1. Verb
To set up; to put upright.
2. Verb
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
3. Verb
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
4. Verb
To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.
5. Verb
To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.
6. Verb
To become upset.
7. Adjective
Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.
8. Noun
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
9. Noun
a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
10. Noun
an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
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