📖 Definitions of "Upsets"
- 1
Disturbance or disruption.
"My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset."
- 2
An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
- 3
(automobile insurance) An overturn.
""collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason."
- 4
An upset stomach.
- 1
To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
"I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know."
- 2
To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
"Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance."
- 3
To tip or overturn (something).
- 4
To defeat unexpectedly.
"Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Upsets"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| troubled | Anxious, worried, careworn. |
| distressed | Anxious or uneasy. |
| worried | Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy. |
| perturbationnoun | (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed. |
| disturbverb | (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids. |
| troublenoun | A distressing or dangerous situation. |
| disturbancenoun | The act of disturbing, being disturbed. |
| disconcertverb | (transitive) To upset the composure of; to startle. |
| discomfitverb | (transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert. |
| discomposeverb | (transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate. |
| disordered | Chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder. |
| disorganized | Lacking order or organization; confused; chaotic. |
| confused | (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand |
| disordernoun | Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner. |
| derangementnoun | The property of being deranged. |
| sickverb | (less common in the UK and Ireland) In poor health; ill. |
| untuneverb | (transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action. |
| illnoun | Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. |
| bowl oververb | (transitive, idiomatic) To overwhelm with astonishment or wonder; to flabbergast. |
| disturbed | Having been altered or changed. |
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