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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Upset \Up*set"\, v. i. To become upset. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Upset \Up"set`\, a. Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold. [1913 Webster] After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Upset \Up"set`\, n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Upset \Up*set"\, v. t. 1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] "With sail on mast upset." --R. of Brunne. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. (b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends. [1913 Webster] 3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to upset the situation." --Mrs. Humphry Ward. [1913 Webster] 4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 5. (Basketwork) To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to form (the side) in this manner. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: upset adj 1: 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" [syn: {disquieted}, {distressed}, {disturbed}, {upset}, {worried}] 2: 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" [syn: {broken}, {confused}, {disordered}, {upset}] 3: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers" 4: mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach" 5: 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" [syn: {overturned}, {upset}, {upturned}] n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" [syn: {disturbance}, {perturbation}, {upset}] 2: 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" [syn: {upset}, {derangement}, {overthrow}] 3: 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" [syn: {disorder}, {upset}] 4: a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: {upset}, {swage}] 5: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: {upset}, {overturn}, {turnover}] 6: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" [syn: {overturn}, {upset}] v 1: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries" 2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: {upset}, {discompose}, {untune}, {disconcert}, {discomfit}] 3: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: {disturb}, {upset}, {trouble}] 4: 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" [syn: {overturn}, {tip over}, {turn over}, {upset}, {knock over}, {bowl over}, {tump over}] 5: form metals with a swage [syn: {swage}, {upset}] 6: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"