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FromMiddle Englishupset(“the act of setting up; establishment”), fromMiddle Englishupsetten, corresponding toup- +‎set. Cognate withMiddle Low Germanupset(“setup; arrangement”).

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Noun
Adjective, verb

Adjective

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upset (comparativemoreupset,superlativemostupset)

  1. (of a person, predicative only)Angry,distressed, orunhappy.
    He wasupset when she refused his friendship.
    My children often getupset with their classmates.
    • 1981 December 5, Jana Runnals, Rosemary Schonfeld, “The Liberalisation of 'Women's Music'”, inGay Community News, volume 9, number20, page 9:
      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 soupset for him they gave him two free tickets to the next 'women's music' production.
  2. (of astomach orgastrointestinal tract) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready tovomit.
    His stomach wasupset, so he didn't want to move.
    Bryan came home from school with anupset tummy.

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Translations

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angry, distressed, unhappy
of a stomach

Noun

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upset (countable anduncountable,pluralupsets)

  1. (uncountable)Disturbance ordisruption.
    My late arrival caused the professor considerableupset.
  2. (countable, sports, politics) An unexpectedvictory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
    • 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, inBBC‎[1]:
      But it is probably the biggestupset for the away side since Ronnie Radford smashed a famous goal as Hereford defeated Newcastle 2-1 in 1972.
    • 2016 March 9, Harry Enten, “What The Stunning Bernie Sanders Win In Michigan Means”, inFiveThirtyEight‎[2]:
      Sanders’s win in Michigan was one of the greatestupsets in modern political history.
  3. (automobile insurance) Anoverturn.
    "collision andupset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
  4. Anupsetstomach.
    • 1958 May 12, advertisement,Life, volume 44, number 19, page 110 [3]:
      "Bob, let's cancel the babysitter. With this upset stomach, I can't go out tonight.
      "Try Pepto-Bismol. Hospital tests prove it relievesupsets. And it's great for indigestion or nausea, too!"
  5. (mathematics) Anupper set; asubset (X,≤) of apartially orderedset with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
  6. (aviation) 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.
    • 1965 June 1,Civil Aeronautics Board, “Synopsis”, inAircraft Accident Report: Northwest Airlines, Inc., Boeing 720B, N724US, Near Miami, Florida, February 12, 1963‎[4], retrieved25 November 2022, page 1:
      The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the unfavorable interaction of severe vertical air drafts and large longitudinal control displacements resulting in a longitudinalupset from which a successful recovery was not made.
  7. (basketry) Awovenrow supporting thefoundationrods for theuprights of abasket.
    • 1972, Nilima Roy,Basketry and Mat-weaving in India:
      Willow basket making, an artisan inserting bye-stakes in theupsets.

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disturbance, disruption
sports: unexpected victory of a competitor
automobile insurance term
upset stomach

Verb

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upset (third-person singular simple presentupsets,present participleupsetting,simple past and past participleupset)

  2. (transitive) To make (a person)angry,distressed, orunhappy.
    Synonyms:anger,distress,forset,sadden;see alsoThesaurus:enrage,Thesaurus:sadden
    I’m sure the bad news willupset him, but he needs to know.
  3. (transitive) Todisturb,disrupt oradverselyalter (something).
    Synonyms:disrupt,disturb,forset,turn upside down;see alsoThesaurus:upset
    Introducing a foreign species canupset the ecological balance.
    The fatty meatupset his stomach.
  4. (transitive) Totip oroverturn (something).
    Synonyms:invert,overturn,forset,tip,tip over,tip up,turn over,turn upside down,upend
    • 1924, W. D. Ross translator,Aristitle,Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 9,The Classical Library, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 2001.
      But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easilyupset; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.
  5. (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
    Synonym:upend
    Trumanupset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
  6. (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
    The carriageupset when the horse bolted.
    • 1880 January 1,The Locomotive, volume 1, number 1, Hartford, Conn.: The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection And Insurance Company, page 9:
      [T]he locomotive exploded andupset, and was completely wrecked.
  7. (obsolete) Toset up; to putupright.
    Synonyms:redress,right,stand
    • R. of Brunne
      with sail on mastupset
  8. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
  9. To shorten (atire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
  10. (transitive, basketry) To support with an upset(type of woven row).
    • 2012, Thomas Okey,An Introduction to the Art of Basket-Making, page32:
      Very coarse work is sided up without anupsett, or isupsetted with a pair instead of a wale.

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Translations

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make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy
disturb, disrupt, unfavorably alter
tip, overturn

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