Synonyms Dictionary

4. defeat, beat, rout, discomfit, worst, thrash, Inf. whip, SI. cream, SI. shellac; overthrow, vanquish, conquer, triumph over, win out or out over, Inf. beat out, be victorious over, get the better of, displace, depose; destroy, crush, trounce, Inf. stomp, trample, ruin, demolish; quash, quell, squash, squelch.
-adj. 5. overturned, turned over, knocked over or down; capsized, tipped over, upside down, topsyturvy, inverted, reversed; toppled, tumbled, Inf. spilled.
6. disordered, disarranged, disorganized, at sixes and sevens; confused, muddled, macaronic, jumbled, Inf. every which way; chaotic, entangled, snarled up; messy, disorderly, helter-skelter, littered, littery; untidy, unkempt, disheveled, slovenly, slatternly, sloppy.
7. perturbed, disquieted, discomposed, discountenanced, ruffled, agitated, flustered, unsettled, distracted; unnerved, unmanned, disconcerted, Inf. fazed, daunted, dismayed, Inf. thrown off balance; distressed, disturbed, troubled, worried, frightened, scared, afraid; traumatized, SI. freaked out, beside oneself, frantic, hysterical, unhinged; furious, angry, mad, Inf. fit to be tied, Inf. blue in the face; sad, tear-full, broken-hearted, grief-stricken. upshot, n. 1. result, effect, consequence, outcome, eventuation, denouement, issue, conclusion, end, end result, Inf. payoff, consummation; outgrowth, afterclap, turnout, aftereffect, fallout, backwash, wake; spin-off, side effect, by-product, offshoot; product, harvest, crop, fruit, yield; development, repercussion, reaction, feedback.
2. gist, nitty-gritty, heart of the matter, marrow, pith, crux; point, central or main idea, keynot, focus, focal point; substance, meat, essence, quiddity, quintessence, sum and substance; keystone, fundamental principle. upside down, 1. inverted, upturned, wrong side up, bottom or keel upwards, botton side up, bottom up; turned over, overturned, on one's head.
2. topsy-turvy, helter-skelter, confused, chaotic, muddled, jumbled; disorderly, disordered, disarranged, deranged; unorganized, disorganized; upset, intidy, messy, Inf. mussed, disheveled; routed, overthrown.
3. in complete disorder, in disarray, in a jumble, all over the place, Inf. every which way; here, there, and everywhere. upstanding, adj. 1. stand-up, standing-up, standing, rearing, Heraldry, rampant; upraised, upreared, uplifted, upended; vertical, plumb, perpendicular, Math, normal; erect, tall and erect, bolt upright, straight-up, straight up and down, up and down.
2. vigorous, energetic, dynamic, active; robust, hearty, hale, hale and hearty, hardy, strong and healthy, bursting with health and vigor; sound, healthy, in good health, fit, physically fit, in good condition, in fine fettle, Inf. in good shape, Inf. in shape; stout, staunch, stalwart, firm, sturdy, tough.
3. honest, upright, incorruptible, See upright (def. 2.)-
4. candid, frank, forthright, foursquare, straightforward, direct; open, open and sincere, open-hearted, ingenuous, guileless, artless, sincere, genuine, undecep-tive, undeceitful, undeceiving, undissembling, undissimulating; aboveboard, open and aboveboard, out front, up front, on the level, up and up, on the up and up, no-nonsense. upstart, n. 1. nouveau riche, arriv^, arriviste, newly rich, social climber, status seeker, snob; SI. pig in clover, Inf. codfish aristocrat; parvenu, Brit. SI. bounder, would-be; nobody, impostor, intruder, pretender.

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