Word Finder - upset

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Disturbance or disruption.

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My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.

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

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(automobile insurance) An overturn.

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"collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.

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An upset stomach.

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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.

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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.

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

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I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.

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To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

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Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.

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To tip or overturn (something).

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To defeat unexpectedly.

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Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.

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To be upset or knocked over.

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The carriage upset when the horse bolted.

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To set up; to put upright.

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

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

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(of a person) Angry, distressed or unhappy.

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He was upset when she refused his friendship.

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

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

The kid was already too upset about something.

Have I upset you?

I've said something to upset you.

He was upset about his brother.

If you sound anxious, it will only upset him more.

You're clearly upset about something.

What was Dulce upset about tonight when she was talking to you?

Where was the sweet, gentle Brandon who never seemed to be upset by anything?

No wonder he was upset in the stair room.

Obviously they thought she was upset by Michael's interest in another girl.

No. I don't want to upset you.

What's he so upset about?

She left before he could upset her more.

She was upset but didn't know how to tell him why.

Besides, he'd be upset that she didn't follow up on the call.

She'd seen him upset but never angry.

And you'd be upset too if I was doing this to you.

Last night upset me, she said truthfully.

Both of my parents were really upset.

I was angry and upset.

Do you think Martha will upset Quinn enough so he won't do what you asked?

But as soon as he thought of what he should say, he felt that Prince Andrew with one word, one argument, would upset all his teaching, and he shrank from beginning, afraid of exposing to possible ridicule what to him was precious and sacred.

No. I guess I'd be upset, too, if someone barged into my life that way.

I'd never experienced my wife being so upset.

Perhaps he's so upset over Martha's leaving that he can't concentrate on anything else.

I know I should be upset that Fitzgerald is running against you but I know his being in the race makes you want to run all the more.

She pushed him away, upset.

Was she glad or upset?

You upset about Erik?

Alex would be upset.

I know you're upset, and I completely understand.

Getting upset about it wasn't going to change anything, though, so she forced a grin as she met the troubled gaze of Fritz.

I don't know which of us was the more upset.

Overwhelmed and upset, she wasn't sure if she wanted to run or cry.

Daddy's intuition had been right, I was going to be upset!

It's imperative to restrict everything that makes his stomach upset.

Then why are you upset?

She had no idea if Darkyn sought her out when she was upset because he thought she might be in danger or because he was concerned about her being with her ex.

I got the feeling he was upset about something.

Howie was visibly upset.

She thought you might be upset.

I honestly don't know, but by the sound of her voice, she's very upset.

He'd done what little he was willing to do to his own mate to keep her upset.

She's totally upset about the whole business.

He was upset with her.

He had every right to be upset with her, but this emotional explosion was as frightening as it was uncharacteristic.

Has he done something else to upset you?

He was too self-centered to realize that his friends were upset with him.

If you know someone or something is going to make you upset, avoid the situation.

She is upset to not have gotten what she wanted.