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upset
adjective as in disturbed, bothered
Strong matches
agitated, amazed, blue, capsized, confused, disconcerted, dismayed, disordered, disquieted, distressed, dragged, grieved, hurt, ill, low, muddled, overturned, rattled, ruffled, shocked, sick, spilled, thrown, toppled, troubled, tumbled, unsettled, unzipped, worried
Weak matches
all torn up, antsy, apprehensive, broken up, bummed out, chaotic, come apart, frantic, in disarray, jittery, jumpy, overwrought, psyched-out, put out, shook-up, tipped over, unglued, upside-down
noun as in problem
verb as in disorder; knock over
Strong matches
capsize, change, derange, disarray, disorganize, invert, jumble, muddle, overturn, pitch, reverse, rummage, spill, subvert, tilt, topple, tumble, turn, upend, upturn
Weak matches
keel over, mess up, mix up, overset, put out of order, tip over, turn inside out, turn topsy-turvy, turn upside down
verb as in bother, trouble
Strong matches
afflict, ail, bug, confound, cramp, craze, debilitate, derange, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, flip, floor, flurry, fluster, grieve, incapacitate, indispose, pother, rattle, ruffle, sicken, spook, turn, unhinge
Weak matches
egg on, fire up, flip out, get to, give a hard time, key up, lay up, make a scene, make waves, pick on, psych, rock the boat, stir up, throw off balance, turn on
verb as in defeat
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Her win is the biggest political upset on the Eastside since Chicano activist Raul Ruiz siphoned off enough votes from Richard Alatorre in a 1971 Assembly race to allow a Republican to win.
Banning upset No. 2-seeded Marshall 19-7.
French Jews were also upset when Macron was quoted as saying that Netanyahu should accept United Nations calls for a ceasefire because “his country was itself created by a decision of the UN.”
As a Latino, Avila said he was especially upset by Perez’s recorded comments telling Latino students that a lot of their fathers, uncles, and grandfathers “want to be white.”
She was asked if anyone seemed upset and she said no.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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