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Meaning of upset
noun
- Disturbance or disruption. Example: My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
- An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
- (automobile insurance) An overturn. Example: "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
- An upset stomach.
- An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
verb
- To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy. Example: I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
- To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something). Example: Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
- To tip or overturn (something).
- To defeat unexpectedly. Example: Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
- To be upset or knocked over. Example: The carriage upset when the horse bolted.
adjective
- (of a person) Angry, distressed or unhappy. Example: He was upset when she refused his friendship.
- (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit. Example: His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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