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Etymology

From Middle English up +‎ set

Pronunciation

Noun
Adjective, verb

Adjective

upset (comparative more upset, superlative most upset)

Positive upset

Comparative more upset

Superlative most upset
  1. Of a person, angry, distressed or unhappy.

Synonyms

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Upset (unexpected victory)

Singular upset

Plural countable and uncountable; plural upsets

upset (countable and uncountable; plural upsets)

  1. (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
    My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
  2. (countable) (sports) An unexpected victory of a competitor that was not favored.
    The Nimrods defeated the Blue Devils yesterday in a stunning upset.
  3. (automobile insurance) An overturn.
    "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.

Synonyms

Translations

disturbance, disruption
sports: unexpected victory of a competitor

Verb

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)

  1. (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
    I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
  2. (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
    Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
    The fatty meat upset his stomach.
  3. (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.
  4. (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
    Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy
  • Arabic: أغضب ar(ar) ('aghDaba)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 刺激 cmn(cmn) (cìjī)
  • Dutch: van zijn stuk brengen, overstuur maken, verontrusten
  • French: énerver fr(fr)
  • German: ärgern de(de), aufregen de(de)
  • Italian: innervosire it(it)
  • Japanese: 引っ繰り返す ja(ja) (hikkuri-kaesu)
  • Romanian: tulburat, nervos, nefericit
  • Russian: (imperfective) огорчать ru(ru) (ogorčát'), (perfective) огорчить ru(ru) (ogorčít'), (imperfective) сердить ru(ru) (serdít'), (perfective) рассердить ru(ru) (rasserdít'), (imperfective) расстраивать ru(ru) (rasstráivat'), (perfective) расстроить ru(ru) (rasstróit')
  • Scottish Gaelic: buair gd(gd)
disturb, disrupt, unfavorably alter
  • Russian: (imperfective) расстраивать ru(ru) (rasstráivat'), (perfective) расстроить ru(ru) (rasstróit')
  • Scottish Gaelic: buair gd(gd)
tip, overturn
  • Dutch: omstoten, doen kapzeizen
  • French: renverser fr(fr)
  • German: umwerfen de(de), umkippen de(de), umschlagen de(de), kentern de(de), umdrehen de(de), umkehren de(de) (transitiv), auf den Kopf stellen de(de) (figurative, idiomatic)

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