278 entries under verb topic. ×
| shy(recoil, jump, bound, shrink) | |
| disquiet(upset, disturb, worry, shock) | |
| distress(noun, upset, bother, distract) | |
| fluster(upset, dull, bother, provoke) | |
| give a turn(expression, idiom, upset, disturb) | |
| impress(encourage, shock, initiate, affect) | |
| parachuting | |
| paralyze(upset, disturb, shock, confuse) | |
| perplex(upset, bother, provoke, excite) | |
| rise(disturb, encourage, stimulate, agitate) | |
| ruffle(upset, bother, provoke, excite) | |
| strike(disturb, encourage, stimulate, excite) | |
| take | |
| discombobulate(confuse, mistake, baffle, muddle) | |
| affect(shock, commotion, astonishment) | |
| arouse(upset, bother, disturb, encourage) | |
| bedazzle | |
| begin | |
| bounce(shy, recoil, jump, bound) | |
| catch(shock, commotion, astonishment) |
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