Thesaurus / thrown
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All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSAt the same moment the door was thrown open, and Mrs. Gordon appeared on the threshold with a gentleman behind her.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESLady Maude sat alone in her room; the white robes upon her, the orthodox veil, meant to shade her fair face thrown back from it.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThe economics of war, therefore, has thrown its lurid light upon the economics of peace.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKA very little crust thrown to the very hungry is always accepted with gratitude.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSRamona had covered the box with white cloth, and the lace altar-cloth thrown over it fell in folds to the floor.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONLessard's high-handed squelching of MacRae had thrown everything out of focus.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRA dot or two, sometimes only one, sometimes as many as five, are thrown in as a rough way of indicating the features.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYUpon these fire-eaters de Robeck has hitherto thrown cold water.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONTo escape from these horrible theories, the Christians (some of them) have thrown over the doctrines of Hell and the Devil.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDWORDS RELATED TO THROWN
- addled
- agitated
- anxious
- beside oneself
- bothered
- concerned
- confused
- crazed
- crazy
- distracted
- distrait
- distressed
- flustered
- frantic
- harassed
- hysterical
- in a panic
- like a chicken with its head cut off
- mad
- muddled
- nonplussed
- nuts
- out of one's mind
- overwrought
- perturbed
- rattled
- raving
- shook up
- thrown
- tormented
- troubled
- unglued
- unscrewed
- unzipped
- wild
- worried
- abashed
- addled
- addlepated
- at a loss
- at sea
- at sixes and sevens
- baffled
- befuddled
- bewildered
- come apart
- confounded
- confusional
- dazed
- discombobulated
- disconcerted
- disorganized
- distracted
- flummoxed
- flustered
- glassy-eyed
- gone
- misled
- muddled
- nonplussed
- not with it
- out to lunch
- perplexed
- perturbed
- punch-drunk
- punchy
- puzzled
- screwy
- shook up
- shot to pieces
- slaphappy
- spaced out
- stumped
- taken aback
- thrown
- thrown off balance
- turbid
- unglued
- unscrewed
- unzipped
- active
- agitated
- antsy
- anxious
- busy
- changeable
- changeful
- changing
- complex
- complicated
- confused
- disorderly
- disturbed
- explosive
- fidgety
- fluid
- flustered
- inconstant
- insecure
- kinetic
- mobile
- mutable
- on edge
- perilous
- perturbed
- precarious
- rattled
- restive
- restless
- shaken
- shaky
- shifting
- shook up
- tense
- thrown
- ticklish
- troubled
- unbalanced
- uncertain
- uneasy
- unnerved
- unpeaceful
- unpredictable
- unquiet
- unrestful
- unstable
- unsteady
- variable
- wavering
- wobbling
- agitated
- all torn up
- amazed
- antsy
- apprehensive
- blue
- broken up
- bummed out
- capsized
- chaotic
- come apart
- confused
- disconcerted
- dismayed
- disordered
- disquieted
- distressed
- dragged
- frantic
- grieved
- hurt
- ill
- in disarray
- jittery
- jumpy
- low
- muddled
- overturned
- overwrought
- psyched out
- rattled
- ruffled
- shocked
- shook up
- sick
- spilled
- thrown
- tipped over
- toppled
- troubled
- tumbled
- unglued
- unsettled
- unzipped
- upside-down
- worried
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