Synonyms for Rattle one's cage:

• v.

  •acerbate (verb)
  • provoke,
  • aggravate,
  • perturb,
  • annoy,
  • disturb.
  •badger (verb)
  • harass.
  •confuse, perplex (verb)
  • nonplus.
  •disconcert, upset someone (verb)
  • rattle.
  •disrupt (verb)
  • disarray,
  • confuse,
  • discombobulate,
  • screw up,
  • rummage,
  • discompose,
  • psych out,
  • spoil,
  • muddle,
  • put off,
  • unsettle,
  • upset the apple cart,
  • mess up,
  • bollix,
  • throw,
  • disorder,
  • agitate,
  • mix up,
  • muck up,
  • muddy the waters,
  • shake.
  •drive up the wall (verb)
  • get under one's skin.
  •exacerbate (verb)
  • envenom,
  • go from bad to worse,
  • excite,
  • vex,
  • irritate,
  • egg on,
  • feed the fire,
  • increase,
  • rub salt in a wound,
  • add insult to injury,
  • embitter,
  • push one's button,
  • heat up,
  • hit on,
  • intensify,
  • inflame,
  • madden,
  • enrage,
  • fan the flames,
  • exasperate,
  • heighten,
  • worsen.
  •exasperate (verb)
  • acerbate.
  •get under one's skin (verb)
  • infuriate,
  • needle,
  • push one's buttons,
  • rile,
  • ruffle,
  • upset,
  • get in one's hair.
  •harass (verb)
  • get to,
  • noodge,
  • harry,
  • perplex,
  • maraud,
  • hassle,
  • beleaguer,
  • weary,
  • foray,
  • fatigue,
  • give a hard time,
  • hound,
  • pester,
  • strain,
  • worry,
  • ride,
  • macerate,
  • give a bad time,
  • raid,
  • heckle,
  • bother,
  • tire,
  • devil,
  • try,
  • persecute,
  • bait,
  • trouble,
  • tease,
  • gnaw,
  • distress,
  • bug,
  • eat,
  • work on,
  • plague,
  • stress,
  • bullyrag,
  • jerk around,
  • intimidate,
  • pain,
  • torment,
  • burn,
  • despoil,
  • irk,
  • exhaust,
  • attack,
  • bedevil.
  •nonplus (verb)
  • baffle,
  • stagger,
  • disconcert,
  • daze,
  • stump,
  • discomfit,
  • beat,
  • embarrass,
  • puzzle,
  • balk,
  • discountenance,
  • mystify,
  • bewilder,
  • thwart,
  • paralyze,
  • faze,
  • dumbfound,
  • frustrate,
  • boggle,
  • dismay,
  • floor,
  • stick,
  • astonish,
  • overcome,
  • take aback,
  • stun,
  • fluster,
  • buffalo,
  • flurry,
  • get,
  • stymie,
  • mess with one's head,
  • throw into tizzy,
  • astound,
  • confound.
  •rattle (verb)
  • addle,
  • frighten,
  • put out of countenance,
  • flummox,
  • distract,
  • abash,
  • unnerve,
  • put out,
  • scare.
  •ruffle (verb)
  • bluster,
  • abrade,
  • anger,
  • disquiet,
  • peeve,
  • fuddle,
  • stir,
  • fret,
  • nettle,
  • wear,
  • gall,
  • shake up,
  • bully,
  • browbeat,
  • cow,
  • chafe.
  •upset, disorganize (verb)
  • disrupt.

• Other synonyms:

  •disrupt
  • disarrayed,
  • Muddy Waters,
  • psyched out,
  • Disarraying,
  • bollixing,
  • mucked up,
  • bollixed,
  • upset apple cart.
  •nonplus
  • buffaloed,
  • Buffaloes,
  • taking aback,
  • took aback,
  • takes aback.

Antonyms for Rattle one's cage:

• v.

  • acerbate
    soothe, appease, please, calm, make happy.
  • disrupt
    clear up, explain, ready, enlighten, compose, arrange, organize, help, order.
  • exacerbate
    aid, alleviate, placate, comfort, delight, improve, pacify.
  • harass
    activate, energize, facilitate, reassure, encourage, invigorate, support, assuage, assist, build, clarify, refresh.
  • nonplus
    bore, expect, surrender, educate, explicate, lose, give in, yield.
  • rattle
    gladden.
  • ruffle
    cheer, leave alone, tranquilize, lull, quiet, settle, smooth.