Thesaurus:upset

Thesaurus

upset

English

Verb

Sense: to cause a negative emotional impact in someone

Synonyms

• agitate
• bother
• bring down
• discompose
• disconcert
• enturbulate (nonstandard)
• disturb
• mortify (obsolete)
• perturb
• put out
• ruffle
• throw off balance
• unsettle
• upset

Antonyms

• alleviate
• appease
• calm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• comfort    [⇒ thesaurus]
• compose    [⇒ thesaurus]
• quieten

Hyponyms

• abash    [⇒ thesaurus]
• annoy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• enrage    [⇒ thesaurus]
• frighten    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sadden    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vex    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• affect
• emove (archaic)
• inflict

Further reading

• “824. excitation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “874. disrepute” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “upset” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.