upset

up·set  (p-st)

v. up·set, up·set·ting, up·sets

v.tr.

1. To cause to turn or tip over; capsize.

2. To disturb the functioning, order, or course of: Protesters upset the meeting by chanting and shouting.

3. To distress or perturb mentally or emotionally: The bad news upset me.

4. To overthrow; overturn: upset a will. See Synonyms at overthrow.

5. (pst) To defeat unexpectedly (an opponent favored to win).

6. To make (a heated metal bolt, for example) shorter and thicker by hammering on the end.

v.intr.

1. To become overturned; capsize.

2. To become disturbed.

n. (pst)

1. The act of upsetting or the condition of being upset.

2. A disturbance, disorder, or state of agitation.

3. A game or contest in which the favorite is defeated.

4.

a. A tool used for upsetting; a swage.

b. An upset part or piece.

adj.

1. Having been overturned; capsized.

2. Exhibiting signs and symptoms of indigestion: an upset stomach.

3. In a state of emotional or mental distress; distraught: upset parents.

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[Middle English upsetten, to set up : up-, up- + setten, to set; see set¹.]

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up·setter n.

up·setting·ly adv.

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upset

Adjective

emotionally or physically disturbed or distressed

Verb

[-setting, -set]

1. to turn or tip over

2. to disrupt the normal state or progress of: bad weather upset their plans

3. to disturb mentally or emotionally

4. to make physically ill: it still seems to upset my stomach

Noun

1. an unexpected defeat or reversal, as in a contest or plans

2. a disturbance or disorder of the emotions, mind, or body

upsetting adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	upset - an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" perturbation, disturbance agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
	2.	upset - 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" derangement, overthrow disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
	3.	upset - a physical 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" disorder immunological disorder - a disorder of the immune system physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions functional disorder - disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified organic disorder - disorder caused by a detectable physiological or structural change in an organ abocclusion - the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting abruptio placentae - a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus achlorhydria - an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach acholia, cholestasis - a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed achylia, achylia gastrica - absence of gastric juices (partial or complete) acute brain disorder, acute organic brain syndrome - any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) ailment, complaint, ill - an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining eating disorder - a disorder of the normal eating routine bladder disorder - a disorder of the urinary bladder cardiovascular disease - a disease of the heart or blood vessels celiac disease - a disorder in children and adults; inability to tolerate wheat protein (gluten); symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation; often accompanied by lactose intolerance cheilosis, perleche - a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin choking - a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) colpoxerosis - a condition in which the vagina is unusually dry degenerative disorder - condition leading to progressive loss of function dysaphia - a disorder in the sense of touch dysosmia, olfactory impairment, parosamia - a disorder in the sense of smell dysphagia - condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful dysuria - painful or difficult urination failure - loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure" fantods - an ill-defined state of irritability and distress adenosis, gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder - a disorder of the glands of the body hyperactivity - a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement impacted tooth, impaction - a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally impaction - a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon learning disability, learning disorder - a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills malocclusion - (dentistry) a condition in which the opposing teeth do not mesh normally idiopathic disease, idiopathic disorder, idiopathy - any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, disturbance - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness metabolic disorder - a disorder or defect of metabolism nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system hydrocele - disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum) sleep disorder - a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern strangulation - the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
	4.	upset - a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging swage tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
	5.	upset - the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" overturn, turnover upending, inversion - turning upside down; setting on end
	6.	upset - an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" overturn success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"
Verb	1.	upset - disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" disturb, touch - tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"
	2.	upset - cause to lose one's composure         discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" faze, unnerve, unsettle, enervate - disturb the composure of dissolve - cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears" bemuse, discombobulate, bewilder, throw - cause to be confused emotionally abash, embarrass - cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious anguish, pain, hurt - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" afflict - cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
	3.	upset - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" disturb, trouble charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" jolt - disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by the play" cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, unhinge, distract, trouble - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" distress - cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
	4.	upset - 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" bowl over, knock over, tip over, tump over, turn over, overturn move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
	5.	upset - form metals with a swage swage shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
	6.	upset - defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team" defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
Adj.	1.	upset - 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 worried check of the sleeping children" disquieted, worried, disturbed, distressed troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"
	2.	upset - 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" disordered, confused, broken disorganised, disorganized - lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate"
	3.	upset - used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers" unexpected - not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news"
	4.	upset - mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach" ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
	5.	upset - 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" overturned, upturned turned - moved around an axis or center

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upset

adjective 1. distressed, shaken, disturbed, worried, troubled, hurt, bothered, confused, unhappy, gutted Brit. (informal) put out, dismayed, choked (informal) grieved, frantic, hassled (informal) agitated, ruffled, cut up (informal) disconcerted, disquieted, overwrought, discomposed

adjective 2. sick, queasy, bad, poorly (informal) ill, gippy (slang)

verb 3. distress, trouble, disturb, worry, alarm, bother, dismay, grieve, hassle (informal) agitate, ruffle, unnerve, disconcert, disquiet, fluster, perturb, faze, throw someone off balance, give someone grief Brit., S. African discompose

verb 4. tip over, overturn, capsize, knock over, spill, topple over

verb 5. mess up, spoil, disturb, change, confuse, disorder, unsettle, mix up, disorganize, turn topsy-turvy, put out of order, throw into disorder

noun 6. distress, worry, trouble, shock, bother, disturbance, hassle (informal) disquiet, agitation, discomposure

noun 7. reversal, surprise, shake-up (informal) defeat, sudden change

noun 8. illness, complaint, disorder, bug (informal) disturbance, sickness, malady, queasiness, indisposition

Translations

upset n [ˈʌpsɛt] (to plan etc) → revés m; contratiempo;

(MED) → trastorno

vt [ʌpˈsɛt] (irreg like set) [+ glass etc]; volcar (= spill); derramar [+ plan]; alterar [+ person]; molestar, perturbar

adj [ʌpˈsɛt] → preocupado, perturbado; [stomach] → revuelto;

to have a stomach upset (BRIT) → tener el estómago revuelto;

to get upset → molestarse, llevarse un disgusto

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upset n [ˈʌpsɛt] → dérangement m

vt [ʌpˈsɛt] irreg like set) [+ glass etc]; renverser [+ plan]; déranger [+ person] (= offend); contrarier: (= grieve); faire de la peine à; bouleverser

adj [ʌpˈsɛt] → contrarié(e); peiné(e); [stomach] → détraqué(e) → dérangé(e);

to get upset (= sad) → devenir triste (= offended); se vexer;

to have a stomach upset (Brit) → avoir une indigestion

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upset vt, adj [ʌpˈsɛt]

n [ˈʌpsɛt] irreg like set)

vt (= knock over) → umstoßen [+ person] (= offend, make unhappy); verletzen [+ routine, plan]; durcheinanderbringen

adj (= unhappy) → aufgebracht; [stomach] → verstimmt

n to have/get a stomach upset (Brit) → eine Magenverstimmung haben/bekommen;

to get upset → sich aufregen

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upset n [ˈʌpsɛt] → turbamento

vt [ʌpˈsɛt] (irreg) like set) [+ glass etc]; rovesciare [+ plan, stomach]; scombussolare [+ person] (= offend); contrariare: (= grieve); addolorare; sconvolgere

adj [ʌpˈsɛt] → contrariato/a: addolorato/a; [stomach] → scombussolato/a, disturbato/a;

to have a stomach upset (BRIT) → avere lo stomaco in disordine or scombussolato;

to get upset → contrariarsi; addolorarsi

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upset

v upset [apˈset]

1 to overturn He upset a glass of wine over the table. omstamp يَقْلِب обръщам převrhnout vælte umkippen αναποδογυρίζω volcar ümber ajama چپه کردن kaataa renverser לַהֲפוֹך उलटना uznemiriti, prodrmati felborít hvolfa, velta rovesciare ひっくり返す apversti apgāzt menelangkupkan omverwerpen velte przewrócić entornar a răsturna опрокидывать prevrhnúť prevrniti prevrnuti stjälpa (välta) [] คว่ำ devirmek 打翻 перекидати, перевертати الٹنا làm đổ, đánh đổ 打翻

2 to disturb or put out of order His illness has upset all our arrangements. versteur يُشَوِّش обърквам zvrátit kuldkaste umstoßen αναστατώνω, ανατρέπω, χαλώ desbaratar, dar al traste (con) häirima به هم زدن sekoittaa bouleverser לְקַלקֵל उलट-पुलट करना, मचाना poremetiti felborít setja úr skorðum sconvolgere だめにする sutrukdyti, sugriauti sajaukt; izjaukt mengganggu in de war brengen velte, kullkaste, ødelegge zdezorganizować transtornar a deranja расстраивать zvrátiť na glavo postaviti poremetiti kullkasta, bringa i olag ทำให้กลัดกลุ้ม bozmak 打亂 розладнувати, порушувати پريشان کرنا làm rối tung, đảo lộn 打乱

3 to distress His friend's death upset him very much. ontstel يُكَدِّر، يُزْعِج разстройвам rozrušit gøre ked af det aus der Fassung bringen αναστατώνω, συγχύζω κπ. afectar, trastornar vapustama ناراحت کردن järkyttää bouleverser לְהַדאִיג दुखी ožalostiti, uznemiriti kiborít koma í uppnám addolorare 心を乱す sukrėsti sarūgtināt; satriekt menyedihkan hati van streek brengen gjøre urolig, forstyrre (helt) wytrącić z równowagi perturbar a indispune; a tulbura огорчать rozrušiť pretresti potresti göra upprörd (uppskakad, illa berörd) ทำให้โศกเศร้า üzmek 使心煩意亂 виводити з рівноваги; засмучувати تکليف دينا làm lo lắng, đau khổ 使心烦意乱

adj

disturbed or distressed Is he very upset about failing his exam? ontsteld مُنْزَعِج، مُتَكَدِّر разстроен rozrušený ulykkelig bestürzt αναστατωμένος, συγχυσμένος afligido; contrariado; trastornado löödud, häiritud نگران järkyttynyt fâché מוּדאָג दुखी uznemiren, ožalošćen kiborult í uppnámi turbato, sconvolto 動揺して susikrimtęs, prislėgtas sarūgtināts; satriekts susah hati van streek forstyrret, opprørt wytrącony z równowagi perturbado indispus расстроенный rozrušený vznemirjen uznemiren upprörd ที่ทำให้โศกเศร้า üzgün, üzüntülü 心煩的 пригнічений پريشان حال، ذہني طور پر منتشر lo lắng, đau khổ 心烦的

[ˈapset] n

a disturbance He has a stomach upset; I couldn't bear the upset of moving house again. versteuring إزعاج، تَشْويش، إضْطِراب مَعِدَه неудобство potíže; zmatek -tilfælde; forstyrrelse die Verstimmung, das Durcheinander ενόχληση, αναστάτωση trastorno; molestia vaev(us) اختلال؛ آشفتگی vaiva dérangement בָּלָגָן दिक्कत smetnja izgalom truflun, óreiða capovolgimento, scompiglio 不調 sutrikimas, sąmyšis gremošanas traucējumi sakit; gangguan stoornis, verwarring uorden, forstyrrelse, (-)besvær rozstrój, zamieszanie desarranjo deranjament расстройство; огорчение ťažkosti; zmätok motnje smetnja krångel, besvär ความระทมทุกข์ rahatsızlık 不適 нездужання; безладдя پريشاني، تکليف tình trạng rối loạn 不适