upset
adjective
1. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- too upset to say anything
Similar word(s): troubled, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, worried
2. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- with everything so upset
Similar word(s): disorganised, disorganized, broken, confused, disordered
3. used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
- the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers
Similar word(s): unexpected
4. mildly physically distressed
- an upset stomach
5. having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
- the upset pitcher of milk
Similar word(s): turned, overturned, upturned
Sentences with upset as an adjective:
- He was upset when she refused his friendship.
- My children often get upset with their classmates.
- His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.
noun
1. an unhappy and worried mental state
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
Similar word(s): disturbance, perturbation
Definition categories: state, agitation
2. the act of disturbing the mind or body
- his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
Similar word(s): derangement, overthrow
Definition categories: act, disturbance
3. a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
- everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time
Similar word(s): disorder
Definition categories: state
4. a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
Similar word(s): swage
Definition categories: man–made, tool
5. the act of upsetting something
- he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
Similar word(s): overturn, turnover
Definition categories: act, inversion, upending
6. an improbable and unexpected victory
- the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
Similar word(s): overturn
Definition categories: act, success
Sentences with upset as a noun:
- My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
- "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
verb
1. disturb the balance or stability of
- The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
Definition categories: change, disturb, touch
2. cause to lose one's composure
Similar word(s): discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune
Definition categories: emotion, arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
3. move deeply
- This book upset me
Similar word(s): disturb, trouble
Definition categories: emotion, affect, impress, move, strike
4. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Similar word(s): overturn
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
5. form metals with a swage
Similar word(s): swage
Definition categories: contact, forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
6. defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
- The foreign team upset the local team
Definition categories: competition, defeat, overcome
Sentences with upset as a verb:
- I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
- Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
- The fatty meat upset his stomach.
- Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
- The carriage upset when the horse bolted.