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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
upset
/ʌpˈsɛt/
noun1 of 2
troubled, worried, or angry
- “The journalist was too upset to distinguish vice from virtue.”Tatoeba
- “I know this is an upsetting time for you both.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 2
To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))