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upset

verb as in defeat

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Most people think that asking a sensitive question will upset the person being asked.

That took one of the best options off the table for the Colts, who went 11-5 this season, nearly upset the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs and appear to need only an above-average, experienced quarterback to enter next season as a Super Bowl contender.

The Giants scored a few plays later,and upset the Patriots, 17-14.

In the 2019 Netflix movie “Otherhood,” Angela Bassett plays a mom so upset her son forgot Mother’s Day that she moves into his apartment uninvited.

So I think sometimes that does get to me, and I do get very upset.

From Vox

The banquet was paid for with public funds, and taxpayers were understandably upset.

“I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.

Hitchcock reacts as if he has an upset stomach--and that I gave it to him.

As long as the mirror refused to say that she was the most beautiful woman in the land, she would remain upset.

I thought if I cooperated it would make it better… I was so upset that day.

It would not do to allow his son to do anything that would upset his dignity, though he loved him very much indeed.

But in a moment a subject was started that entirely diverted his mind and upset the lively tenor of the breakfast-table.

Wilkins got such a start that he tripped over one of the thwarts in trying to take aim, and nearly upset the boat.

He was naturally frightfully upset about it, and a regular panic sprang up in the neighbourhood.

The news caused general concern throughout the house, and Ethne was frightfully upset.

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On this page you'll find 474 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to upset, such as: agitated, amazed, blue, capsized, confused, and disconcerted.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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