upset

/ p'set/

Thân thiện

The child looks upset after dropping her ice cream cone.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Disturbed, distressed, or agitated: Feeling emotionally or mentally troubled, anxious, or unsettled.
   • Physically disturbed or disordered: Referring to a state of physical discomfort or malfunction, often related to the stomach or digestion.
   • Overturned or capsized: Having been turned over so that the top is now where the bottom should be.
   • Unexpectedly defeated: Used to describe a favored competitor or team that has been surprisingly beaten.

2. Noun:

   • An unexpected defeat: A surprising victory by a competitor or team that was not favored to win.
   • A state of emotional distress: A feeling of being unhappy, worried, or disturbed.
   • A physical disturbance or disorder: A minor illness or malfunction, especially of the stomach or digestion.
   • The act of overturning or disturbing something: The action of knocking something over or causing disorder.

3. Verb:

   • To overturn or knock over: To cause something to tip over from an upright position.
   • To disturb emotionally or mentally: To cause someone to feel troubled, distressed, or anxious.
   • To defeat unexpectedly: To beat a competitor or team that was strongly favored to win.
   • To disrupt or disturb: To interfere with the normal state, balance, or order of something.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • She was very upset after hearing the bad news.
  • He has an upset stomach from eating too much spicy food.
  • The upset boat floated in the water.
  • The fans were shocked by the team's upset loss.

• Noun:

  • The election result was a major upset.
  • She tried to hide her upset from her colleagues.
  • A common upset like indigestion is usually not serious.
  • The upset of the vase was caused by the cat.

• Verb:

  • The child upset the glass of milk.
  • The tragic story deeply upset the audience.
  • The underdog team upset the champions in the final match.
  • The scandal upset the balance of power in the company.

Advanced Usage

• "to be upset about/over something": To be distressed or troubled by a specific event or situation.

  • He is still upset about the argument they had yesterday.

• "to upset the apple cart": To disrupt a plan or a stable situation.

  • The new regulations could upset the apple cart for many small businesses.

Variants and Related Words

• Upsetting (adj): Causing distress or emotional disturbance.
  • It was an upsetting experience for everyone involved.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Distressed, troubled, agitated, disturbed, overturned.
• Noun: Disturbance, disorder, surprise, overthrow.
• Verb: Overturn, topple, distress, disturb, unsettle.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Upset someone/something: This is the base verb form and is not typically used in separable phrasal verb constructions. The meaning of causing emotional distress or physical overturning is contained within the single verb "upset."

Related Idioms

• Upset the balance: To disrupt the equilibrium or stability of a situation.
  • The sudden resignation of the CEO upset the balance in the executive team.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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
2. mildly physically distressed
   • an upset stomach
3. used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
   • the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers
4. 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
5. 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

1. an improbable and unexpected victory
   • the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
2. the act of upsetting something
   • he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
3. a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
4. 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
5. 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
6. an unhappy and worried mental state
   • there was too much anger and disturbance
   • she didn't realize the upset she caused me

Verb

1. defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
   • The foreign team upset the local team
2. form metals with a swage
3. 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
4. move deeply
   • This book upset me
   • A troubling thought
5. cause to lose one's composure
6. disturb the balance or stability of
   • The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries

Từ đồng nghĩa

• overturned
• upturned
• upset
• 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