Definitions For Upset

noun

  • An improbable and unexpected victory
  • The act of upsetting something
  • The act of disturbing the mind or body
  • A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
  • A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
  • An unhappy and worried mental state
  • An occurrence in which a game, contest, etc., is won by a person or team that was expected to lose
  • An unpleasant feeling of illness in your stomach
  • A period of worry and unhappiness caused by something that has happened

verb

  • Disturb the balance or stability of
  • Defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
  • Form metals with a swage
  • Move deeply
  • Cause to lose one's composure
  • Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
  • To make (someone) unhappy, worried, etc.
  • To cause an unpleasant feeling in (your stomach)
  • To cause (something) to be unable to continue in the expected way

adjective

  • Used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
  • Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
  • Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
  • Having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
  • Mildly physically distressed

Is Upsets a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
10

The word Upset is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Upset in a Sentence

  • That remark you made really upset me.
  • Don't upset yourself over it.
  • It upsets him that he can do nothing to help.
  • In a major upset, he took the gold medal.
  • Her victory in the election was a big upset.
  • Spicy foods can cause stomach upset.
  • I was feeling upset by the whole experience.
  • There's no point in getting all upset about it.
  • I try not to let her make me upset.

Synonyms for Upset

Antonyms for Upsets

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