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English
Etymology
From Middle English up + set
Pronunciation
- Noun
- Adjective, verb
Adjective
upset (comparative more upset, superlative most upset)
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Positive upset |
Comparative more upset |
Superlative most upset |
- Of a person, angry, distressed or unhappy.
Synonyms
- (angry, distressed, unhappy): See angry, distressed and unhappy
- in a tizzy
Noun
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Singular upset |
Plural countable and uncountable; plural upsets |
upset (countable and uncountable; plural upsets)
- (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
- My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
- (countable) (sports) An unexpected victory of a competitor that was not favored.
- The Nimrods defeated the Blue Devils yesterday in a stunning upset.
- (automobile insurance) An overturn.
- "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
Synonyms
- (disturbance, disruption): disruption, disturbance
- (unexpected victory of a competitor):
Translations
disturbance, disruption
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Verb
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Infinitive to upset |
Third person singular upsets |
Simple past upset |
Past participle upset |
Present participle upsetting |
to upset (third-person singular simple present upsets, present participle upsetting, simple past and past participle upset)
- (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
- (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
- Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
- The fatty meat upset his stomach.
- (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
- 1924, W. D. Ross translator, Aristitle, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 9, The Classical Library, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 2001.
- But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.
- 1924, W. D. Ross translator, Aristitle, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 9, The Classical Library, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 2001.
- (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
- Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
Synonyms
- (make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy): See anger, distress and sadden
- (disturb, disrupt, adversely alter): disrupt, disturb, turn upside down
- (tip, overturn): invert, overturn, tip, tip over, tip up, turn over, turn upside down
Derived terms
Translations
make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy
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