The verb and adjective are pronounced /ʌpset/. The noun is pronounced /ʌpset/.
( upset)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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.
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ by/about n
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Upset is also a noun.
...stress and other emotional upsets.
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2.
If something upsets you, it makes you feel worried or unhappy.
She warned me not to say anything to upset him...
Don’t upset yourself, Ida.
VERB : V n , V pron-refl
• up‧set‧ting
Childhood illness can be upsetting for children and parents alike...
I will never see him again and that is a terribly upsetting thought.
= distressing
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ
3.
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...
VERB : V n
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Upset is also a noun.
Markets are very sensitive to any upsets in the Japanese economic machine.
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4.
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.
VERB : V n
5.
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...
N-COUNT : supp N
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Upset is also an adjective.
Larry is suffering from an upset stomach.
ADJ : ADJ n
6.
to upset the applecart: see applecart