Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

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

    ärgern, aufregen

    огорча́тьogorčátʹ, огорчи́тьogorčítʹ, серди́тьserdítʹ

    засму́чуватиzasmúčuvaty, засмути́тиzasmutýty, се́рдитиsérdyty

  2. (transitive)To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

    Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.

    The fatty meat upset his stomach.

    umstoßen, stürzen, umwerfen

    расстра́иватьrasstráivatʹ, расстро́итьrasstróitʹ

    disturb the balance or stability of

  3. (transitive)To tip or overturn (something).

    umwerfen, umkippen, umschlagen

    cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

  4. (transitive)To defeat unexpectedly.

    Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.

    defeat suddenly and unexpectedly

  5. (intransitive)To be upset or knocked over.

    The carriage upset when the horse bolted.

  6. To thicken and shorten a soft or heated piece of metal, by forging or hammering on the end, to shape, for example, rivets or internal combustion engine valves.

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

  8. (transitive)To support with an upset (type of woven row).

  9. (obsolete)To set up; to put upright.

    with sail on mast upset

Examples

1714 sentences
  1. Tom is obviously a little upset.

    Том, очевидно, трохи засмучений. — deniko

  2. We didn't want to upset Tom.

    Ми не хотіли засмучувати Тома. — deniko

    ruМы не хотели расстраивать Тома. — odexed

  3. Tom appears to be quite upset.

    Том виглядає досить засмученим. — tikan0

    deTom scheint ganz aufgebracht zu sein. — raggione

  4. Tom told me you were upset.

    Том сказав мені, що ви засмучені. — Anjy

    ruТом сказал мне, что ты расстроен. — marafon

    deTom sagte mir, ihr wäret verstimmt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Are you still upset about that?

    Ти все ще цим засмучений? — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy:
Русский
By meaning 2
make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy:
disturb, disrupt, unfavorably alter:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy:
disturb, disrupt, unfavorably alter:
tip, overturn:

Origin

From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English up

From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English upsetten, corresponding to up- + set. Cognate with Middle Low German upset (“setup; arrangement”).

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Forms

upsets, upsetting, upset, upset
Base formupset · to upset
3rd person singularupsets
Present participleupsetting
Past simpleupset
Past participleupset

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyupset
he, she, itupsets

Past simpleLesson

all personsupset

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave upset
he, she, ithas upset

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill upset

Synonyms

110 synonyms

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedupsetter
Derivedupsettable

Collocations

12 patterns
  • be very upset
  • would be upset
  • be upset if
  • an upset stomach
  • to be upset
  • a little upset
  • was so upset
  • get upset
  • will be upset
  • still upset
  • upset stomach
  • an an upset

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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