'raise hell' definitions:
Definition of 'raise hell'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: raise hell, make a stink, raise a stink]
Synonyms of 'raise hell'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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 a clamor,
- raise Cain,
- 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