Word Study
raise hell
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb raise hell has 1 sense
- raise hell(v = verb.communication) make a stink, raise a stink - take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent; "She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again" is one way to object
Sample sentence:
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THESAURUS
raise hell
addle, addle the wits, ball up, be livid, be noisy, be pissed, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bluster, boil, bother, brawl, bring trouble, browned off, bug, burn, carouse, carry on, cause trouble, celebrate, chafe, chirm, clamor, clangor, cloud, confuse, cut loose, cut up, cut up rough, daze, dazzle, debauch, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, disorient, disturb, embarrass, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fret, fuddle, fume, fuss, go on, have a conniption, hell around, horse around, jollify, jolly, lark, let go, let loose, let off steam, maffick, make a noise, make a racket, make an uproar, make merry, make whoopee, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, noise, perplex, perturb, pissed off, play hell, play hob, play the deuce, pother, put out, racket, rage, raise Cain, raise a clamor, raise merry hell, raise sand, raise the deuce, raise the devil, raise the roof, rant, rant and rave, rattle, rave, revel, roar, roister, roughhouse, row, ruffle, rumpus, see life, seethe, simmer, sizzle, skylark, smoke, smolder, spree, step out, stew, storm, take on, throw a fit, throw into confusion, unsettle, upset, wanton, whoop it up
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