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| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disturbed, bothered |
| Synonyms: | agitated, antsy*, apprehensive, blue*, chaotic, confused, disconcerted, disordered, distressed, frantic, hurt, ill, jittery, jumpy, low, muddled, overwrought, shocked, sick, spilled, thrown, troubled, unsettled, upside-down, worried, all torn up, amazed, broken up, bummed out, capsized, come apart, dismayed, disquieted, dragged, grieved, in disarray, overturned, psyched out, rattled, ruffled, shook up, tipped over, toppled, tumbled, unglued, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | happy, undisturbed, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem |
| Synonyms: | agitation, bother, complaint, defeat, destruction, disorder, disquiet, distress, disturbance, free-for-all*, goulash*, hassle, illness, malady, overthrow, reverse, reversion, shock, sickness, stew*, subversion, surprise, trouble, turmoil, worry, queasiness, screw-up, shake-up, tizzy |
| Antonyms: | calm, happiness, peace, solution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder; knock over |
| Synonyms: | capsize, change, derange, disarray, disorganize, disturb, invert, jumble, keel over, mess up*, mix up, muddle, overturn, pitch, reverse, rummage, spill, spoil, subvert, tilt, topple, tumble, turn, unsettle, upturn, overset, put out of order, tip over, turn inside-out, turn topsy-turvy, turn upside-down, upend |
| Antonyms: | hold, order, place, straighten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
| Synonyms: | afflict, agitate, ail, bewilder, bug*, confound, cramp, craze, debilitate, derange, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, egg on*, flip*, flip out*, floor*, flurry, fluster, grieve, incapacitate, lay up, perturb, pick on*, pother, rattle, rock the boat*, ruffle, sicken, spook, turn, turn on, unhinge*, unnerve, unsettle, adjy, discombobulate, fire up, get to*, give a hard time, indispose, key up, make a scene, make waves, psych, stir up, throw off balance |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | beat, conquer, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overturn, topple, win, be victorious, get the better of, outplay, triumph over |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | ail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt |
| Synonyms: | afflict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset |
| Notes: | ale is a fermented alcoholic beverage containing malt and hops, similar to but heavier than beer; to ail is to feel ill or have pain |
| Main Entry: | beside oneself |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a panic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, anxious, berserk, bothered, carried away, crazed, delirious, demented, distraught, distressed, frantic, frenetic, hysterical, insane, mad, out of one's mind, out of one's wit, overwrought, rattled, raving, shook up, unbalanced, unhinged, upset, very upset, worked-up |
| Main Entry: | bewilder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | addle, baffle, ball up, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, floor*, fluster, mess with one's head, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow*, stump, stupefy, throw, upset |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, orient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
| Synonyms: | abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, level, lower, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, slay*, tumble, undermine, upset, wound, KO, knock down, lay low, mow down, shoot down, throw down |
| Antonyms: | aid, encourage, help, raise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capsize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overturn |
| Synonyms: | invert, keel over, roll, turn over, turn turtle*, upset, tip over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displeasure |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, balk, blow, discomfiture, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, frustration, humiliation, irritation, letdown, mortification, peevishness, shame, spleen, upset, vexation, crushing, discomposure, disgruntlement, fretfulness, ill-humor |
| Antonyms: | delight, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure, triumph |
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause displeasure |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, confuse, crush, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disgrace, dismay, displease, disquiet, dissatisfy, embarrass, humiliate, irk, irritate, mortify, peeve, perturb, shame, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
| Main Entry: | commotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clamor, uproar |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, annoyance, backwash, ballyhoo*, bedlam, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, combustion, confusion, convulsion, disquiet, dither, excitement, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, insurrection, lather*, mutiny, outcry, pandemonium, perturbation, pother, racket, rebellion, revolt, riot, rumpus, stew, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, uprising, upset, upturn, vexation, welter, whirl, big scene, big stink, discomposure, hell broke loose, insurgence |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, peace, quiet, repose, silence, stillness, tranquility, quietude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, make difficult |
| Synonyms: | bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up*, handicap, impede, interweave, involve, jumble, mix up, muddle, multiply, obscure, perplex, ravel, screw up*, snafu*, snag, tangle, twist, upset, add fuel to fire, infold, interfuse, interrelate, make intricate, make waves, muck up*, open can of worms, render unintelligible, snarl up |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, untangle, make simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, refute |
| Synonyms: | break, confound, contradict, controvert, defeat, demolish, dismay, disprove, expose, invalidate, negate, oppugn, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, put down, rebut, shut up, silence, subvert, tap, upset, vanquish, blow sky high, bring to naught, knocks props out from under, prove false, prove wrong, set aside |
| Antonyms: | affirm, attest, confirm, endorse, prove, verify |
| Main Entry: | coup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, often by maneuver |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, action, coup d'état, coup de mâitre, deed, exploit, feat, overthrow, plot, revolution, stratagem, stroke, stroke of genius, stunt, successful stroke, tour de force, upset |
| Main Entry: | depose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oust from position |
| Synonyms: | bounce, break, can*, cashier, chuck, degrade, demote, dethrone, dismiss, displace, downgrade, eject, impeach, kick out*, overthrow, send packing*, subvert, throw out, unseat, upset, boot out, discrown, drum out, freeze out, give heave-ho, remove from office, ride out on rail, run out of town, throw out on ear, uncrown, unfrock, unmake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | derange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make crazy; confuse |
| Synonyms: | confound, craze*, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, distract, disturb, frenzy, madden, mess up*, misplace, muss*, perplex, ruffle, rummage, unbalance, unhinge*, unsettle, upset, dement, drive mad, make insane |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disaffect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose affection for, estrange |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alienate, antagonize, discompose, disquiet, disturb, disunite, divide, repel, upset, wean, disunify |
| Antonyms: | content, please, make happy |
| Main Entry: | disappointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | let down, saddened |
| Synonyms: | aghast, beaten, complaining, crestfallen, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, down, downcast, downhearted, frustrated, hopeless, unhappy, unsatisfied, upset, balked, chapfallen, down in the dumps, foiled, objecting, shot down, taken down, thwarted, vanquished, worsted |
| Antonyms: | delighted, excited, happy, pleased, satisfied |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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