upset

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Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

Disturbance or disruption.

Example Sentences
  • My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
2 Definition

An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.

3 Definition

(automobile insurance) An overturn.

Example Sentences
  • "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
4 Definition

An upset stomach.

5 Definition

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.

6 Definition

The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

Example Sentences
  • I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
2 Definition

To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

Example Sentences
  • Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
3 Definition

To tip or overturn (something).

4 Definition

To defeat unexpectedly.

Example Sentences
  • Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
5 Definition

To be upset or knocked over.

Example Sentences
  • The carriage upset when the horse bolted.
6 Definition

To set up; to put upright.

7 Definition

To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.

8 Definition

To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

Adjective
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

(of a person) Angry, distressed or unhappy.

Example Sentences
  • He was upset when she refused his friendship.
2 Definition

(of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.

Example Sentences
  • His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.