Meaning of Upset
Verb:Upset(Upset,Upsetting)
Disturb the balance or stability of
Example 1:"The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
Cause to lose one's composure
Example 2:"Persons frequently employ falsehoods to a sick man who cannot recover, lest it should upset his mind"
Cause profound worry; make to feel uncomfortable or anxious
Example 3:"This book upset me"
Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Example 4:"the clumsy customer upset the vase"
Form metals with a swage
Defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
Example 5:"The foreign team upset the local team"
Adjective:Upset
Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
Example 1:"too upset to say anything"
Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
Example 2:"with everything so upset"
Used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
Example 3:"the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
Mildly physically distressed
Example 4:"an upset stomach"
Having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
Example 5:"the upset pitcher of milk"
Noun:Upset
An unhappy and worried mental state
Example 1:"she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
The act of disturbing the mind or body
Example 2:"his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"
A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
Example 3:"everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
The act of upsetting something
Example 4:"he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
An improbable and unexpected victory
Example 5:"the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
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