upset

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From Middle English up +‎ set

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Noun
Adjective, verb

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upset (comparative more upset, superlative most upset)

Positive
upset

Comparative
more upset

Superlative
most upset

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

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Singular
upset

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural upsets

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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Infinitive
to upset

Third person singular
upsets

Simple past
upset

Past participle
upset

Present participle
upsetting

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.

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