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Meaning & Definition of Upset in English

English

Upset

/əpsɛt/

noun

1. An unhappy and worried mental state

  • "There was too much anger and disturbance"
  • "She didn't realize the upset she caused me"
synonym:
  • 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"
synonym:
  • 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"
synonym:
  • 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

synonym:
  • upset,
  • swage

5. The act of upsetting something

  • "He was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
synonym:
  • upset,
  • overturn,
  • turnover

6. An improbable and unexpected victory

  • "The biggest upset since david beat goliath"
synonym:
  • overturn,
  • upset

verb

1. Disturb the balance or stability of

  • "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
synonym:
  • upset

2. Cause to lose one's composure

synonym:
  • upset,
  • discompose,
  • untune,
  • disconcert,
  • discomfit

3. Move deeply

  • "This book upset me"
  • "A troubling thought"
synonym:
  • 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"
synonym:
  • overturn,
  • tip over,
  • turn over,
  • upset,
  • knock over,
  • bowl over,
  • tump over

5. Form metals with a swage

synonym:
  • swage,
  • upset

6. Defeat suddenly and unexpectedly

  • "The foreign team upset the local team"
synonym:
  • 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"
synonym:
  • 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"
synonym:
  • broken,
  • confused,
  • disordered,
  • upset

3. Used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win

  • "The bills' upset victory over the houston oilers"
synonym:
  • upset(a)

4. Mildly physically distressed

  • "An upset stomach"
synonym:
  • 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"
synonym:
  • overturned,
  • upset,
  • upturned

Examples of using

Mary's email was very terse and it was clear that she was upset about something.
Why are you so upset?
Why are you getting so upset?