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upset

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Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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up=set
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30 in 30 verses (in OT : 28 in 28 verses) (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

upsetv. t. 
  •  To set up; to put upright.  R. of Brunne.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.  Mrs. Humphry Ward.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to form (the side) in this manner.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
upsetv. i. 
     To become upset.  [1913 Webster]
upseta. 
     Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.  [1913 Webster]
    "After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan."  [1913 Webster]
upsetn. 
     The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

upset, v., n., & adj.
--v. (upsetting; past and past part. upset)
1 tr. & intr. overturn or be overturned.
2 tr. disturb the composure or digestion of (was very upset by the news; ate something that upset me).
3 tr. disrupt.
4 tr. shorten and thicken (metal, esp. a tire) by hammering or pressure.
--n.
1 a condition of upsetting or being upset (a stomach upset).
2 a surprising result in a game etc.
--adj. disturbed (an upset stomach).

Idiom
upset price the lowest acceptable selling price of a property in an auction etc.; a reserve price.
Derivative
upsetter n. upsettingly adv.

THESAURUS

upset

abash, abashed, abroad, addle, addle the wits, adrift, afflict, afflicted, afraid, agitate, agitated, agitation, ail, all up with, all-overs, amiss, angry, angst, answer, answer conclusively, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensiveness, argue down, askew, astray, at sea, awry, baffle, bafflement, balk, balking, ball up, balled-up, be lost, beat, beat up, beaten, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, belied, bend, beset, bested, bewilder, bewildered, bewilderment, blast, bloodless revolution, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bothered, bottom side up, bouleversement, brave, brawl, breakdown, breakup, broil, brouhaha, bug, bugger up, burden, bustle, cacophony, cankerworm of care, capsizal, capsize, capsized, care, careen, cast down, cataclysm, catastrophe, chagrin, chagrined, challenge, chaos, chaotic, chapfallen, check, checkmate, churn, churn up, circumvent, clean slate, clean sweep, cloud, clueless, cockeyed, commotion, complete answer, computer revolution, concern, concernment, confound, confounded, confounding, confoundment, confront, confuse, confused, confusion, confutation, confute, confuted, conquer, conquest, contradict, contradiction, contravene, controversion, controvert, conturbation, convulse, convulsed, convulsion, counter, counteract, countermand, counterrevolution, counterwork, cross, crush, crushed, culbute, culbuter, curve, dash, dashed, daze, dazzle, debacle, debilitate, deck, defeat, defeated, deflated, defy, demolish, demolition, demoralize, demoralized, denial, denied, deny, deposal, derange, deranged, derangement, destroy, dilemma, disarrange, disarranged, disarrangement, disarray, disarticulation, disbalance, discarded, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfited, discomfiture, discomfort, discomforted, discompose, discomposed, discomposure, disconcert, disconcerted, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, discredited, discrediting, disequilibrate, dish, disharmony, dishevel, dishevelment, disintegration, disjunction, dislocated, dislodgment, dismay, dismayed, dismiss, dismissed, disorder, disordered, disorderliness, disorderly, disorganization, disorganize, disorganized, disorient, disorientation, disoriented, dispose of, disproportion, disproved, disputed, disquiet, disquieted, disquietude, disrupt, disruption, distract, distracted, distraught, distress, distressed, disturb, disturbance, disturbed, done for, done in, down, downfall, dread, ebullition, effective rejoinder, electrify, elude, embarrass, embarrassed, embarrassment, embroil, embroilment, enigma, entangle, entropy, excite, excited, excitement, exploded, exposed, fall, fallen, fanaticism, fear, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverish, feverishness, fidgets, fidgety, finish, fix, fixed, flap, floor, floored, flummox, flurried, flurry, fluster, flustered, flutter, flutteration, fluttered, fog, foil, foiling, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, foreboding, forebodingness, founder, frazzle, freaked out, frenzy, fret, frighten, frightened, frustrate, frustration, fuck up, fuddle, fuddlement, fume, furious, furor, furore, fury, fuss, fussed, give concern, go down, guessing, gum up, haphazardness, haywire, haze, honeycomb, hors de combat, hubbub, hung up, hurly-burly, ill at ease, impugned, in a fix, in a jumble, in a maze, in a pickle, in a pother, in a pucker, in a scrape, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet, in a tizzy, in disorder, incapacitate, incoherence, indiscriminateness, indispose, inharmonious harmony, inquietude, interfere with, invalid, invalidated, invert, inverted, irate, irregularity, jam, jar, jitters, jittery, jolt, jumble, jumbled, jumpiness, jumpy, keel, keel over, knock down, knock galley-west, knock over, knock the chocks, lambasted, lathered, lay up, licked, load with care, lost, mad, maelstrom, malaise, maze, mazed, mess, mess up, misgiving, misplaced, mist, mix up, moider, moil, mortified, mortify, most admired disorder, muddle, muddled, muddlement, mystery, negated, negatived, nerviness, nervosity, nervous, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, nervy, neurasthenic, nonplus, nonsymmetry, nonuniformity, off the track, on the fritz, on the skids, out of countenance, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of place, out of tune, out of whack, outdone, overanxiety, overbalance, overborne, overcome, overexcited, overmaster, overmastered, overmatch, overmatched, overpower, overpowered, overridden, overset, overthrow, overthrowal, overthrown, overturn, overturned, overwhelm, overwhelmed, overwrought, paddle, palace revolution, pandemonium, panicked, parry, passion, perplex, perplexed, perplexity, perturb, perturbate, perturbation, perturbed, pickle, pins and needles, pitchpole, plight, pother, predicament, problem, promiscuity, promiscuousness, prostrate, prostrated, prostration, psych, psych out, pucker, punctured, put off, put out, put to it, put to rout, put to silence, put-out, put-upon, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, queasy, racket, radical change, rage, raise hell, randomness, rattle, rattled, rebut, rebuttal, reduce to silence, reduced to jelly, refutal, refutation, refute, refuted, rejected, restless, restlessness, reverse, reversed, revolt, revolute, revolution, revolutionary war, revolutionize, revulsion, riddle, rile, ripple, rock, rock the boat, roil, roily, rout, routed, row, ruckus, ruffle, ruffled, ruin, ruined, rummage, rumple, rumpus, sabotage, sap, sap the foundations, scare, scared, scattered, scotch, scrape, screw up, scuttle, seethe, seething, send flying, settle, settled, shake, shake up, shaken, shaken up, shock, shook, shot, shot to pieces, shown up, shuffle, shuffled, shut up, sick, sicken, silence, silenced, sink, skew, skinned, skinned alive, smash all opposition, snarl up, solicitude, somersault, somerset, spasm, spike, spill, spoil, spook, squash, squelch, stagger, stampeded, stew, stir, stir up, stirred up, stonewall, storminess, strain, stricken, striking alteration, stump, subversion, subvert, suffer, surmount, surprise, suspense, sweat, sweeping change, swirl, swivet, tabula rasa, technological revolution, tempestuousness, tension, thrash, thrashing, throw, throw down, throw into confusion, throw off balance, throw over, thwart, thwarting, tip over, tizzy, to-do, topple, topple over, toppled, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, total change, transilience, trepidation, trepidity, trimmed, trip, trip up, triumph, triumph over, trouble, troubled, troublous, trounced, tumble, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbid, turbidity, turbulence, turbulent, turmoil, turn, turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, turned around, turnover, twitter, unassuredness, unbalance, unbrace, uncomfortable, undermine, undermining, undo, undone, unease, uneasiness, uneasy, unglued, unhinge, unhorsing, unman, unmanned, unnerve, unnerved, unpeaceful, unplacement, unquiet, unquietness, unrest, unsaddling, unseating, unsettle, unsettled, unsettlement, unstring, unstrung, unsymmetry, ununiformity, upend, upheaval, uproar, upset the boat, upsetting, upside down, upturn, vanquish, vexation, victory, violent change, weaken, whelmed, whip, whip up, whipped, whisk, wildness, without a clue, work up, worried, worry, worst, worsted, zeal, zealousness

ROGET THESAURUS

upset

Success

VB succeed, be successful, gain one's end, gain one's ends, crown with success, gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object, get there, manage to, contrive to, accomplish, do wonders, work wonders, make a go of it, come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors, make short work of, take by storm, carry by storm, bear away the bell, win one's wings, win one's spurs, win the battle, win the day, carry the day, gain the day, gain the prize, gain the palm, have the best of it, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at one's feet, have one on the hop, walk over the course, carry all before one, remain in possession of the field, score a success, speed, make progress, win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way, strive to some purpose, prosper, drive a roaring trade, make profit, reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest, strike oil, gain a windfall, make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account, turn to account, triumph, be triumphant, gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage, chain victory to one's car, nail a coonskin to the wall, surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle, se tirer d'affaire, make head against, stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current, weather the storm, weather a point, turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over, master, get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of, distance, surpass, defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit, euchre, overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach, outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote, take the wind out of one's adversary's sails, beat, beat hollow, rout, lick, drub, floor, worst, put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court, silence, quell, nonsuit, checkmate, upset, confound, nonplus, stalemate, trump, baffle, circumvent, elude, trip up, trip up the heels of, drive into a corner, drive to the wall, run hard, put one's nose out of joint, settle, do for, break the neck of, break the back of, capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp, subdue, subjugate, reduce, make the enemy bite the dust, victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon, answer, answer the purpose, avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit, hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head, nick it, turn up trumps, make a hit, find one's account in.

Destruction

VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.

Excitation

VB excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect, stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood, set astir, wake, awake, awaken, call forth, evoke, provoke, raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up, raise, get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir, fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame, stimulate, exsuscitate, inspirit, spirit up, stir up, work up, pique, infuse life into, give new life to, bring new blood, introduce new blood, quicken, sharpen, whet, work upon, hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle, fan the fire, fan the flame, blow the coals, stir the embers, fan into a flame, foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat, keep up, keep the pot boiling, revive, rekindle, rake up, rip up, stir the feelings, play on the feelings, come home to the feelings, touch a string, touch a chord, touch the soul, touch the heart, go to one's heart, penetrate, pierce, go through one, touch to the quick, possess the soul, pervade the soul, penetrate the soul, imbrue the soul, absorb the soul, affect the soul, disturb the soul, absorb, rivet the attention, sink into the mind, sink into the heart, prey on the mind, distract, intoxicate, overwhelm, overpower, bouleverser, upset, turn one's head, fascinate, enrapture, agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger, give one a shock, give one a turn, strike all of a heap, stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify, irritate, sting, cut to the heart, cut to the quick, try one's temper, fool to the top of one's bent, pique, infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil, lash into fury, be excited, flush up, flare up, catch the infection, thrill, mantle, work oneself up, seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave, run mad.

Disrepute

VB be inglorious, incur disgrace, have a bad name, earn a bad name, put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck, disgrace oneself, expose oneself, play second fiddle, lose caste, pale one's ineffectual fire, recede into the shade, fall from one's high estate, keep in the background, be conscious of disgrace, look blue, look foolish, look like a fool, cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, make a sorry face, go away with a flea in, one's ear, slink away, cause shame, shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor, throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon, be a reproach, to, derogate from, tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint, discredit, degrade, debase, defile, beggar, expel, impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry, tread under foot, trample under foot, show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon, reprehend, bring low, put down, snub, take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two, obscure, eclipse, outshine, take the shine out of, throw into the shade, cast into the shade, overshadow, leave in the background, put in the background, push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint, put out, put out of countenance, upset, throw off one's center, discompose, disconcert, put to the blush.

Depression

N depression, lowering, depression, dip, abasement, detrusion, reduction, overthrow, overset, overturn, upset, prostration, subversion, precipitation, bow, courtesy, curtsy, genuflexion, genuflection, kowtow, obeisance, salaam, depressed, at a low ebb, prostrate, detrusive, facinus quos inquinat aequat.

VB depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg, cast, let drop, let fall, sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate, overthrow, overturn, overset, upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell, cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down, raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground, trample in the dust, pull about one's ears, sit, sit down, couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow, courtesy, curtsy, bob, duck, dip, kneel, bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head, cower, recline.


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