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The Crossword Dictionary explains the answers for the crossword clue 'Upset'. If more than one Crossword Definition exists for a clue they will all be shown below. Links to Crossword Dictionary entries can be found when searching for clues using the Crossword Solver - Upset
DERANGEMENT (11)

derange 

derange, deranged, deranges, deranging - v 
to disorder 

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synonyms 

crack, craze, frenzy, loco, madden, unbalance, unhinge, unstring

in a sentence

being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone  

the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort out things

Three years later, she is still deranged by mourning.

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etymology

1776, "throw into confusion, disturb the regular order of," from French déranger, from Old French desrengier "disarrange, throw into disorder," from des- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + Old French rengier (Modern French ranger) "to put into line," from reng "line, row," from Frankish *hring or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz "circle, ring, something curved," from nasalized form of PIE root *sker- (2) "to turn, bend." Mental sense "disorder or unsettle the mind of" is by c. 1790.

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