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Plural / 3rd person of upset. Showing the entry for upset.

upset

up·set

US/ʌpˈsɛt/ common

verb

1.

disturb the balance or stability of

  • “The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries”
3.

move deeply

  • “This book upset me”
  • “A troubling thought”
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”
5.

form metals with a swage

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6.

defeat suddenly and unexpectedly

  • “The foreign team upset the local team”

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”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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”
3.

used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win

  • “the Bills”
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4.

mildly physically distressed

  • “an upset stomach”
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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”
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noun

1.

an unhappy and worried mental state

  • “there was too much anger and disturbance”
  • “she didn”
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”
3.

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”
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4.

a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

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5.

the act of upsetting something

  • “he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed”
6.

an improbable and unexpected victory

  • “the biggest upset since David beat Goliath”
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Origin

From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English upsetten, corresponding to up- + set. Cognate with Middle Low German upset (“setup; arrangement”).

Phrases

  • jet upset
  • process upset
  • upset price
  • upset stomach
  • upset the applecart
  • upset the natives
  • upset the pot
  • upsetting thermometer

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