Synonyms for upset
- verb
- adjective
- noun
Most common
overturn tip over turn over knock over unsettle get to disturb disconcert
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Overturn — to tip or overturn (something)
overturn, tip over, turn over, knock over, throw off balance, capsize, bowl over, turn upside down, upend, ball up, invert, tip, tip up, overset, subvert, upturn
2. Unsettle — to make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy
unsettle, get to, bother, put out, anger, agitate, dismay, sadden, offend, pain, rile, provoke, rankle, distress, unnerve, aggravate, grieve, excite, depress, flurry, roil, cross
3. Disturb — to disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something)
4. Disconcert
disconcert, discompose rare, discomfit rare, untune rare
Other
trouble, spoil, right, stand, redress, baffle, foil, overbalance, deprave, harsh one's mellow slang, unstring rare
Adjective
2. Worried
3. Confused
Noun
1. Disturbance — disturbance or disruption
2. Overthrow
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
- v. 2
To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
The fatty meat upset his stomach.
- adj. 1
Angry, distressed, or unhappy
He was upset when she refused his friendship.
- n. 1
Disturbance or disruption.
My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.
Related words
- Phrases
- upset price upset stomach upset the applecart
- Is a kind of
- affect inflict
- Other spellings
- upsett
Forms
- Plural
- upsets → disturbances, distractions, disruptions, overthrows…
Example sentences
- anger Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
- unsettle What Tom said cannot unsettle me.
- disrupt What could disrupt Algeria's recovery process?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| upset | rising | |
| anger | rising | |
| unsettle | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- mad1, tip1
- 4 letters
- pain1, sick1, ruin2, sore1, foil1, rile1, roil1
- 5 letters
- right1, stand1, cross1, angry2, anger2, spoil1, irate2, upend, swage
- 6 letters
- broken2, bother2, offend2, dismay2, grieve1, excite2, flurry2, invert2, baffle2, upturn2, sadden2, rankle2, untune
- 7 letters
- trouble2, worried2, disturb2, disrupt2, provoke2, redress2, subvert2, depress2, agitate3, capsize2, unnerve2, perturb2, derange2, overset
- 8 letters
- confused2, disorder3, distress2, troubled2, turnover3, overturn3, upturned, unsettle3, unstrung, unstring
- 9 letters
- disturbed2, overthrow3, aggravate3, discomfit
- 10 letters
- disruption3, distressed2, disordered3, disconcert3, disquieted, discompose
- 11 letters
- distraction3, disturbance3, derangement, overbalance
- 12 letters
- disorganized4, perturbation4, disorganised
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- bouleverser
- Català
- trasbalsar