| cause setback(verb, expression, cross, frustrate, blank) |
| chill(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock) |
| clip(verb, cheat, trick, fool, swindle) |
| con(verb, cheat, trick, deceive, fool) |
| contravene(verb, oppose, dispute, cross, frustrate) |
| cook(verb, cross, frustrate, blank, thwart) |
| cool(verb, upset, bother, annoy, irritate) |
| correct |
| counterplot(verb, cross, frustrate, blank, thwart) |
| cozen(verb, cheat, trick, fool, swindle) |
| crab(verb, stop, ruin, halt, curb) |
| crimp(verb, stop, ruin, halt, curb) |
| cross up(expression, cheat, trick, fool, swindle) |
| curb(verb, stop, beat, ruin, halt) |
| cut to the quick(verb, expression, idiom, upset, bother) |
| daunt(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock) |
| debunk |
| deceiving |
| defeat expectation |
| deficiency |