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Meaning of 'upset' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Upset [ a.]
- Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.
2 . Upset [ n.]
- The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
3 . Upset [ v. i.]
- To become upset.
4 . Upset [ v. t.]
- To set up; to put upright.
- To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
- To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
- To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.
- To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.

Meaning of 'upset' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . upset [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
Example in sentence:
  • everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time;
  • the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder
Meaning (2):
- the act of upsetting something
Example in sentence:
  • he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
Meaning (3):
- the act of disturbing the mind or body
Example in sentence:
  • his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset;
  • she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
Meaning (4):
- an unhappy and worried mental state
Example in sentence:
  • she didn't realize the upset she caused me;
  • there was too much anger and disturbance
Meaning (5):
- an improbable and unexpected victory
Example in sentence:
  • the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
6 . upset [ v]
Meaning (6):
- move deeply
Example in sentence:
  • A troubling thought;
  • This book upset me
Meaning (7):
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Example in sentence:
  • he tumped over his beer;
  • The cat knocked over the flower vase;
  • the clumsy customer turned over the vase
Meaning (8):
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
Example in sentence:
  • The foreign team upset the local team
Meaning (9):
- disturb the balance or stability of
Example in sentence:
  • The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
10 . upset [ s]
Meaning (10):
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
Example in sentence:
  • a confused mass of papers on the desk;
  • the small disordered room;
  • troops fleeing in broken ranks;
  • with everything so upset
Meaning (11):
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
Example in sentence:
  • a worried frown;
  • distressed about her son's leaving home;
  • lapsed into disturbed sleep;
  • one last worried check of the sleeping children;
  • spent many disquieted moments;
  • too upset to say anything;
  • worried parents
Meaning (12):
- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
Example in sentence:
  • an overturned car;
  • sat on an upturned bucket;
  • the upset pitcher of milk
Meaning (13):
- mildly physically distressed
Example in sentence:
  • an upset stomach
Meaning (14):
- used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
Example in sentence:
  • the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers

Nearby Words:

upsarokas upseek upsend upsetting upshoot upshot upside upsidown upsitting upskip

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