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verb

To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
"I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know."
To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
"Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance."
To tip or overturn (something).
To defeat unexpectedly.
"Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election."
To be upset or knocked over.
"The carriage upset when the horse bolted."
To set up; to put upright.
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

Synonyms:disrupt disturb forset turn upside down forset invert overturn tip anger distress

noun

The action of the verb upset.

adjective

Causing upset; distressing.
"He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting."
Conceited; presumptuous.

Word Statistics

Letter Count9 letters

Syllables3 syllables

Difficulty Level

Hard

Word FrequencyUncommon

Vowel Count3 vowels

Consonant Count6 consonants

Letter Analysis & Structure

Starts With"U" Ends With"G"

First LetterU

Last LetterG

Letter Breakdown

U

P

S

E

T

T

I

N

G

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