vverb.changedisturb the balance or stability ofExamples:- The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
Hypernyms:disturb touch
Inherited Hypernyms:upsettouchchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.emotioncause to lose one's composureSynset:discomfit discompose disconcert untune upset
Derivationally Related Form:discomposuredisconcertiondiscomfitureupsetdisconcertment
Hypernyms:arouse elicit enkindle evoke fire kindle provoke raise
Inherited Hypernyms:upsetarousemake
Direct Hyponyms:abashafflictanguishbemusebewilderdiscombobulatedissolveembarrassenervatefazehurtinhibitpainthrowunnerveunsettle
Full Troponyms:afflictagonizebewilderbotherbreak someone's heartconfusedissolvedistractembarrassfazeflustergrieveinhibitpainrackruffletormenttribulatetryunman
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: upset, discompose, discomfit, disconcert)
vverb.emotionmove deeplySynset:disturb trouble upset
Examples:- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
Derivationally Related Form:upsettroubledisturbance
Hypernyms:affect impress move strike
Inherited Hypernyms:disturbaffect
Direct Hyponyms:agitatecarkchargecharge upcommovedisorderdisquietdistractdistressexcitejoltperturbrousetroubleturn onunhinge
Full Troponyms:agitatebesiegebotherdistresseatelectrifyhype upjoltmisgivenagperturbpotherworry
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: disturb) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: upset, trouble, disturb)
vverb.motioncause to overturn from an upright or normal positionSynset:bowl over knock over overturn tip over tump over turn over upset
Examples:- The cat knocked over the flower vase
- the clumsy customer turned over the vase
- he tumped over his beer
Derivationally Related Form:overturnturnoverupset
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:overturnmove
Causes:overturn tip over tump over turn over
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | These cars won't --- (apply to: turn over)
vverb.contactform metals with a swageSynset:swage upset
Derivationally Related Form:upset
Hypernyms:forge form mold mould shape work
Inherited Hypernyms:swageshapecreate from raw materialmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.competitiondefeat suddenly and unexpectedlyExamples:- The foreign team upset the local team
Derivationally Related Form:upsetupsetter
Hypernyms:defeat get the better of overcome
Inherited Hypernyms:upsetget the better of
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | The fighter managed to --- his opponent (apply to: upset)
adj satadj.allcausing an emotional disturbanceSynset:disconcerting
Examples:- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly - Herb Caen
- an upsetting experience
Antonyms:pleasing
Inherited Hypernyms:disconcerting
Similar to:displeasing