upset
To make angry, distressed, or unhappyTo make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
Recorded US: Speaker: Wodencafe Recorder: Wodencafe, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 3
Examples
827 sentencesWhy are you upset with Tom?
Чим тебе засмутив Том? — deniko
Have I said something to upset you?
Я сказав щось таке, що тебе засмутило? — deniko
ruЯ сказал что-то такое, что тебя расстроило? — tikan0
I don't want to do anything that will upset Tom.
Я не хочу робити нічого, що може засмутити Тома. — deniko
ruЯ не хочу делать ничего, что может расстроить Тома. — soweli_Elepanto
Meaning
9 senses(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
(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
(transitive)To tip or overturn (something).
umwerfen, umkippen, umschlagen
cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
More meanings 6
(transitive)To defeat unexpectedly.
Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
(intransitive)To be upset or knocked over.
The carriage upset when the horse bolted.
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.
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
(transitive)To support with an upset (type of woven row).
(obsolete)To set up; to put upright.
with sail on mast upset
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
upsets, upsetting, upset, upsetTenses
upset · upset · will upset · have upsetSynonyms
96 synonyms- cause to lose one's composure:discomposeuntunedisconcertdiscomfit
- move deeply:disturbtrouble
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position:overturntip overturn overknock overbowl overtump over
- form metals with a swage:swage
Antonyms
6 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
7 patterns- get upset
- still upset
- upset about something
- got upset when
- upset about that
- upset by what
- be upset about
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.