6
resist(verb, reject, oppose, dislike, disapprove)
6
trump(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, unsettle)
5
baffle(upset, trouble, defeat, obscure, distress)
5
circumvent(verb, stop, reject, restrain, ignore)
5
discommend(verb, reject, oppose, criticize, dispute)
5
discompose(verb, upset, trouble, get, bother)
5
frown on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, oppose)
5
frustrate(verb, stop, upset, trouble, dull)
5
mortify(verb, upset, trouble, bother, cause)
5
nonplus(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
5
perturb(verb, upset, trouble, get, bother)
5
put down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, oppose)
4
balk(oppose, criticize, distress, cross, protest)
4
defeat(reject, distress, refuse, bar, hindrance)
4
dislike(noun, verb, reject, oppose, criticize)
4
displeasure
4
dispute(verb, reject, oppose, dislike, cross)
4
distress(verb, upset, bother, disturb, confuse)
4
not stand for(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject)
4
oppose(verb, stop, reject, criticize, suppress)
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