upset

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Noun
1. an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
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2. 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"
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3. 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"
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4. a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
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5. the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
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6. an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
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Verb
1. disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
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2. cause to lose one's composure
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3. move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
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4. 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"
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5. form metals with a swage
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6. defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"
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Adjective
1. 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"
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2. 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"
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3. used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
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4. mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
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5. 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"
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