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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
The problem is that more production pressures prices, upsetting the supply-demand balance and eating up any potential benefits of investment.
All eyes will be on the Big Apple as Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state assemblyman, attempts a political upset in his bid to become New York City's youngest mayor in over a century.
Making this upset bid all the more difficult for the Eagles was the absence of guard Andrew Cook, a preseason All-Big Sky member after averaging 16.1 points last season.
In a recent New Yorker interview, Stewart said that Paramount had “already done things that I’m upset about. But then if I had integrity, maybe I would stand up and go, ‘I’m out.’
On Sunday they upset the Packers 16-13, and their victory marked their fourth consecutive win with Young under center.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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