upset
verb/ʌpˈset/
/ʌpˈset/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they upset | /ʌpˈset/ /ʌpˈset/ |
| he / she / it upsets | /ʌpˈsets/ /ʌpˈsets/ |
| past simple upset | /ʌpˈset/ /ʌpˈset/ |
| past participle upset | /ʌpˈset/ /ʌpˈset/ |
| -ing form upsetting | /ʌpˈsetɪŋ/ /ʌpˈsetɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody/yourself feel unhappy, anxious or annoyed synonym distress
- upset somebody/yourself This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.
- Try not to let him upset you.
- Don't upset yourself about it—let's just forget it ever happened.
- He had clearly been upset by the incident.
- it upsets somebody that… It upset him that nobody had bothered to tell him about it.
- it upsets somebody to do something It upsets me to think of her all alone in that big house.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb1- I'm sorry—I didn't mean to upset you.
- Keep the volume down—we don't want to upset the neighbours!
- She was sensitive and easily upset.
- She's obviously deeply upset by his behaviour.
- upset by the death of their pet
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- deeply
- really
- …
- not mean to
- not want to
- not wish to
- …
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- upset something to make a plan, situation, etc. go wrong
- He arrived an hour late and upset all our arrangements.
Extra Examples- Their plans were upset even more by days of torrential rain.
- The disagreement further upset relations between the two countries.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- deeply
- really
- …
- not mean to
- not want to
- not wish to
- …
- upset somebody’s stomach to make somebody feel sick (= want to vomit) after they have eaten or drunk somethingTopics Health problemsb1
- upset something to make something fall over by hitting it by accident
- She stood up suddenly, upsetting a glass of water.
Idioms
See upset in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee upset in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishupset the apple cart
- to cause problems for somebody or cause their plans, arrangements, etc. to fail
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