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Synonyms & Antonyms of shake up
to cause an unpleasant surprise for
- the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up
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Words Related to shake up
- astonish,
- bowl over,
- dumbfound
- (also dumfound),
- flabbergast,
- freak (out),
- stun,
- stupefy
- affright,
- alarm
- (also alarum),
- dismay,
- fright,
- frighten,
- horrify,
- panic,
- scare,
- scarify,
- spook,
- startle,
- terrify,
- terrorize
- chill,
- daunt,
- demoralize,
- dispirit,
- emasculate,
- undo,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstring
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The first known use of shake up was in 1538
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