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Upset

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Definitions for Upset

noun
an unhappy and worried mental state
Synonyms
disturbance perturbation
Examples
  1. there was too much anger and disturbance
  2. she didn't realize the upset she caused me
noun
the act of disturbing the mind or body
Synonyms
derangement overthrow
Examples
  1. his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
  2. she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
noun
a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
Synonyms
disorder
Examples
  1. the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder
  2. everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time
noun
a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
Synonyms
swage
noun
the act of upsetting something
Synonyms
overturn turnover
Examples
  1. he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
noun
an improbable and unexpected victory
Synonyms
overturn
Examples
  1. the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
verb
disturb the balance or stability of
Examples
  1. The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
verb
cause to lose one's composure
Synonyms
discompose untune disconcert discomfit
verb
move deeply
Synonyms
disturb trouble
Examples
  1. This book upset me
  2. A troubling thought
verb
cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Synonyms
overturn tip over turn over knock over bowl over tump over
Examples
  1. The cat knocked over the flower vase
  2. the clumsy customer turned over the vase
  3. he tumped over his beer
verb
form metals with a swage
Synonyms
swage
verb
defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
Examples
  1. The foreign team upset the local team
adjective
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
Synonyms
disquieted distressed disturbed worried
Examples
  1. too upset to say anything
  2. spent many disquieted moments
  3. distressed about her son's leaving home
  4. lapsed into disturbed sleep
  5. worried parents
  6. a worried frown
  7. one last worried check of the sleeping children
adjective
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
Synonyms
broken confused disordered
Examples
  1. troops fleeing in broken ranks
  2. a confused mass of papers on the desk
  3. the small disordered room
  4. with everything so upset
adjective
used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
Synonyms
upset(a)
Examples
  1. the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers
adjective
mildly physically distressed
Examples
  1. an upset stomach
adjective
having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
Synonyms
overturned upturned
Examples
  1. an overturned car
  2. the upset pitcher of milk
  3. sat on an upturned bucket

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