English
Adjective
Upset (comparative more Upset, superlative most Upset)
- (of a person) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- He is upset when she unfriends him on Facebook.
- (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text.
- His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.
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Noun
Upset (countable and uncountable; plural Upsets)
- (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
- My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
- (countable, sports) An unexpected victory of a competitor that was not favored.
- 2011 Paul Fletcher Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle
- But it is probably the biggest upset for the away side since Ronnie Radford smashed a famous goal as Hereford defeated Newcastle 2-1 in 1972.
- (automobile insurance) An overturn.
- "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
- An upset stomach.
- 1958 May 12, advertisement, Life, volume 44, number 19, page 110 [1]:
- "Bob, let's cancel the babysitter. With this upset stomach, I can't go out tonight.
- "Try Pepto-Bismol. Hospital tests prove it relieves upsets. And it's great for indigestion or nausea, too!"
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Verb
Upset (third-person singular simple present upsets, present participle upsetting, simple past and past participle upset)
- (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
- (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
- Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
- The fatty meat upset his stomach.
- (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
- 1924, W. D. Ross translator, Aristitle, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 9, The Classical Library, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 2001.
- But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.
- (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
- Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
Synonyms
- (make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy): See anger, distress and sadden
- (disturb, disrupt, adversely alter): disrupt, disturb, turn upside down
- (tip, overturn): invert, overturn, tip, tip over, tip up, turn over, turn upside down
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Adverbs for Upset
peculiarly; utterly; strangely; significantly;
inconsolably; grievously; wearily; nervously; physically; mentally; cruelly; miserably;
bitterly; oddly; curiously; amazingly; remarkably; mysteriously; unexpectedly; suddenly; inexplicably; unaccountably.
Adverbs for Upset
ultimately; practically; physically; emotionally; incomprehensibly; cruelly; gravely.
Thesaurus
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Etymology
From Middle English, corresponding to up + set.
Pronunciation
- Noun
- Adjective, verb
Translations
Adjective
angry, distressed, unhappy
Noun
sports: unexpected victory of a competitor
automobile insurance term
Verb
make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy
disturb, disrupt, unfavorably alter
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