Yahoo! Sports: Liga F round-up: Real Sociedad stun Barcelona, Atlético run riot against Alhama Liga F round-up: Real Sociedad stun Barcelona, Atlético run riot against Alhama The prolific Edna Imade scored the decisive goal in Real Sociedad’s 1-0 success against Barcelona. Laia Aleixandri was penalised for a handball in the box, presenting Imade with the chance to go to ...

Understanding the Context

upset implies the disturbance of normal or habitual functioning by disappointment, distress, or grief. UPSET definition: 1. to make someone worried, unhappy, or angry: 2. to change the usual or expected state or order….

Key Insights

Learn more. UPSET meaning: 1. to make someone worried, unhappy, or angry: 2. to change the usual or expected state or order…. Learn more.

Final Thoughts

Some common synonyms of upset are agitate, discompose, disquiet, disturb, fluster, and perturb. While all these words mean "to destroy capacity for collected thought or decisive action," upset implies the disturbance of normal or habitual functioning by disappointment, distress, or grief. A stomach upset is a slight illness in your stomach caused by an infection or by something that you have eaten. Paul was unwell last night with a stomach upset. It wasn't anything serious. A mild stomach upset, that's all.

Upset, capsize, overturn imply a change from an upright or other stable position to a prostrate one. Upset is a familiar word, applied to simple, everyday actions: to upset a table, a glass of water. To be upset is to be disturbed or very unhappy. You can be upset, and you can also upset someone — but you probably didn’t mean to.