UPSET
Scrabble letter values: U1P3S1E1T1 = 7
Definition
- adjective afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. — synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, worried
- adjective thrown into a state of disarray or confusion. — synonyms: broken, confused, disordered
- adjective used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win. — synonyms: upset(a)
- adjective mildly physically distressed.
- adjective having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom. — synonyms: overturned, upturned
- verb disturb the balance or stability of.
- verb cause to lose one's composure. — synonyms: discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
- verb move deeply. — synonyms: disturb, trouble
- verb cause to overturn from an upright or normal position. — synonyms: overturn, tip_over, turn_over, knock_over, bowl_over, tump_over
- verb form metals with a swage. — synonyms: swage
- verb defeat suddenly and unexpectedly.
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state. — synonyms: disturbance, perturbation
- noun the act of disturbing the mind or body. — synonyms: derangement, overthrow
- noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning. — synonyms: disorder
- noun a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging. — synonyms: swage
- noun the act of upsetting something. — synonyms: overturn, turnover
- noun an improbable and unexpected victory. — synonyms: overturn
Examples
- “too upset to say anything”
- “spent many disquieted moments”
- “distressed about her son's leaving home”