[
US
/ˈəpˌsɛt, əpˈsɛt/
]
ADJECTIVE
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having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
the upset pitcher of milk
sat on an upturned bucket
an overturned car -
mildly physically distressed
an upset stomach -
used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers -
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
too upset to say anything
worried parents
a worried frown
spent many disquieted moments
distressed about her son's leaving home
one last worried check of the sleeping children
lapsed into disturbed sleep -
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
with everything so upset
the small disordered room
a confused mass of papers on the desk
troops fleeing in broken ranks
NOUN
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an improbable and unexpected victory
the biggest upset since David beat Goliath -
an unhappy and worried mental state
she didn't realize the upset she caused me
there was too much anger and disturbance - a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
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the act of disturbing the mind or body
she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset -
a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder
everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time -
the act of upsetting something
he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
VERB
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move deeply
This book upset me
A troubling thought - form metals with a swage
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defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
The foreign team upset the local team -
disturb the balance or stability of
The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries -
cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
the clumsy customer turned over the vase
The cat knocked over the flower vase
he tumped over his beer - cause to lose one's composure
How To Use upset In A Sentence
- Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
- For the owners of the Ivy to worry about people thinking they are just for VIPs is a little like a lion getting upset for being called a carnivore. Restaurant review: 34
- He is a bit upset by that, that anybody thought he was wanting to leave just for one half-time where I was more direct with the players than I have been for a few months.
- He seems intent on upsetting everyone in the room!
- They may also be friends of the chairman, so they are reluctant to upset the applecart.
- An odd hairy quadruped is upsetting residents of Scott Town, Jamaica, again. Archive 2008-06-01
- Sue always manages to upset somebody when we go out - she's a real liability.
- Try not to let him upset you.
- I do not want to upset the poker illuminati at the height of this fad.
- Yet, going to their house could be mildly upsetting.
