upset meaning and definition

UPSET noun

Definition of upset (noun)

1. an unhappy and worried mental state
   • "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
   • synonyms: disturbance, perturbation
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"
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: disorder
4. 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
5. the act of upsetting something
   • "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
   • synonyms: overturn, turnover
6. an improbable and unexpected victory
   • "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
   • synonyms: overturn

UPSET verb

Definition of upset (verb)

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
   • synonyms: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune
3. move deeply
   • "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
   • synonyms: disturb, 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"
   • synonyms: bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over
5. form metals with a swage
   • synonyms: swage
6. defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
   • "The foreign team upset the local team"

UPSET adjective

Definition of upset (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, 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"
   • synonyms: broken, confused, disordered
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"
   • synonyms: overturned, upturned