Allow and Upset

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Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Upset is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Upset verb - To trouble the mind of; to make uneasy.

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Allow is an antonym for upset in bother topic.

Nearby Word: upsetting

life	allow life	upset life
man	allow man	upset man
people	allow people	upset people
balance	allow balance	upset balance
Other words: number, rest, time, way, game, anyone.

Joey is very upset and refuses to allow his mother to explain why she was never there for the important moments of his life.

Source: Series / Blossom
Accidental Murder: Marsh is rather upset when a plan intended to allow him and Lewis to escape someone chasing them ends up killing their pursuer in a nasty way.

Source: Literature / Darkness Visible
He was particularly upset about losing a scene of Electric Torture which the Japanese rating board refused to allow on a T.

Source: Rated M for Money

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