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upset

adjective

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
Synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, worried Similar: troubled
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"
Synonyms: broken, confused, disordered Similar: disorganized, disorganised
used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills'' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
Similar: unexpected
mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
Similar: ill, sick
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"
Synonyms: overturned, upturned Similar: turned

noun

an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn''t realize the upset she caused me"
Synonyms: disturbance, perturbation
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"
Synonyms: derangement, overthrow
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"
Synonyms: disorder
a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
Synonyms: swage
the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
Synonyms: overturn, turnover
an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
Synonyms: overturn

verb

disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
cause to lose one''s composure
Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune
move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
Synonyms: disturb, trouble
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"
Synonyms: bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over
form metals with a swage
Synonyms: swage
defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"