Upset - Definition

adj 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" [syn: disquieted, distressed,
disturbed, upset, worried]
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" [syn:
broken, confused, disordered, upset]
3: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the
Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
4: mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
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" [syn: overturned, upset,
upturned]
n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much
anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she
caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset]
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"
[syn: upset, derangement, overthrow]
3: 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" [syn: disorder, upset]
4: a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a
rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: upset,
swage]
5: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the
upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn,
turnover]
6: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset
since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset]
v 1: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks
upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose,
untune, disconcert, discomfit]
3: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
[syn: disturb, upset, trouble]
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" [syn:
overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over,
bowl over, tump over]
5: form metals with a swage [syn: swage, upset]
6: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the
local team"