English Explanatory Dictionary

upset

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Angry, distressed, or unhappy
  2. Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
noun
  1. Disturbance or disruption.
  2. An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
  3. An overturn.
  4. An upset stomach.
  5. An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
  6. The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.
  7. A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.
verb
  1. To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
  2. To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
  3. To tip or overturn (something).
  4. To defeat unexpectedly.
  5. To be upset or knocked over.
  6. To set up; to put upright.
  7. To thicken and shorten a soft or heated piece of metal, by forging or hammering on the end, to shape, for example, rivets or internal combustion engine valves.
  8. To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
  9. To support with an upset (type of woven row).

Pronunciation

ŭpʹsĕtʹ /ʌpˈsɛt/ en-us-upset-verb-adj.ogg /ɐpˈset/ ŭpsĕt /ˈʌp.sɛt/ en-us-upset-noun.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-upset.wav /ˈɐp.set/

Word forms

upset more upset most upset upsets upsetting

Etymology

From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English upsetten, corresponding to up- + set. Cognate with Middle Low German upset (“setup; arrangement”).

Synonyms

in a tizzy sore angry distressed and unhappy disruption disturbance distraction agitate freak bother bring down discompose disconcert enturbulate disturb mortify perturb put out ruffle throw off balance unsettle upset flurry anger distress forset sadden affront aggravate antagonize awrath burn up cheese off cross embitter envenom gall get get to honk off incense inflame infuriate madden make angry nark offend outrage provoke rankle rile piss off roil set off steam tick off get one's back up get someone's dander up get someone's goat get someone's Irish up

Antonyms

alleviate appease calm comfort compose quieten

Derived words

upset price upset stomach jet upset process upset upset the pot upsetting thermometer upset the applecart upset the natives

Translations

Afrikaans: ontsteld Afrikaans: omgekrap Bulgarian: разстроен Chinese Cantonese: 唔舒服 Dutch: overstuur Dutch: van streek Finnish: sekaisin French: dérangé French: perturbé French: bouleversé French: remué German: verstimmt German: gereizt German: nervös German: verkorkst German: verdorben Hungarian: elrontott (gyomor/has) Khmer: ទល់ពោះ Khmer: ហល់ផ្ទៃ Khmer: អជីរណា Polish: rozstrojony Romanian: deranjat Swedish: orolig
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