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/əpsˈɛt/ /ˈəpsˌɛt/ Listen

adjective

Upset adj. 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. "After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan."

verb

Upset v. t. (past & past part. upset; pres. part. upsetting)

To set up; to put upright. (Obs.) "With sail on mast upset."

(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.

To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to upset the situation."

To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. (Colloq.)

(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.

Upset v. i. (past & past part. upset; pres. part. upsetting) To become upset.

noun

Upset n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.

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Etymology of 'Upset'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Upset" Quotes from Famous Books

... and, besides, it had been a fatiguing day, for most of the negroes had walked the three miles, and then had danced and played games nearly all the morning, and so they were ready for dinner. And everybody seemed very happy and gay except Mammy; she had been so upset at the children's torn dresses and dirty faces that she could not regain her good-humor all at once; and then, too, Dumps had lost her sun-bonnet, and there were some unmistakable freckles across her little ...

— Diddie, Dumps, and Tot • Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle

... was the answer, and then the big fish flopped his tail like a fan and made such a wave that poor Bully was upset, turning a somersault in the water. But that didn't scare him, and when he had turned over right side up again he swam to the ...

— Bully and Bawly No-Tail • Howard R. Garis

... rest of that day, the persons in the stationer's employment had a hard time of it with their master in the shop. Something had upset Old Ronald. He ordered the shutters to be put up earlier that evening than usual. Instead of going to his club (at the tavern round the corner), he took a long walk in the lonely and lifeless streets of the City by night. There ...

— The Fallen Leaves • Wilkie Collins

... said Russell admiringly. 'Did you notice when you were both screaming because one of our wheels caught in a street car rail, and the carriage nearly upset, how she never said a word, though she must have been frightened, for we were nearly over. I like a girl that has grit enough to ...

— A Princess in Calico • Edith Ferguson Black

... upset by it," he said, reverting to the play. "It was a wild and wet night, we had to walk every inch, of the way, for there was no late trains in them days, John, and we were drenched to the skin. Your Uncle Matthew never said one word to me the whole road home. He just held ...

— The Foolish Lovers • St. John G. Ervine

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