Explain and Upset

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Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
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Synonyms for Explain
Antonyms for Explain
Upset is an antonym for explain.
Nearby Words: explanation, explained, explaining, explicable, explainable

Upset

Upset verb - To trouble the mind of; to make uneasy.
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Antonyms for Upset
Explain is an antonym for upset in bother topic.
Nearby Word: upsetting
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Similar words of upset

Common collocations

relationship explain relationship upset relationship
problem explain problem upset problem
time explain time upset time
way explain way upset way
Other words: plan, bit, hair, plans, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Cry into Chest Lydia does this to Betelgeuse at one point in Cobweb And Stripes, but doesn't really explain what's got her so upset.
    Source: Cry into Chest
  • Kitsune But the young ones, sir — I'm sure they'll understand when I explain to them why you're so upset.
    Source: Kitsune
  • Solomon Divorce At the time, he thought she was just upset over carpentry but looking back it seems she was too heartbroken to ever explain the situation to Elan.
    Source: Solomon Divorce
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Antonyms for explain


Antonyms for upset

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