upset

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Derived terms 1.5.3 Translations 1.6 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English up +‎ set

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Noun

• enPR: ŭpʹsĕt, IPA: /ˈʌpsεt/, SAMPA: /"VpsEt/

   Audio (US), noun^{help, file}

Adjective, verb

• enPR: ŭpsĕtʹ, IPA: /ʌpˈsεt/, SAMPA: /Vp"sEt/

   Audio (US), verb/adjective^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɛt

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upset (comparative more upset, superlative most upset)

1. Of a person, angry, distressed or unhappy.

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• (angry, distressed, unhappy): See angry, distressed and unhappy
  • in a tizzy

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[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

upset (countable and uncountable; plural upsets)

1. (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.

   My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.

2. (countable) (sports) An unexpected victory of a competitor that was not favored.

   The Nimrods defeated the Blue Devils yesterday in a stunning upset.

3. (automobile insurance) An overturn.

   "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.

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• (disturbance, disruption): disruption, disturbance
• (unexpected victory of a competitor):

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[edit] Verb

to upset (third-person singular simple present upsets, present participle upsetting, simple past and past participle upset)

1. (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

   I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.

2. (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

   Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.

   The fatty meat upset his stomach.

3. (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
   • 1924, W. D. Ross translator, Aristitle, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 9, The Classical Library, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 2001.

     But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.

4. (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.

   Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.

[edit] Synonyms

• (make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy): See anger, distress and sadden
• (disturb, disrupt, adversely alter): disrupt, disturb, turn upside down
• (tip, overturn): invert, overturn, tip, tip over, tip up, turn over, turn upside down

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• upset the applecart

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of epstu
• setup, set up
• stupe