Definition of upset

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• upset is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• upset is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• upset is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of upset

• having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the upset pitcher of milk

  Synonyms

  1. overturned
  2. upturned
• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief (adjective)

  Examples

  1. too upset to say anything

  Synonyms

  1. disquieted
  2. distressed
  3. disturbed
  4. worried
• the act of upsetting something (noun)

  Examples

  1. he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed

  Synonyms

  1. overturn
  2. turnover
• a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning (noun)

  Examples

  1. everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time

  Synonyms

  1. disorder
• the act of disturbing the mind or body (noun)

  Examples

  1. his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset

  Synonyms

  1. derangement
  2. overthrow
• form metals with a swage (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. swage
• a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. swage
• cause to overturn from an upright or normal position (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bowl over
  2. knock over
  3. overturn
  4. tip over
  5. tump over
  6. turn over
• thrown into a state of disarray or confusion (adjective)

  Examples

  1. with everything so upset

  Synonyms

  1. broken
  2. confused
  3. disordered
• an improbable and unexpected victory (noun)

  Examples

  1. the biggest upset since David beat Goliath

  Synonyms

  1. overturn
• move deeply (verb)

  Examples

  1. This book upset me

  Synonyms

  1. disturb
  2. trouble
• an unhappy and worried mental state (noun)

  Examples

  1. she didn't realize the upset she caused me

  Synonyms

  1. disturbance
  2. perturbation
• cause to lose one's composure (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. discomfit
  2. discompose
  3. disconcert
  4. untune
• defeat suddenly and unexpectedly (verb)

  Examples

  1. The foreign team upset the local team
• disturb the balance or stability of (verb)

  Examples

  1. The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
• mildly physically distressed (adjective)

  Examples

  1. an upset stomach
• used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers

See definition of upset in Merriam Webster