, roil
make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
poke
stir by poking
tumble
put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
whip, whisk
whip with or as if with a wire whisk
cream
make creamy by beating
muddle, puddle
make into a puddle
Type of:
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v organize anew

Synonyms:
reorganise, reorganize
Types:
retool, revise
revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
Type of:
organise, organize
cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

v make fuller by shaking

Synonyms:
fluff up, plump up
Type of:
agitate, shake
move or cause to move back and forth

v shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)

Synonyms:
succuss
Type of:
agitate, shake
move or cause to move back and forth
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