upset implies the disturbance of normal or habitual functioning by disappointment, distress, or grief.

UPSET meaning: 1. to make someone worried, unhappy, or angry: 2. to change the usual or expected state or order…. Learn more.

"It's something that has obviously affected and upset everyone. It's something you feel in class, in the corridors, it's something that's left no one indifferent."

To be upset is to be disturbed or very unhappy. You can be upset, and you can also upset someone — but you probably didn’t mean to. Upset has multiple senses. It generally refers to …

Upset is a familiar word, applied to simple, everyday actions: to upset a table, a glass of water. Capsize is applied especially to the upsetting of a boat or other vessel: to capsize a canoe.

Dec 17, 2025 · (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit. His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move. Bryan came home from school with …

UPSET meaning: angry or unhappy I was so upset with him, I didn't call him for two weeks.