make a scene

The phrase “make a scene” has 3 syllables: make a scene

It's pronounced as /meɪk ə sin/


What is synonym and antonym for make a scene?

In the thesaurus, “make a scene” has 145 synonyms and 59 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for make a scene along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for make a scene

  • advertise
  • afflict
  • agitate
  • ail
  • air
  • alarm
  • annoy
  • bewilder
  • blow up
  • bluster
  • boast
  • bother
  • brandish
  • break out
  • bristle
  • broadcast
  • bug
  • burden
  • burn
  • burn up
  • carry on
  • chafe
  • concern
  • confound
  • confuse
  • cramp
  • craze
  • debilitate
  • declare
  • derange
  • disarrange
  • disclose
  • discombobulate
  • discommode
  • discompose
  • disconcert
  • discountenance
  • dismay
  • disoblige
  • disorder
  • display
  • disport
  • disquiet
  • distract
  • distress
  • disturb
  • divulge
  • drive up the wall
  • egg on
  • expose
  • fan it
  • fire up
  • flash
  • flash about
  • flip
  • flip out
  • floor
  • flourish
  • flurry
  • fluster
  • foam
  • fret
  • fulminate
  • fume
  • gasconade
  • get to
  • give a bad time
  • give a hard time
  • grandstand
  • grieve
  • harass
  • harry
  • hot-dog
  • impose on
  • incapacitate
  • inconvenience
  • indispose
  • irk
  • irritate
  • key up
  • lay up
  • let it all hang out
  • make a fuss
  • make waves
  • muddle
  • needle
  • pain
  • parade
  • perplex
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pick on
  • plague
  • pother
  • proclaim
  • psych
  • put on an act
  • put out
  • rage
  • rampage
  • rant
  • rattle
  • rave
  • reveal
  • rock the boat
  • roll out
  • ruffle
  • run amok
  • run amuck
  • sadden
  • seethe
  • show and tell
  • showcase
  • sicken
  • smack with
  • smolder
  • smoulder
  • spook
  • sport
  • spring on
  • steam
  • stew
  • stir up
  • storm
  • strain
  • streak
  • stress
  • take on
  • throw off balance
  • throw weight around
  • torment
  • trot out
  • trouble
  • try
  • turn
  • turn on
  • unhinge
  • unnerve
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vaunt
  • vex
  • wave around
  • whip out
  • worry

Antonyms for make a scene

  • aid
  • allay
  • allow
  • appease
  • assist
  • assure
  • be content
  • be happy
  • calm
  • check
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • collect
  • comfort
  • compose
  • conceal
  • contain
  • cool
  • cover
  • curb
  • cure
  • delight
  • ease
  • encourage
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • help
  • hide
  • hush
  • let up
  • make happy
  • mend
  • moderate
  • order
  • organize
  • pacify
  • please
  • pocket
  • quell
  • quiet
  • reassure
  • refrain
  • rein
  • relax
  • repress
  • restrain
  • secrete
  • settle
  • smother
  • soothe
  • stifle
  • still
  • strangle
  • subdue
  • support
  • suppress
  • swallow
  • temper
  • withhold

Example Sentences

  • As the argument escalated, John's attempt to calm his girlfriend down only made her angrier, causing her to make a scene in the restaurant.
  • Despite her efforts to maintain composure, Mary couldn't help but make a scene when she discovered her wallet missing in the crowded subway station.
  • During the heated discussion, Tom's frustration boiled over, leading him to make a scene and storm out of the meeting room.
  • When the customer received the wrong order for the third time, he decided to make a scene, demanding to speak to the manager.
  • As the movie reached its climax, a group of teenagers began to make a scene, talking loudly and distracting other theatergoers.

On this page you'll find 204 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to make a scene, such as: advertise, afflict, agitate, aid, ail, air, alarm.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • anger
  • angriness
  • animosity
  • annoyance
  • antagonism
  • antipathy
  • apoplexy
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  • bedlam
  • belligerence
  • bile
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  • birse
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  • blow up
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  • boil
  • boil over
  • bother
  • bristle
  • brouhaha
  • burn
  • bustle
  • buzz
  • caprice
  • carry on
  • chafe
  • chaos
  • chic
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  • clamor
  • clatter
  • commotion
  • conceit
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  • contempt
  • contentiousness
  • contrariness
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • crankiness
  • craze
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  • crush
  • cry
  • cult
  • dander
  • deliriousness
  • delirium
  • delusion
  • dementedness
  • dementia
  • derangement
  • dernier cri
  • disorder
  • disputatiousness
  • distraction
  • disturbance
  • dudgeon
  • embitterment
  • empoisonment
  • enflame
  • enmity
  • enthusiasm
  • envy
  • erupt
  • eruption
  • exasperation
  • excitement
  • explosion
  • fad
  • fancy
  • fashion
  • ferment
  • ferocity
  • fervor
  • fever
  • feverishness
  • fireworks
  • flap
  • flare
  • flare-up
  • flavor
  • fly off the handle
  • foam
  • foam at the mouth
  • freak
  • frenzy
  • fret
  • fulminate
  • fume
  • furor
  • furore
  • fury
  • fuss
  • gall
  • go
  • go berserk
  • grudge
  • hallucination
  • hallucinosis
  • happening
  • have a fit
  • have a tantrum
  • havoc
  • heat
  • hemorrhage
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hostility
  • hot spot
  • hot ticket
  • hot-headedness
  • hubbub
  • huff
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly-burly
  • hypomania
  • hysteria
  • hysterics
  • in
  • in thing
  • in-spot
  • indignation
  • infatuation
  • inflame
  • insanity
  • instability
  • irascibility
  • irascibleness
  • irateness
  • ire
  • irrationality
  • irritability
  • irritation
  • jaundice
  • jealousy
  • last word
  • latest
  • latest thing
  • latest wrinkle
  • let off steam
  • lividity
  • lividness
  • look daggers
  • lunacy
  • mad
  • madness
  • make a fuss over
  • make a scene
  • malevolence
  • malice
  • mania
  • mode
  • monomania
  • mood
  • movement
  • neurosis
  • new wave
  • newest wrinkle
  • nine day wonder
  • novelty
  • now
  • obsession
  • orneriness
  • outburst
  • outrage
  • overflow
  • pandemonium
  • paranoia
  • paroxysm
  • passion
  • pet
  • phobia
  • pique
  • psychosis
  • pugnaciousness
  • pugnacity
  • quarrelsomeness
  • querulousness
  • rail at
  • rampage
  • rancor
  • rankle
  • rant
  • rant and rave
  • rave
  • raving
  • resentment
  • rise
  • road rage
  • roar
  • roil
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • ruffle
  • rumpus
  • run amok
  • run amuck
  • schizophrenia
  • scold
  • scream
  • see red
  • seethe
  • senile dementia
  • sensation
  • shake
  • shindy
  • sizzle
  • slow burn
  • smolder
  • smoulder
  • snap at
  • spasm
  • spite
  • spleen
  • splutter
  • squall
  • steam
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • style
  • surge
  • take on
  • tantrum
  • tear
  • temper
  • tempest
  • thing
  • throw a fit
  • to-do
  • ton
  • trend
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • umbrage
  • unreasonableness
  • unsoundness
  • uproar
  • upset
  • vagary
  • vehemence
  • vengefulness
  • venom
  • vexation
  • vindictiveness
  • violence
  • virulence
  • vitriol
  • vogue
  • warmth
  • whim
  • wingding
  • work oneself into sweat
  • wrath
  • wrathfulness
  • wrinkle
  • yell

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