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The Meaning of upset
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(v. t.) To set up; to put upright.
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(v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
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(v. t.) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
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(v. t.) To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.
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(v. t.) To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.
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(v. i.) To become upset.
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(a.) 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.
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(n.) The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
Synonyms
commotion
,
mental disturbance
,
hurly burly
,
disorder
,
disturbance
,
mental disorder
,
folie
,
overturn
,
flutter
,
to-do
,
psychological disorder
,
perturbation
,
kerfuffle
,
turnover
,
hoo-ha
,
disruption
,
fluster
,
interference
,
ruffle
,
fray
,
noise
,
derangement
,
overthrow
,
affray
,
swage
,
hoo-hah
,
mental unsoundness
,
unbalance
,
disorderliness
,
employee turnover
,
dollar volume
,
turnover rate
,
stressed
,
disordered
,
mad
,
unhinged
,
sick
,
overturned
,
worried
,
upturned
,
distressed
,
maladjusted
,
confused
,
apprehensive
,
brainsick
,
demented
,
unhappy
,
hard put
,
upset(a)
,
broken
,
hard-pressed
,
crazy
,
disquieted
,
disturbed
,
unbalanced
,
in a bad way(p)
,
dysphoric
,
scattered
,
rugged
,
impoverished
,
befuddled
,
at sea
,
confounded
,
disconnected
,
illogical
,
mixed-up
,
unkept
,
bemused
,
disoriented
,
humbled
,
low
,
lost
,
disjointed
,
unordered
,
wiped out(p)
,
bewildered
,
baffled
,
garbled
,
crushed
,
mazed
,
busted
,
broken in
,
humiliated
,
unconnected
,
retrousse
,
tip-tilted
,
disturb
,
trouble
,
tump over
,
discompose
,
tip over
,
turn over
,
untune
,
discomfit
,
bowl over
,
disconcert
,
knock over
,
confuse
,
flurry
,
put off
,
touch
,
shake up
,
raise up
,
interrupt
,
cark
,
commove
,
bother
,
inconvenience oneself
,
agitate
,
disquiet
,
put out
,
perturb
,
trouble oneself
,
unhinge
,
incommode
,
disoblige
,
discommode
,
inconvenience
,
vex
,
ail
,
stir up
,
distract
,
pain
,
turn
,
bring down
,
dig
,
vacate
,
flip
,
pass
,
pass on
,
annul
,
debate
,
overrule
,
reach
,
boggle
,
roll
,
lift
,
rescind
,
moot
,
flabbergast
,
give
,
deliberate
,
override
,
subvert
,
repeal
,
delve
,
revolutionize
,
flip over
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
consider
,
revolutionise
,
countermand
,
hand
,
cut into
Antonyms
untroubled
,
organized
,
unturned
,
expected
,
well
Rhymes
abbett
,
abet
,
alphabet
,
amorette
,
anette
,
anisette
,
annett
,
annette
,
anstett
,
antoinette
,
arlette
,
arnett
,
asset
,
audet
,
audette
,
avocet
,
babette
,
backset
,
baguette
,
barbette
,
barnett
,
barnette
,
baronet
,
barrette
,
bassette
,
bayonet
,
beaudet
,
beaudette
,
beget
,
bennette
,
bequette
,
bernadette
,
beset
,
bessette
,
bet
,
bett
,
binette
,
bissette
,
bizet
,
blanchette
,
bonnette
,
bourget
,
bourret
,
bousquet
,
boyette
,
bramlette
,
bresette
,
bret
,
brett
,
brissette
,
brossette
,
brouillet
,
brouillette
,
brunet
,
brunette
,
brusette
,
bruyette
,
burchette
,
burdette
,
burnett
,
burnette
,
cabriolet
,
cadet
,
calumet
,
cassette
,
chalmette
,
charette
,
charrette
,
chelette
,
chenette
,
chet
,
chevrette
,
choquette
,
cigarette
,
clarette
,
clarinet
,
claudet
,
claudette
,
clavette
,
colette
,
collette
,
corette
,
cornet
,
cornette
,
coronet
,
corvette
,
cosette
,
cossette
,
couchette
,
cullinet
,
dancanet
,
debt
,
deseret
,
dorette
,
doucet
,
doucette
,
dragnet
,
duet
,
duquette
,
durette
,
ellette
,
epithet
,
et
,
ethernet
,
falconet
,
fayette
,
fett
,
fette
,
fisette
,
flageolet
,
flett
,
fleurette
,
follette
,
forget
,
forgette
,
fournet
,
frechette
,
fredette
,
frenette
,
fret
,
furlett
,
galudet
,
garnette
,
garrette
,
gaudet
,
gazette
,
gelette
,
georgette
,
get
,
gillette
,
gimlet
,
godette
,
goette
,
goulet
,
goulette
,
guenette
,
guerette
,
guerrette
,
guillet
,
guillette
,
guyett
,
guyette
,
gwinnett
,
hachette
,
handset
,
headset
,
heavyset
,
hett
,
hugette
,
hughette
,
inglett
,
inlet
,
inset
,
internet
,
irette
,
irvette
,
janette
,
jeanerette
,
jeanette
,
jeannette
,
jenrette
,
jet
,
jett
,
jette
,
jfet
,
joette
,
jolette
,
joliet
,
josette
,
jouret
,
juliet
,
juliette
,
junette
,
kett
,
kitchenette
,
klett
,
lafayette
,
lafeyette
,
laurette
,
laviolette
,
legette
,
leggette
,
lerette
,
let
,
lett
,
linette
,
lirette
,
lisette
,
lorette
,
lorgnette
,
louisette
,
lovette
,
lucette
,
luncheonette
,
luquette
,
lurette
,
lynette
,
maillet
,
manette
,
marette
,
margette
,
mariette
,
marlette
,
marmoset
,
marquette
,
marzette
,
massenet
,
met
,
midyett
,
midyette
,
millette
,
minaret
,
mindset
,
minette
,
minuet
,
monette
,
myette
,
nanette
,
net
,
nett
,
nicolet
,
nicolette
,
ninette
,
niquette
,
nolette
,
nonjet
,
nyet
,
octet
,
odette
,
offset
,
olivette
,
onset
,
ouimette
,
outlet
,
outset
,
ovett
,
pagette
,
paquette
,
parapet
,
parlette
,
paulette
,
payette
,
pet
,
pett
,
pierette
,
piet
,
pinette
,
pinochet
,
pipette
,
piquette
,
plett
,
poquette
,
preset
,
pret
,
pruette
,
quartet
,
quellette
,
quintet
,
racette
,
regret
,
reset
,
ret
,
rhett
,
rillette
,
ringuette
,
rivette
,
robinette
,
rochette
,
rockette
,
rolette
,
rosette
,
roulette
,
rowlette
,
sarchet
,
sarette
,
set
,
sextet
,
silhouette
,
sobriquet
,
somerset
,
soviet
,
statuette
,
stet
,
stinnette
,
sublet
,
subset
,
suffragette
,
sunset
,
susette
,
suzette
,
sweat
,
swett
,
tet
,
tete
,
threat
,
tibet
,
touchet
,
touchette
,
tourette
,
turbojet
,
twinjet
,
typeset
,
unmet
,
unset
,
vallette
,
vedette
,
veillette
,
vet
,
vette
,
videocassette
,
viet
,
vignette
,
villette
,
violett
,
violette
,
viverette
,
wernette
,
wet
,
whet
,
willamette
,
willette
,
wilmette
,
yet
,
yett
,
yvette