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S: (n) disturbance (disturbance%1:26:02::), perturbation (perturbation%1:26:00::), upset (upset%1:26:00::) (an unhappy and worried mental state) "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
S: (n) upset (upset%1:04:01::), derangement (derangement%1:04:00::), overthrow (overthrow%1:04:02::) (the act of disturbing the mind or body) "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"
S: (n) disorder (disorder%1:26:03::), upset (upset%1:26:03::) (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"
S: (n) upset (upset%1:06:00::), swage (swage%1:06:00::) (a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging)
S: (n) upset (upset%1:04:02::), overturn (overturn%1:04:00::), turnover (turnover%1:04:00::) (the act of upsetting something) "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
S: (n) overturn (overturn%1:04:01::), upset (upset%1:04:00::) (an improbable and unexpected victory) "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

S: (v) upset (upset%2:30:00::) (disturb the balance or stability of) "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
S: (v) upset (upset%2:37:01::), discompose (discompose%2:37:00::), untune (untune%2:37:00::), disconcert (disconcert%2:37:01::), discomfit (discomfit%2:37:00::) (cause to lose one's composure)
S: (v) disturb (disturb%2:37:00::), upset (upset%2:37:00::), trouble (trouble%2:37:01::) (move deeply) "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
S: (v) overturn (overturn%2:38:01::), tip over (tip_over%2:38:01::), turn over (turn_over%2:38:02::), upset (upset%2:38:00::), knock over (knock_over%2:38:00::), bowl over (bowl_over%2:38:00::), tump over (tump_over%2:38:00::) (cause to overturn from an upright or normal position) "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
S: (v) swage (swage%2:35:00::), upset (upset%2:35:00::) (form metals with a swage)
S: (v) upset (upset%2:33:00::) (defeat suddenly and unexpectedly) "The foreign team upset the local team"

S: (adj) disquieted (disquieted%3:00:00:troubled:00), distressed (distressed%3:00:01:troubled:00), disturbed (disturbed%3:00:00:troubled:00), upset (upset%3:00:00:troubled:00), worried (worried%3:00:00:troubled:00) (afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief) "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"
S: (adj) broken (broken%3:00:00:disorganized:00), confused (confused%3:00:00:disorganized:00), disordered (disordered%3:00:00:disorganized:00), upset (upset%3:00:00:disorganized:00) (thrown into a state of disarray or confusion) "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"
S: (adj) upset (upset%3:00:00:unexpected:00) (used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win) "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
S: (adj) upset (upset%3:00:00:ill:01) (mildly physically distressed) "an upset stomach"
S: (adj) overturned (overturned%3:00:00:turned:00), upset (upset%3:00:00:turned:00), upturned (upturned%3:00:00:turned:00) (having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom) "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket"