Meaning & Definition of Upset in English
Upset
noun
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. The act of upsetting something
- "He was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
- upset,
- overturn,
- turnover
6. An improbable and unexpected victory
- "The biggest upset since david beat goliath"
- overturn,
- upset
verb
1. Disturb the balance or stability of
- "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
- upset
2. Cause to lose one's composure
- upset,
- discompose,
- untune,
- disconcert,
- discomfit
3. Move deeply
- "This book upset me"
- "A troubling thought"
- disturb,
- upset,
- trouble
4. 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
5. Form metals with a swage
- swage,
- upset
6. Defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
- "The foreign team upset the local team"
- upset
adjective
1. 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
2. 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
3. Used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
- "The bills' upset victory over the houston oilers"
- upset(a)
4. Mildly physically distressed
- "An upset stomach"
- upset
5. 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