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word upset
definition
adjective
If you are upset, you are unhappy or disappointed because something unpleasant has happened to you.
After she died I felt very, very upset.
Marta looked upset.
She sounded upset when I said you couldn't give her an appointment.
They are terribly upset by the break-up of their parents' marriage.
...stress and other emotional upsets.
verb
If something upsets you, it makes you feel worried or unhappy.
The whole incident had upset me and my fiancee terribly.
She warned me not to say anything to upset him.
Don't upset yourself, Ida.
Childhood illness can be upsetting for children and parents alike.
I will never see him again and that is a terribly upsetting thought.
If events upset something such as a procedure or a state of affairs, they cause it to go wrong .
...a deal that would upset the balance of power in the world's gold markets.
House prices are easily upset by factors which have nothing to do with property.
Markets are very sensitive to any upsets in the economic machine.
If you upset an object, you accidentally knock or push it over so that it scatters over a large area.
Don't upset the piles of sheets under the box.
...bumping into him, and almost upsetting the ginger ale.
noun
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.
Larry is suffering from an upset stomach.
inflections upsetsupsettingupsetting
cefr-level B1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1

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