Sekirov Dictionary

upset

/ʌpˈsɛt/

adjective 2
verb 9
/ˈʌp.sɛt/ noun 7
forms 7
phrases 1

adjective2

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[after a verb] angry, sad or worried about something
- He was upset when she refused his friendship.
- My children often get upset with their classmates.
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Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
- His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.
- Bryan came home from school with an upset tummy.

verb9

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To tip or overturn (something).
- But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view. — 1924
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To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
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To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
- Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
- The fatty meat upset his stomach.
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To defeat unexpectedly.
- Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
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To be upset or knocked over.
- The carriage upset when the horse bolted.
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.
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
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To support with an upset (type of woven row).
- Very coarse work is sided up without an upsett, or is upsetted with a pair instead of a wale. — 2012
(no longer used) To set up; to put upright.

upset

/ˈʌp.sɛt/

noun7

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Disturbance or disruption.
- My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
An upset stomach.
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An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
- But it is probably the biggest upset for the away side since Ronnie Radford smashed a famous goal as Hereford defeated Newcastle 2-1 in 1972. — 2011
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An overturn.
- "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
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.
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.
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A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.
- Willow basket making, an artisan inserting bye-stakes in the upsets. — 1972

forms

upsetted · upsetting · upsets · upsetteth · upsettest · more upset · most upset

Phrases with upset

upset the applecart
To disorganize or spoil something, especially an established arrangement or plan.

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