upset

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Angry, distressed, or unhappy

   • He was upset when she refused his friendship.
   • My children often get upset with their classmates.
   • We were shocked when we asked a disruptive man in the front row to move to the back, and when he subsequently left, the producer's helpers were so upset for him they gave him two free tickets to the next 'women's music' production.
2. 2

   Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.

   • His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.
   • Bryan came home from school with an upset tummy.
3. 3

   Disturbance or disruption.

   • My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
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   1. 4

      An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.

      • But it is probably the biggest upset for the away side since Ronnie Radford smashed a famous goal as Hereford defeated Newcastle 2-1 in 1972.
      • Sanders’s win in Michigan was one of the greatest upsets in modern political history.
      • The sudden rise of Shah’s party is a stunning upset for the small Himalayan country of 30 million wedged between India and China.
   2. 5

      An overturn.

      • "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
   3. 6

      An upset stomach.

      • “Bob, let's cancel the baby sitter. With this upset stomach, I can't go out tonight.” “Sure you can, Liz! Try Pepto-Bismol. Hospital tests prove it relieves upsets. And it's great for indigestion or nausea, too!”
   4. 7

      An upper set

      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.

   5. 8

      The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside…

      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.

   6. 9

      A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.

      • Willow basket making, an artisan inserting bye-stakes in the upsets.
   7. 10

      To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

      • I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
   8. 11

      To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

      • Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
      • The fatty meat upset his stomach.
   9. 12

      To tip or overturn (something).

   10. 13

       To defeat unexpectedly.

       • Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
   11. 14

       To be upset or knocked over.

       • The carriage upset when the horse bolted.
       • [T]he locomotive exploded and upset, and was completely wrecked.
   12. 15

       To set up

       To set up; to put upright.

       • R. of Brunne with sail on mast upset
   13. 16

       To thicken and shorten a soft or heated piece of metal, by forging or hammering on the…

       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.

   14. 17

       To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering…

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

   15. 18

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

       • Very coarse work is sided up without an upsett, or is upsetted with a pair instead of a wale.

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