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Up·set·ting a.
1. Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.]
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upset
adj 1: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or
grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many
disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's
leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried
parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check
of the sleeping children" [syn: disquieted, distressed,
disturbed, worried]
2: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops
fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on
the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything
so upset" [syn: broken, confused, disordered]
3: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the
Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers" [syn: upset(a)]
4: mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
5: having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the
bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk";
"sat on an upturned bucket" [syn: overturned, upturned]
n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much
anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset
she caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation]
2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness
could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was
unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way
of living" [syn: derangement, overthrow]
3: condition in which there is a disturbance of normal
functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the
disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to
time" [syn: disorder]
4: a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a
rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: swage]
5: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the
upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: overturn, turnover]
6: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset
since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn]
v 1: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks
upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: discompose, untune,
disconcert, discomfit]
3: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
[syn: disturb, trouble]
4: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The
cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer
turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: overturn,
tip over, turn over, knock over, bowl over, tump
over]
5: form metals with a swage [syn: swage]
6: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset
the local team"
[also: upsetting]
upsetting
adj : causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit
of greeting friends ferociously and strangers
charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" [syn:
disconcerting]