upset

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
    

• mildly physically distressed
  • an upset stomach
    

• used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
  • the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Noun

• an improbable and unexpected victory
  • the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
    

• the act of upsetting something
  • he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
    

• a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

• 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
    

• 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
    

• an unhappy and worried mental state
  • there was too much anger and disturbance
    
  • she didn't realize the upset she caused me
    

Verb

• defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
  • The foreign team upset the local team
    

• form metals with a swage

• 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
    

• move deeply
  • This book upset me
    
  • A troubling thought
    

• cause to lose one's composure

• disturb the balance or stability of
  • The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  overturned , upturned , upset(a) , broken , confused , disordered , disquieted , distressed , disturbed , worried , overturn , turnover , swage , disorder , derangement , overthrow , disturbance , perturbation , tip over , turn over , knock over , bowl over , tump over , disturb , trouble , discompose , un