Definition: an improbable and unexpected victory
Usage: the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
Main entry: turnover, overturn, upset
Definition: the act of upsetting something
Usage: he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
Main entry: upset, derangement, overthrow
Definition: the act of disturbing the mind or body
Usage: his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset; she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
Definition: a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
Definition: a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
Usage: the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder; everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time
Main entry: perturbation, upset, disturbance
Definition: an unhappy and worried mental state
Usage: there was too much anger and disturbance; she didn't realize the upset she caused me
Main entry: upset
Definition: disturb the balance or stability of
Usage: The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
Main entry: upset
Definition: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
Usage: The foreign team upset the local team
Definition: form metals with a swage
Main entry: trouble, disturb, upset
Definition: move deeply
Usage: This book upset me; A troubling thought
Main entry: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset
Definition: cause to lose one's composure
Main entry: overturn, upset, bowl over, tump over, turn over, tip over, knock over
Definition: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Usage: The cat knocked over the flower vase; the clumsy customer turned over the vase; he tumped over his beer
Main entry: upset
Definition: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
Usage: the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers
Main entry: disordered, confused, upset, broken
Definition: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
Usage: troops fleeing in broken ranks; a confused mass of papers on the desk; the small disordered room; with everything so upset
Main entry: distressed, disturbed, disquieted, upset, worried
Definition: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
Usage: too upset to say anything; spent many disquieted moments; distressed about her son's leaving home; lapsed into disturbed sleep; worried parents; a worried frown; one last worried check of the sleeping children
Main entry: upset, upturned, overturned
Definition: having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
Usage: an overturned car; the upset pitcher of milk; sat on an upturned bucket
Main entry: upset
Definition: mildly physically distressed
Usage: an upset stomach