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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
upset
adj 1: 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" [syn: disquieted, distressed,
disturbed, upset, worried]
2: 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" [syn:
broken, confused, disordered, upset]
3: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the
Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
4: mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
5: 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" [syn: overturned, upset,
upturned]
n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much
anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she
caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset]
2: 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"
[syn: upset, derangement, overthrow]
3: 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" [syn: disorder, upset]
4: a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a
rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: upset,
swage]
5: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the
upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn,
turnover]
6: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset
since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset]
v 1: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks
upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose,
untune, disconcert, discomfit]
3: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
[syn: disturb, upset, trouble]
4: 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" [syn:
overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over,
bowl over, tump over]
5: form metals with a swage [syn: swage, upset]
6: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the
local team"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Upset \Up*set"\, v. i.
To become upset.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
[1913 Webster]
After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset
price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Upset \Up"set`\, n.
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an
overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
[1913 Webster]
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Upset \Up*set"\, v. t.
1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] "With sail on mast
upset." --R. of Brunne.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a
carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to
upset the situation." --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
[1913 Webster]
4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves
of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
5. (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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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Thesaurus Results for upset:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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