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Verb: upset (upset,upsetting) úp'set- Disturb the balance or stability of
"The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" - Cause to lose one's composure
- discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit - Move deeply
"This book upset me"
- disturb, trouble - Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- overturn, tip over, turn over, knock over, bowl over, tump over - Form metals with a swage
- swage - Defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
"The foreign team upset the local team"
Adjective: upset úp'set- Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
"too upset to say anything"
- disquieted, distressed, disturbed, worried - Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
"with everything so upset"
- broken, confused, disordered - Used of an unexpected defeat of a team favoured to win
"the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers" - Mildly physically distressed
"an upset stomach" - Having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
"the upset pitcher of milk"
- overturned, upturned
Noun: upset 'úpset- An unhappy and worried mental state
"she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
- disturbance, perturbation - The act of disturbing the mind or body
"his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"
- derangement, overthrow - A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
"everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
- disorder - A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- swage - The act of upsetting something
"he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
- overturn, turnover - An improbable and unexpected victory
"the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
- overturn
Derived forms: upset, upsets, upsetting See also: disorganised [Brit], disorganized, ill, sick, troubled, turned, unexpected, upsetter Type of: affect, agitation, arouse, defeat, displace, disturb, disturbance, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, forge, form, get the better of, impress, inversion, kindle, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], move, overcome, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state, provoke, raise, shape, strike, success, tool, touch, upending, work Encyclopedia: Upset |