Overview of verb upset

The verb upset has 6 senses

• upset -- (disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries")


• upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit -- (cause to lose one's composure)


• disturb, upset, trouble -- (move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought")


• overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over -- (cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer")


• swage, upset -- (form metals with a swage)


• upset -- (defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team")

Overview of adj upsetting

The adj upsetting has 1 sense

• disconcerting, upsetting -- (causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience")