UPSET

Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 9

Definition

  1. adjective afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. — synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, worried
  2. adjective thrown into a state of disarray or confusion. — synonyms: broken, confused, disordered
  3. adjective used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win. — synonyms: upset(a)
  4. adjective mildly physically distressed.
  5. adjective having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom. — synonyms: overturned, upturned
  6. verb disturb the balance or stability of.
  7. verb cause to lose one's composure. — synonyms: discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
  8. verb move deeply. — synonyms: disturb, trouble
  9. verb cause to overturn from an upright or normal position. — synonyms: overturn, tip_over, turn_over, knock_over, bowl_over, tump_over
  10. verb form metals with a swage. — synonyms: swage
  11. verb defeat suddenly and unexpectedly.
  12. noun an unhappy and worried mental state. — synonyms: disturbance, perturbation
  13. noun the act of disturbing the mind or body. — synonyms: derangement, overthrow
  14. noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning. — synonyms: disorder
  15. 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
  16. noun the act of upsetting something. — synonyms: overturn, turnover
  17. noun an improbable and unexpected victory. — synonyms: overturn

Examples

  • “My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.”
  • “"collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.”
  • “I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.”

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