All worsted synonyms
worΒ·sted
W w verb worsted
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- embarrass β Cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.
- faze β to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
- fluster β to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
- irk β to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- perturb β to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- rattle β to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
- ruffle β to beat (a drum) in this manner.
- trump β a trumpet.
- unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- take aback β to astonish or disconcert
- annihilate β To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- assassinate β When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
- best β Best is the superlative of good.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- dispatch β to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- execute β execution
- exterminate β Destroy completely.
- liquidate β to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- slaughter β Frank, 1908β2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- slay β to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
- vaporize β to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporise β to cause to change into vapor.
- bring down β When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
- carry off β If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
- dispose of β to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- do in β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- get rid of β to clear, disencumber, or free of something objectionable (usually followed by of): I want to rid the house of mice. In my opinion, you'd be wise to rid yourself of the smoking habit.
- put an end to β the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- put away β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- rub out β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- take off β the act of taking.
- take out β the act of taking.
- bamboozle β To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- bewilder β If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- cap β A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
- cheat β When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- defraud β If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- dupe β duplicate.
- finagle β to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- fox β Free Objects for Crystallography
- goose β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- gull β a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).