Upset

  • 21upset — 1 verb past tense and past participle upset (T) 1 to make someone feel unhappy or worried: I m sorry, I didn t mean to upset you. 2 to change a plan or situation in a way that causes problems: The delicate ecological balance of the area was upset …

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  • 22upset — 01. Her dad got really [upset] when he found out that she and her boyfriend were planning on moving in together. 02. My daughter didn t go to school today because she had an [upset] stomach. 03. It really [upset] my wife when my son lost his job …

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  • 23upset — 1. verb 1) the accusation upset her Syn: distress, trouble, perturb, dismay, disturb, discompose, unsettle, disconcert, disquiet, worry, bother, agitate, fluster, throw, ruffle, unnerve, shake; …

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  • 24upset — 1. verb 1) the accusation upset her Syn: distress, trouble, perturb, dismay, sadden, grieve, disturb, unsettle, disconcert, disquiet, worry, bother, agitate, fluster, throw, ruffle, unnerve …

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  • 25upset — verb (upset, upsetting) –verb (t) /ʌpˈsɛt / (say up set) 1. to overturn; knock or tip over; capsize. 2. to spill by knocking over; tip out. 3. to throw into disorder; disarrange; overthrow or undo. 4. to disturb (someone) mentally or emotionally; …

  • 26upset — v., n., & adj. v. (upsetting; past and past part. upset) 1 tr. & intr. overturn or be overturned. 2 tr. disturb the composure or digestion of (was very upset by the news; ate something that upset me). 3 tr. disrupt. 4 tr. shorten and thicken… …

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  • 27upset — I. verb ( set; setting) Date: 1677 transitive verb 1. to thicken and shorten (as a heated bar of iron) by hammering on the end ; swage 2. to force out of the usual upright, level, or proper position ; overturn 3. a …

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  • 28upset — 1. adjective /ˈʌpsɛt,ʌpˈsɛt/ Angry, distressed or unhappy. He is upset when she unfriends him on Facebook. Syn: angry, distressed, unhappy, tizzy 2 …

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  • 29upset — up•set v., adj. [[t]ʌpˈsɛt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈʌpˌsɛt[/t]] v. set, set•ting, n. adj. 1) to overturn: to upset a glass of milk[/ex] 2) to disturb mentally or emotionally; distress: The accident upset her[/ex] 3) to disturb completely; throw into disorder …

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  • 30upset — up·set (.)əp set vt, set; set·ting 1) to trouble mentally or emotionally <the news upset me> 2) to cause a physical disorder in specif to make somewhat ill <greasy food upsets my stomach> up·set əp .set n 1) a minor physical disorder… …

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