Synonyms for upset
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : verb, adjective uhp-set; noun uhp-set |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb, adjective ʌpˈsɛt; noun ˈʌpˌsɛt |
Top 10 synonyms for upset Other synonyms for the word upset
- adjy
- afflict
- agitated
- agitation
- ail
- all torn up
- amazed
- antsy
- apprehensive
- be victorious
- blue
- bother
- broken up
- bug
- bummed out
- capsize
- capsized
- change
- chaotic
- come apart
- complaint
- confound
- confused
- conquer
- cramp
- craze
- debilitate
- defeat
- derange
- destruction
- disarray
- discombobulate
- discompose
- disconcert
- disconcerted
- dismayed
- disorder
- disordered
- disorganize
- disquiet
- disquieted
- distress
- distressed
- disturbance
- dragged
- egg on
- fire up
- flip
- flip out
- floor
- flurry
- fluster
- frantic
- free-for-all
- get the better of
- get to
- give a hard time
- goulash
- grieve
- grieved
- hassle
- hurt
- ill
- illness
- in disarray
- incapacitate
- indispose
- invert
- jittery
- jumble
- jumpy
- keel over
- key up
- lay up
- low
- make a scene
- make waves
- malady
- mess up
- mix up
- muddle
- muddled
- overset
- overthrow
- overturn
- overturned
- overwrought
- pick on
- pitch
- pother
- psych
- psyched out
- put out of order
- queasiness
- rattle
- rattled
- reverse
- reversion
- rock the boat
- ruffle
- ruffled
- rummage
- screw-up
- shake-up
- shock
- shocked
- shook up
- sick
- sicken
- sickness
- spill
- spilled
- spoil
- spook
- stew
- stir up
- subversion
- subvert
- surprise
- throw off balance
- thrown
- tilt
- tip over
- tipped over
- tizzy
- topple
- toppled
- triumph over
- trouble
- troubled
- tumble
- tumbled
- turmoil
- turn
- turn inside-out
- turn on
- turn topsy-turvy
- turn upside-down
- unglued
- unhinge
- unnerve
- unsettle
- unsettled
- unzipped
- upend
- upside-down
- upturn
- win
- worried
- worry
Définition of upset
Origin :- mid-15c., "to set up, fix," from up + set (v.). Cf. Middle Dutch opsetten, German aufsetzen. Modern sense of "overturn, capsize" (1803) is that of obsolete overset. Meaning "to throw into mental discomposure" is from 1805. The noun sense of "overturning of a vehicle or boat" is recorded from 1804.
- adj disturbed, bothered
- noun problem
- verb disorder; knock over
- verb bother, trouble
- verb defeat
- Supposing—— It was cruel to excite and upset her just for that; it made the pain worse.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- I've been getting along all right; now you come and upset everything.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The arrival of Winkleman would, he secretly admitted, upset him completely.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- "I wouldn't let a thing like that upset me if I was you," she said.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- "Well, why don't you say upset, you horrible old Orangeman," she retorted.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- "I shall say just how it all happened, that we quarreled, and upset the wagon," said Sami calmly.
- Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
- And all these arrangements had been upset by the carelessness of a domestic.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- It was not death which upset him and caused him to struggle.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Why, when I got home the last time I was so upset that I almost took to my bed.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The truth is that it's a scheme to upset Barroux's ministry.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for upset
- advantage
- aid
- allow
- assist
- calm
- clean
- clear up
- collected
- comfort
- comforted
- composed
- content
- cure
- decent
- delight
- ease
- encourage
- expectation
- explain
- fail
- gay
- good health
- happiness
- happy
- harmony
- health
- healthy
- help
- hold
- joyful
- lose
- make happy
- make well
- mend
- methodical
- moral
- order
- ordered
- organize
- organized
- peace
- place
- please
- pleased
- quiet
- settle
- settled
- solution
- soothe
- sound
- straighten
- strong
- success
- surrender
- systematic
- undisturbed
- untroubled
- unworried
- well
- yield
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