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upset in WordNet English dictionary
verb- 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"
overturn tip over turn over upset knock over bowl over tump over
- cause to lose one's composure
upset discompose untune disconcert discomfit
- move deeply
"This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
disturb upset trouble
- form metals with a swage
swage upset
- disturb the balance or stability of
"The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
upset
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
"The foreign team upset the local team"
upset
adjective- 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"
broken confused disordered upset
- 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"
disquieted distressed disturbed upset worried
- 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"
overturned upset upturned
- mildly physically distressed
"an upset stomach"
upset
- used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
"the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
upset
noun- 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"
upset derangement overthrow
- 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"
disorder upset
- an unhappy and worried mental state
"there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
disturbance perturbation upset
- the act of upsetting something
"he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
upset overturn turnover
- an improbable and unexpected victory
"the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
overturn upset
- a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
upset swage
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