upset
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Verb (6)upsetting, upsets
- disturb the balance or stability of“The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries”More general touch, disturb
- cause to lose one's composureSynonyms: discomposeuntunedisconcertdiscomfitMore general arouse, elicitMore specific pain, bewilder, embarrass, faze, dissolve, afflict, inhibit
- move deeply“This book upset me”“A troubling thought”Synonyms: disturbtroubleMore general affect, impressMore specific perturb, agitate, distress, jolt
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position“The cat knocked over the flower vase”“the clumsy customer turned over the vase”“he tumped over his beer”Synonyms: overturntip overturn overknock overbowl overtump overMore general move, displaceCauses overturn, turn overSimilar overturn, turn over
- form metals with a swageSynonyms: swageMore general shape, form
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly“The foreign team upset the local team”More general get the better of, overcome
Adjective (5)
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief“too upset to say anything”“spent many disquieted moments”“distressed about her son's leaving home”“lapsed into disturbed sleep”“worried parents”“a worried frown”“one last worried check of the sleeping children”Synonyms: disquieteddistresseddisturbedworriedOpposite untroubledSimilar troubled
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion“troops fleeing in broken ranks”“a confused mass of papers on the desk”“the small disordered room”“with everything so upset”Synonyms: brokenconfuseddisorderedOpposite organizedSimilar disorganized, disorganised
- used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win“the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers”Opposite expectedSimilar unexpected
- mildly physically distressed“an upset stomach”Opposite wellSimilar ill, sick
- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom“an overturned car”“the upset pitcher of milk”“sat on an upturned bucket”Synonyms: overturnedupturnedOpposite unturnedSimilar turned
Noun (6)upsets
- an unhappy and worried mental state“there was too much anger and disturbance”“she didn't realize the upset she caused me”Synonyms: disturbanceperturbationType of agitation
- the act of disturbing the mind or body“his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset”“she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living”Synonyms: derangementoverthrowType of disturbance
- 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”Synonyms: disorderType of physical condition, physiological stateKinds ailment, fantods, mental disorder, sprue, dysuria, dysphagia, dysosmia, abocclusion, bladder disorder, glandular disease +32 more
- a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swagingSynonyms: swageType of tool
- the act of upsetting something“he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed”Synonyms: overturnturnoverType of inversion, upending
- an improbable and unexpected victory“the biggest upset since David beat Goliath”Synonyms: overturnType of success
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Translations
Adjective angry, distressed, unhappy
- Spanish
- molesto
- French
- contrarié
- German
- aufgebracht
- Portuguese
- chateado
- Russian
- расстро́енный rasstrójennyj
- Arabic
- مُسْتَاء mustāʔ
- Chinese
- 懊恼 àonǎo
- Dutch
- ontdaan
- Polish
- zmartwiony
- Swedish
- upprörd
Verb make angry, distressed or unhappy
- Spanish
- disgustar
- German
- aufregen
- Turkish
- üzmek
- Russian
- огорча́ть ogorčátʹ
- Chinese
- 刺激 cìjī
- Greek
- στενοχωρώ stenochoró
- Hungarian
- felkavar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 刺激 cìjī
- Catalan
- trasbalsar
- Romanian
- tulbura
1 more language
- Scottish Gaelic
- buair
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. To set up; to put upright. obsolete “With sail on mast upset.” R. of Brunne.
2. (a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. (b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. “Determined somehow to upset the situation.” Mrs. Humphry Ward
4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. colloquial
5. Basketwork To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to form (the side) in this manner.
To become upset.
Set up; fixed; determined; — used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.
After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan.— Sir Walter Scott
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement