UPSET

upset

1. [Noun]: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

2. [Noun]: 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. [Noun]: 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. [Noun]: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"

5. [Noun]: a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

6. [Noun]: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn''t realize the upset she caused me"

7. 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 wo

8. mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"

9. 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"

10. 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"

11. [Verb]: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"

12. [Verb]: form metals with a swage

13. [Verb]: cause to lose one''s composure

14. [Verb]: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"

15. [Verb]: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

16. [Verb]: 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"

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