upset
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(noun) the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" |
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Synonyms: overturn, turnover |
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Related Words: inversion, upending |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: derangement, overthrow |
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Related Words: disturbance |
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(verb) disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" |
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Related Words: disturb, touch |
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(verb) defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team" |
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Related Words: defeat, overcome |
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(satellite adjective) used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houson Oilers" |
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(verb) cause to lose one's composure |
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Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune |
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Related Words: abash, afflict, anguish, arouse, bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate, elicit, embarrass, enervate, enkindle, evoke, faze, fire, hurt, kindle, pain, provoke, raise, throw, unnerve, unsettle |
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(satellite adjective) mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach" |
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(noun) an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" |
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Synonyms: overturn |
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Related Words: success |
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(verb) form metals with a swage |
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Synonyms: swage |
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Related Words: forge, form, mold, mould, shape |
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(verb) move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
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Synonyms: disturb, trouble |
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Related Words: affect, agitate, cark, charge, charge up, commove, disorder, disquiet, distract, distress, excite, impress, move, perturb, rouse, strike, trouble, unhinge |
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(satellite 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" |
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Synonyms: overturned, upturned |
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(noun) a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" |
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Synonyms: disorder |
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Related Words: abocclusion, abruptio placentae, achlorhydria, acholia, achylia, achylia gastrica, acute brain disorder, acute organic brain syndrome, adenosis, ailment, anorexia, aphonia, attention deficit disorder, bladder disorder, cardiovascular disease, carpal tunnel syndrome, celiac disease, cheilosis, choking, colpoxerosis, complaint, condition, disturbance, fantods, gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder, hyperactivity, ill, impacted tooth, impaction, malocclusion, mental disorder, mental disturbance, nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder, perliche, sleep disorder, speech defect, speech disorder, sprue, status, voicelessness |
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(noun) an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" |
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Synonyms: disturbance, perturbation |
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Related Words: agitation |
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(verb) cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase" |
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Synonyms: bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, turn over |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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(satellite 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" |
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Synonyms: broken, confused, disordered |
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(satellite 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" |
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Synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, worried |
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