upset

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1. upset - Noun

2. upset - Adjective

3. upset - Verb

4. upset - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To set up; to put upright.

To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.

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.

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

To become upset.

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.

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

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Do not be upset when people only remember you when they need you. Feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind during their darkest hours. Nectarios of Aegina

To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium. Eric Hoffer

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little". Dale Carnegie

The wolf is upset about what he left behind, and the shepherd is upset about what he took away. Armenian Proverb

Of what use is it that the cow gives plenty of milk, if she upset the pail. German Proverb

Don't upset the apple cart. American Proverb

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