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Upset is defined as to disturb physically, mentally or emotionally.
(verb)- An example of upset is to make someone cry.
- An example of upset is to tip over a glass.
Upset means disturbed or sad.
(adjective)An example of upset is a person who has just learned that she did not get into her top choice school.
The definition of an upset is an unexpected victory.
(noun)An example of upset is an underdog team winning over the champions.
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See upset in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb upset, upsetting
- Obsolete to set up; erect
- to tip over; overturn: to upset a vase
- to overthrow or defeat unexpectedly
- to disturb the functioning, fulfillment, or completion of: to upset a busy schedule
- to disturb mentally or emotionally: upset by bad news
- to disturb physically; make sick: to upset the stomach
- Mech.
- to shorten and thicken (a red-hot iron) by beating on the end
- to shorten (a metal tire) in the process of resetting it
Origin: ME upsetten: see up & set
intransitive verb
to become overturned or upset
noun
- an upsetting or being upset; specif.,
- a tipping over, knocking over, etc.
- an unexpected victory or defeat
- a disturbance or disorder, specif. of an emotional or physical nature
- Mech.
- a swage used for upsetting
- an upset piece or part
adjective
- Rare set up; erected
- tipped over; overturned
- disturbed or disordered
Related Forms:
- upsetter noun
See upset in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb up·set, up·set·ting, up·sets verb, transitive
- To cause to turn or tip over; capsize.
- To disturb the functioning, order, or course of: Protesters upset the meeting by chanting and shouting.
- To distress or perturb mentally or emotionally: The bad news upset me.
- To overthrow; overturn: upset a will. See Synonyms at overthrow.
- (ŭpˈsĕtˌ) To defeat unexpectedly (an opponent favored to win).
- To make (a heated metal bolt, for example) shorter and thicker by hammering on the end.
- To become overturned; capsize.
- To become disturbed.
- The act of upsetting or the condition of being upset.
- A disturbance, disorder, or state of agitation.
- A game or contest in which the favorite is defeated.
- a. A tool used for upsetting; a swage.b. An upset part or piece.
- Having been overturned; capsized.
- Exhibiting signs and symptoms of indigestion: an upset stomach.
- In a state of emotional or mental distress; distraught: upset parents.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English upsetten, to set up
Origin: : up-, up-
Origin: + setten, to set; see set 1
.Related Forms:
- up·setˈter noun
- up·setˈting·ly adverb
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