'Upset' definitions:
Definition of 'upset'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried]
adjective
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" [syn: broken, confused, disordered, upset]
adjective
Used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
adjective
Mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
adjective
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" [syn: overturned, upset, upturned]
noun
An unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset]
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" [syn: upset, derangement, overthrow]
noun
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" [syn: disorder, upset]
noun
A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: upset, swage]
noun
The act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn, turnover]
noun
An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset]
verb
Disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
verb
verb
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" [syn: overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over]
verb
Form metals with a swage [syn: swage, upset]
verb
Defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"
Definition of 'Upset'
From: GCIDE
- Upset \Up"set`\, n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Upset'
From: GCIDE
- Upset \Up*set"\, v. t.
- 1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] "With sail on mast upset." --R. of Brunne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. (b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to upset the situation." --Mrs. Humphry Ward. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Basketwork) To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to form (the side) in this manner. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Upset'
From: GCIDE
- Upset \Up*set"\, v. i. To become upset. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Upset'
From: GCIDE
- Upset \Up"set`\, a. Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold. [1913 Webster]
- After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]