upset | English to English Dictionary

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upset

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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.(adjective)

source: webster1913

an unhappy and worried mental state(noun.state)

Example:
She didn't realize the upset she caused me.

Synonym:
disturbance, perturbation

source: wordnet30
the act of disturbing the mind or body(noun.act)

Example:
His carelessness could have caused an ecological upset.

Synonym:
derangement, overthrow

source: wordnet30
a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning(noun.state)

Example:
Everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time.

Synonym:
disorder

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

Synonym:
swage

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the act of upsetting something(noun.act)

Example:
He was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed.

Synonym:
overturn, turnover

source: wordnet30
an improbable and unexpected victory(noun.act)

Example:
The biggest upset since David beat Goliath.

Synonym:
overturn

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

source: webster1913

disturb the balance or stability of(verb.change)

Example:
The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries.

source: wordnet30
cause to lose one's composure(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune

source: wordnet30
move deeply(verb.emotion)

Example:
This book upset me.

Synonym:
disturb, trouble

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cause to overturn from an upright or normal position(verb.motion)

Synonym:
bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over

source: wordnet30
form metals with a swage(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
defeat suddenly and unexpectedly(verb.competition)

Example:
The foreign team upset the local team.

source: wordnet30
To set up; to put upright.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become upset.(verb)

source: webster1913
To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to form (the side) in this manner.(verb)

source: webster1913