upset
Disturbance or disruptionDisturbance or disruption.
» Tom is obviously a little upset.
Том, очевидно, трохи засмучений. — deniko
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7 senses(uncountable)Disturbance or disruption.
My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
(countable)An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
Überraschungssieg
an improbable and unexpected victory
(countable, uncountable)An overturn.
"collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
(countable, uncountable)An upset stomach.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.
Examples
1714 sentencesTom is obviously a little upset.
Том, очевидно, трохи засмучений. — deniko
We didn't want to upset Tom.
Ми не хотіли засмучувати Тома. — deniko
ruМы не хотели расстраивать Тома. — odexed
Tom appears to be quite upset.
Том виглядає досить засмученим. — tikan0
deTom scheint ganz aufgebracht zu sein. — raggione
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
Are you still upset about that?
Ти все ще цим засмучений? — deniko
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English upFrom 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
plural: upsetsSynonyms
10 synonyms- the act of upsetting something:overturnturnover
- the act of disturbing the mind or body:derangementoverthrow
- a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging:swage
- an improbable and unexpected victory:overturn
- a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning:disorder
- an unhappy and worried mental state:disturbanceperturbation
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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