Upset

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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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