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Defenition of the word upset

    • Defenition of the word upset

      • In an unhappy and worried mental state.
      • 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"
      • a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
      • 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"
      • move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
      • an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
      • cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"
      • an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
      • 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"
      • form metals with a swage
      • used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houson Oilers"
      • mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
      • disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
      • defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"
      • 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"
      • cause to lose one's composure
      • the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
      • a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
      • 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"
      • an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn''t realize the upset she caused me"
      • cause to lose one''s composure
      • 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"
      • 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 wo
      • an improbable and unexpected victory
      • the act of upsetting something
      • the act of disturbing the mind or body
      • a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
      • a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
      • an unhappy and worried mental state
      • disturb the balance or stability of
      • defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
      • move deeply
      • cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
      • used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
      • thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
      • afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
      • having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
      • mildly physically distressed

    Synonyms for the word upset

      • affront
      • bowl over
      • broken
      • change
      • commotion
      • confused
      • confusion
      • defeat
      • derangement
      • disappoint
      • disappointed
      • disappointment
      • disarray
      • discomfit
      • discompose
      • disconcert
      • dismayed
      • disorder
      • disordered
      • disorganize
      • displease
      • disquieted
      • disrupt
      • disruption
      • distraught
      • distress
      • distressed
      • disturb
      • disturbance
      • disturbed
      • grieve
      • in a state
      • in tears
      • knock over
      • letdown
      • mix up
      • offend
      • offended
      • overthrow
      • overturn
      • overturned
      • perturbation
      • reorder
      • reverse
      • sad
      • sadden
      • saddened
      • setback
      • shake-up
      • shock
      • spill
      • spoil
      • surprise victory
      • swage
      • tip over
      • trouble
      • troubled
      • turmoil
      • turn over
      • turnover
      • unbalance
      • unexpected defeat
      • unexpected result
      • untune
      • upturned
      • worried
      • wounded

    Similar words in the upset

      • disorganised
      • disorganized
      • ill
      • sick
      • troubled
      • turned
      • unexpected
      • upset
      • upsets
      • upsetting

    Hyponyms for the word upset

      • abash
      • abocclusion
      • abruptio placentae
      • achlorhydria
      • acholia
      • achylia
      • achylia gastrica
      • acute brain disorder
      • acute organic brain syndrome
      • adenosis
      • afflict
      • agitate
      • ailment
      • anguish
      • bemuse
      • bewilder
      • bladder disorder
      • cardiovascular disease
      • cark
      • celiac disease
      • charge
      • charge up
      • cheilosis
      • choking
      • cholestasis
      • colpoxerosis
      • commove
      • complaint
      • defect of speech
      • degenerative disorder
      • discombobulate
      • disorder
      • disquiet
      • dissolve
      • distract
      • distress
      • disturbance
      • dysaphia
      • dysosmia
      • dysphagia
      • dysuria
      • eating disorder
      • embarrass
      • enervate
      • excite
      • failure
      • fantods
      • faze
      • folie
      • functional disorder
      • gland disease
      • glandular disease
      • glandular disorder
      • haematocolpometra
      • haematocolpos
      • hematocolpometra
      • hematocolpos
      • hurt
      • hydrocele
      • hyperactivity
      • idiopathic disease
      • idiopathic disorder
      • idiopathy
      • ill
      • immunological disorder
      • impacted tooth
      • impaction
      • jolt
      • learning disability
      • learning disorder
      • malocclusion
      • mental disorder
      • mental disturbance
      • metabolic disorder
      • nervous disorder
      • neurological disease
      • neurological disorder
      • ofactory impairment
      • olfactory impairment
      • organic disorder
      • pain
      • parosamia
      • perleche
      • perturb
      • psilosis
      • psychological disorder
      • rouse
      • sleep disorder
      • speech defect
      • speech disorder
      • sprue
      • strangulation
      • throw
      • tropical sprue
      • trouble
      • turn on
      • unhinge
      • unnerve
      • unsettle

    Hypernyms for the word upset

      • affect
      • agitation
      • arouse
      • condition
      • defeat
      • displace
      • disturb
      • disturbance
      • elicit
      • enkindle
      • evoke
      • fire
      • forge
      • form
      • get the better of
      • impress
      • inversion
      • kindle
      • mold
      • mould
      • move
      • overcome
      • physical condition
      • physiological condition
      • physiological state
      • provoke
      • raise
      • shape
      • status
      • strike
      • success
      • tool
      • touch
      • upending
      • work

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