upset

  • (s) 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,
  • (s) 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,
  • (s) used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
    • the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers
  • (s) mildly physically distressed
    • an upset stomach
  • (s) 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,

Nouns

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

Verbs

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

Synonyms

perturbation disturbance disquieted worried disturbed distressed disordered confused broken derangement overthrow discomfit discompose untune disconcert disorder disturb trouble bowl over knock over tip over tump over overturn turn over swage turnover overturned upturned

Words of close approximity

upset price upset stomach upsetter upsetting