Synonyms: backlash
Definition: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
Usage: there was a backlash of intolerance
Similar words: reaction
Definition: doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
Usage: his style of painting was a reaction against cubism
Synonyms: recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
Definition: a movement back from an impact
Similar words: motion, movement
Definition: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Synonyms: backlash, backfire, recoil
Definition: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
Usage: Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
Similar words: come about, take place, go on, hap, happen, fall out, pass, pass off, occur
Definition: come to pass
Usage: What is happening?; The meeting took place off without an incidence; Nothing occurred that seemed important