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English Dictionary: upset	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for upset
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upset adj 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" Synonym(s): disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried 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" Synonym(s): broken, confused, disordered, upset used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers" mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach" 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" Synonym(s): overturned, upset, upturned n an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" Synonym(s): disturbance, perturbation, upset 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" Synonym(s): upset, derangement, overthrow 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" Synonym(s): disorder, upset a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging Synonym(s): upset, swage the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" Synonym(s): upset, overturn, turnover an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" Synonym(s): overturn, upset v disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" cause to lose one's composure Synonym(s): upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" Synonym(s): disturb, upset, trouble 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" Synonym(s): overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over form metals with a swage Synonym(s): swage, upset defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upset \Up*set"\, v. t. (Basketwork) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upset \Upset"\, v. t. 1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] [bd]With sail on mast upset.[b8] --R. of Brunne. 2. (a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. (b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends. 3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset* a carriage; to upset an argument. [bd]Determined somehow to upset the situation.[b8] --Mrs. Humphry Ward. 4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upset \Up*set"\, v. i. To become upset.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upset \Up"set`\, 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. After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upset \Up"set`\, n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.