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upset
(/@/p's/E/t )

adjective (a)

  • 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.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • an unhappy and worried mental state(noun.state)
    Example:
    She didn't realize the upset she caused me.
    Synonym:
    disturbance, perturbation
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of disturbing the mind or body(noun.act)
    Example:
    His carelessness could have caused an ecological upset.
    Synonym:
    derangement, overthrow
    source: wordnet30
  • a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning(noun.state)
    Example:
    Everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time.
    Synonym:
    disorder
    source: wordnet30
  • a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    swage
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of upsetting something(noun.act)
    Example:
    He was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed.
    Synonym:
    overturn, turnover
    source: wordnet30
  • an improbable and unexpected victory(noun.act)
    Example:
    The biggest upset since David beat Goliath.
    Synonym:
    overturn
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief(adj.all)
    Example:
    Too upset to say anything.
    Synonym:
    disquieted, distressed, disturbed, worried
    source: wordnet30
  • thrown into a state of disarray or confusion(adj.all)
    Example:
    With everything so upset.
    Synonym:
    broken, confused, disordered
    source: wordnet30
  • used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win(adj.all)
    Example:
    The Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers.
    source: wordnet30
  • mildly physically distressed(adj.all)
    Example:
    An upset stomach.
    source: wordnet30
  • having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom(adj.all)
    Example:
    The upset pitcher of milk.
    Synonym:
    overturned, upturned
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • disturb the balance or stability of(verb.change)
    Example:
    The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries.
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to lose one's composure(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune
    source: wordnet30
  • move deeply(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    This book upset me.
    Synonym:
    disturb, trouble
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to overturn from an upright or normal position(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over
    source: wordnet30
  • form metals with a swage(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • defeat suddenly and unexpectedly(verb.competition)
    Example:
    The foreign team upset the local team.
    source: wordnet30
  • To set up; to put upright.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To become upset.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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