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 Definitions of upset  [ˈʌpˈskeɪl]  

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Definition of 'upset' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) upset
to overturn:
to upset a glass of milk.

2.  upset
to disturb mentally or emotionally; distress:
The accident upset her.

3.  upset
to disturb completely; throw into disorder:
to upset a plan.

4.  upset
to disturb physically.

5.  upset
to defeat (an opponent that is favored), as in politics or sports.

6. (v.i.) upset
to become upset or overturned.

7. (n.) upset
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.

8.  upset
the unexpected defeat of an opponent that is favored.

9.  upset
a nervous, irritable state of mind.

10.  upset
a disturbance or disorder.

11. (adj.) upset
overturned.

12.  upset
disordered; disorganized.

13.  upset
distressed; disturbed.

Etymology:  (1300–50)

Definition of 'upset' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) disturbance, perturbation, upset
an unhappy and worried mental state
"there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"

2. (noun) upset, derangement, overthrow
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"

3. (noun) disorder, 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"

4. (noun) upset, swage
a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

5. (noun) upset, overturn, turnover
the act of upsetting something
"he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"

6. (adj) overturn, upset
an improbable and unexpected victory
"the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

7. (adj) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried
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"

8. (adj) broken, confused, disordered, 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"

9. (adj) upset(a)
used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
"the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"

10. (adj) upset
mildly physically distressed
"an upset stomach"

11. (verb) overturned, upset, upturned
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"

12. (verb) upset
disturb the balance or stability of
"The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"

13. (verb) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
cause to lose one's composure

14. (verb) disturb, upset, trouble
move deeply
"This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

15. (verb) overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
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"

16. (verb) swage, upset
form metals with a swage

17. (verb) upset
defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
"The foreign team upset the local team"


Definition of 'upset' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) upset
to make sb feel sad or disappointed
It upset me that you didn't apologize.; It upsets people to watch animals dying on TV.

2.  upset
to make your stomach feel sick
Drinking all the soda upset his stomach.

3. (adjective) upset
sad or disappointed
After they spoke, she looked very upset.; We are upset that nobody is listening.

4.  upset
an upset stomach
the feeling of being sick in your stomach
The boy went home with an upset stomach.

5. (noun) upset
a game in which the weaker team or player wins
a surprising upset in the world of tennis


Definition of 'upset' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) upset
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. (noun) upset
the act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset

3. (verb) upset
to set up; to put upright

4. (verb) upset
to thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end

5. (verb) upset
to shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends

6. (verb) upset
to overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument

7. (verb) upset
to disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her

8. (verb) upset
to become upset


Translation of 'upset' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to overturn
He upset a glass of wine over the table.

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Brazilian flag Brazilian: entornar Czech flag Czech: převrhnout German flag German: umkippen
Danish flag Danish: vælte Greek flag Greek: αναποδογυρίζω Spanish flag Spanish: volcar
Estonian flag Estonian: ümber ajama Farsi flag Farsi: چپه کردن Finnish flag Finnish: kaataa
French flag French: renverser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לַהֲפוֹך Hindi flag Hindi: उलटना
Croatian flag Croatian: uznemiriti, prodrmati Hungarian flag Hungarian: felborít Indonesian flag Indonesian: membalikkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hvolfa, velta Italian flag Italian: rovesciare Japanese flag Japanese: ひっくり返す
Korean flag Korean: 뒤엎다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apversti Latvian flag Latvian: apgāzt
Malay flag Malay: menelangkupkan Dutch flag Dutch: omverwerpen Norwegian flag Norwegian: velte
Polish flag Polish: przewrócić Persian flag Persian: چپه کردن Pashto flag Pashto: اندېشمن كول: نسكوريدل، او
Portuguese flag Portuguese: entornar Romanian flag Romanian: a răsturna Russian flag Russian: опрокидывать
Slovak flag Slovak: prevrhnúť Slovenian flag Slovenian: prevrniti Serbian flag Serbian: prevrnuti
Swedish flag Swedish: stjälpa (välta) [omkull] Thai flag Thai: คว่ำ Turkish flag Turkish: devirmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 打翻 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: перекидати, перевертати Urdu flag Urdu: الٹنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm đổ, đánh đổ Chinese flag Chinese: 打翻

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