what does upset mean?
UPSET as NOUN
- Meaning
- an improbable and unexpected victory
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- the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the act of upsetting something
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- he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the act of disturbing the mind or body
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- his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
- she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
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Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
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- the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder
- everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time
Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- an unhappy and worried mental state
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- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn”t realize the upset she caused me
Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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UPSET as VERB
- Meaning
- disturb the balance or stability of
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- The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
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- The foreign team upset the local team
Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- cause to lose one’’s composure
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Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
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- The cat knocked over the flower vase
- the clumsy customer turned over the vase
- he tumped over his beer
Hypernyms(s) upset is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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UPSET as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
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- troops fleeing in broken ranks
- a confused mass of papers on the desk
- the small disordered room
- with everything so upset
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- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
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- 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
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- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
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- an overturned car
- the upset pitcher of milk
- sat on an upturned bucket
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- mildly physically distressed
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