upset

Meaning

Adj

1. (predicative) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
2. Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.

Noun

1. (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
2. (countable) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
3. (countable, uncountable) An overturn.
4. (countable, uncountable) An upset stomach.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
2. (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
3. (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
4. (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
5. (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
6. (obsolete) To set up; to put upright.
7. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
8. To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
9. (transitive) To support with an upset (type of woven row).

Synonyms

overturn

disturb

distress

worry

agitate

angry

😠

overthrow

trouble

shock

⚡

worried

😟

distressed

sadden

turn over

annoy

irritate

disrupt

capsize

disturbed

confused

😕

knock over

dazed

perplexed

bother

disordered

disconcert

topple

swage

reverse

excite

disturbance

confuse

annoyed

disorder

overturned

anger

💢

spill

discompose

turnover

tip over

fluster

damage

ruffle

perturb

stir up

disquiet

offend

awry

shake

🫨

discomfit

alarm

Translations

renverser

umwerfen

omgooien

ontdaan

turbare

sconvolgere

ten val brengen

perturbar

umdrehen

rovesciare

entornar

van streek

umstürzen

derribar

revirar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌpˈsɛt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: upset

Cognate with Middle Low German: upset

In summary

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”).

Sentences

The painter gets upset and bangs his head against the mailbox outside .