ENGLISH: upset - CREOLE: deranje



Overview of noun upset



The noun upset has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (1) disturbance, perturbation, upset -- (an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me")

2. (1) upset, derangement, overthrow -- (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")

3. disorder, upset -- (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")

4. upset, swage -- (a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging)

5. upset, overturn, turnover -- (the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed")

6. overturn, upset -- (an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath")



Overview of verb upset



The verb upset has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (4) upset -- (disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries")

2. (2) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit -- (cause to lose one's composure)

3. (2) disturb, upset, trouble -- (move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought")

4. overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over -- (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")

5. swage, upset -- (form metals with a swage)

6. upset -- (defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team")



Overview of adj upset



The adj upset has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (1) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried -- (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")

2. (1) broken, confused, disordered, upset -- (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")

3. (1) upset -- (used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers")

4. upset -- (mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach")

5. overturned, upset, upturned -- (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")

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