Antonyms for upset
ʌpˈsɛt; ˈʌpˌsɛtup·set

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1. upsetverb

   Synonyms:
   distress, sadden, anger

2. upsetverb

   Disturbance or disruption.

   My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.

   Synonyms:
   sadden, overturn, invert, turn upside down, distress, disrupt, disturb, anger, angry, unhappy, distressed, disturbance, disruption, tip

3. upsetverb

   To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

   His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.

   Synonyms:
   sadden, disrupt, turn upside down, overturn, invert, distress, tip, disturb, anger

4. upsetverb

   An overturn.

   collision and upset: impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.

   Synonyms:
   overturn, sadden, disturb, anger, distress, turn upside down, disrupt, invert, tip

5. upsetverb

   To defeat unexpectedly.

   Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.

   Synonyms:
   invert, overturn, disrupt, distress, sadden, tip, disturb, anger, turn upside down

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1. upset

   Antonyms:
   assure, confirm, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold

   Synonyms:
   abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, weaken

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1. upset

   Antonyms:
   establish, plant, stabilitate, corroborate, confirm

   Synonyms:
   overturn, overthrow, capsize, overbalance, subvert, disestablish

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Agitation
   • Defeat
   • Disturb
   • Inversion
   • Physical Condition

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1. disturbance, perturbation, upsetnoun

   an unhappy and worried mental state

   "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, organized, unturned, expected, well

   Synonyms:
   commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, disorder, disturbance, mental disorder, folie, overturn, flutter, to-do, psychological disorder, perturbation, kerfuffle, turnover, hoo-ha, disruption, fluster, interference, ruffle, fray, noise, derangement, overthrow, affray, swage, hoo-hah

2. upset, derangement, overthrownoun

   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"

   Antonyms:
   expected, untroubled, well, organized, unturned

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, disorder, mental unsoundness, perturbation, overturn, derangement, turnover, overthrow, swage, unbalance

3. disorder, upsetnoun

   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"

   Antonyms:
   expected, well, untroubled, unturned, organized

   Synonyms:
   disorder, perturbation, overturn, disorderliness, swage, turnover, overthrow, disturbance, derangement

4. upset, swagenoun

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

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, well, unturned, expected, organized

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, disorder, perturbation, overturn, derangement, turnover, overthrow, swage

5. upset, overturn, turnovernoun

   the act of upsetting something

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

   Antonyms:
   well, unturned, expected, organized, untroubled

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, disorder, employee turnover, perturbation, dollar volume, overturn, derangement, turnover, overthrow, turnover rate, swage

6. overturn, upsetadjective

   an improbable and unexpected victory

   "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, organized, well, expected, unturned

   Synonyms:
   disorder, perturbation, overturn, derangement, swage, turnover, overthrow, disturbance

7. disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worriedadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   organized, untroubled, well, expected, unturned

   Synonyms:
   stressed, disordered, mad, unhinged, sick, overturned, worried, upturned, distressed, maladjusted, confused, apprehensive, brainsick, demented, unhappy, hard put, upset(a), broken, hard-pressed, crazy, disquieted, disturbed, unbalanced, in a bad way(p), dysphoric

8. broken, confused, disordered, upsetadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   well, untroubled, unturned, organized, expected

   Synonyms:
   overturned, scattered, rugged, impoverished, befuddled, at sea, upset(a), confounded, disconnected, upturned, illogical, mixed-up, unkept, bemused, disoriented, humbled, disquieted, low, broken, lost, disjointed, unordered, disturbed, wiped out(p), disordered, bewildered, worried, baffled, garbled, crushed, mazed, confused, busted, broken in, distressed, humiliated, unconnected

9. upset(a)adjective

   used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win

   "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"

   Antonyms:
   well, expected, untroubled, organized, unturned

10. upsetadjective

    mildly physically distressed

    "an upset stomach"

    Antonyms:
    untroubled, organized, unturned, expected, well

    Synonyms:
    worried, disquieted, broken, distressed, upturned, upset(a), disordered, disturbed, confused, overturned

11. overturned, upset, upturnedverb

    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"

    Antonyms:
    expected, untroubled, unturned, organized, well

    Synonyms:
    worried, disquieted, broken, distressed, upset(a), overturned, upturned, disordered, retrousse, disturbed, confused, tip-tilted

12. upsetverb

    disturb the balance or stability of

    "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"

    Antonyms:
    well, expected, untroubled, unturned, organized

    Synonyms:
    disturb, trouble, tump over, discompose, overturn, tip over, turn over, untune, discomfit, swage, bowl over, disconcert, knock over

13. upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfitverb

    cause to lose one's composure

    Antonyms:
    organized, well, untroubled, unturned, expected

    Synonyms:
    tip over, turn over, confuse, bowl over, overturn, flurry, discompose, discomfit, tump over, disconcert, knock over, trouble, disturb, put off, untune, swage

14. disturb, upset, troubleverb

    move deeply

    "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

    Antonyms:
    expected, organized, unturned, untroubled, well

    Synonyms:
    discomfit, touch, shake up, raise up, disorder, interrupt, cark, commove, bother, inconvenience oneself, agitate, disquiet, turn over, put out, perturb, trouble oneself, tump over, unhinge, incommode, disoblige, trouble, overturn, bowl over, discommode, discompose, tip over, inconvenience, swage, untune, disconcert, vex, ail, knock over, stir up, disturb, distract, pain

15. overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump oververb

    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"

    Antonyms:
    organized, unturned, untroubled, expected, well

    Synonyms:
    discomfit, turn, bowl over, bring down, dig, overthrow, vacate, flip, pass, pass on, annul, debate, overrule, reach, boggle, roll, lift, rescind, swage, tump over, moot, flabbergast, give, deliberate, override, subvert, overturn, repeal, delve, revolutionize, discompose, tip over, trouble, flip over, turn over, reverse, untune, revoke, disconcert, consider, revolutionise, knock over, disturb, countermand, hand, cut into

16. swage, upsetverb

    form metals with a swage

    Antonyms:
    unturned, well, expected, organized, untroubled

    Synonyms:
    disturb, trouble, tump over, discompose, overturn, tip over, turn over, untune, discomfit, swage, bowl over, disconcert, knock over

17. upsetverb

    defeat suddenly and unexpectedly

    "The foreign team upset the local team"

    Antonyms:
    organized, expected, well, untroubled, unturned

    Synonyms:
    disturb, trouble, tump over, discompose, overturn, tip over, turn over, untune, discomfit, swage, bowl over, disconcert, knock over

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1. upsetverb

   Synonyms:
   overturn, overset, capsize, invert, overthrow, disconcert, discompose, perturb, agitate, unnerve, excite

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1. happy

   the boy was very sad and upset.

   Submitted by anonymous on December 2, 2019  

How to use upset in a sentence?

1. Christopher Walken:

   I like him. He's very sad about his hand. There is a crocodile chasing him and he is lonely, I think, he wants vengeance and he also wants a mother. He is very upset Peter Pan has found a mother and he wants to take her away and be his mother. So, he's a little sad.

2. Mark Esper:

   What we're going to do is prevent unilateral incursions that would upset, again, these mutual interests... the United States, Turkey and the SDF share with regard to northern Syria.

3. Elton John:

   I want to thank everyone who attended tonight's gig in Auckland. I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia earlier today, but I was determined to give you the best show humanly possible, i played and sang my heart out, until my voice could sing no more. I'm disappointed, deeply upset and sorry. I gave it all I had.

4. Tomika Miller:

   I know my husband would never want me to be upset with them or hold that on my heart, he was a very forgiving person.

5. Tony DiCicco:

   They're very good defensively and now they've started to bring an attack to their game, it's about having this team make its own history like the 1999 team did and if they can upset the USA... they will make history.

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