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UPSET

upset - v 
disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" 
defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team" 

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Synonyms

agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, disturb, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, weird out, worry

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Examples

What was Dulce upset about tonight when she was talking to you?

Where was the sweet, gentle Brandon who never seemed to be upset by anything?

Obviously they thought she was upset by Michael's interest in another girl.

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Etymology

mid-15c., "to set up, fix," from up (adv.) + set (v.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch opsetten "set up, propose," German aufsetzen. Modern sense of "overturn, capsize" (1803) is that of obsolete overset. In reference to the stomach, from 1834. Meaning "to throw into mental discomposure" is from 1805. Related: Upsetting.

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