upsetn.
/ˈʌpsɛt/, U.S. /ˈəpsət/, /ˈəpˌsɛt/ I. Something established in an upright position, and related uses.† 1. Scottish. An insurrection, revolt. Obsolete.† 2. northern and Scottish. The fact of setting up in business as a master, or of becoming a freeman in a particular trade; (also) the sum paid to the guild on this occasion. Obsolete.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection
uparisingc1325
rebelliona1382
risingc1390
risec1400
surrectionc1418
rebela1425
upsetc1425
insurrection1459
mutinewe?c1550
revolt1553
tumult1560
emotion1562
sedition1585
uprising1587
innovation1601
esmeute1652
turgency1660
émeute1782
outbreak1826
uprisal1871
upsurge1930
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. iv. 699 Þat vpset..Þat Chore agayne Moyses wroucht.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. xii. 3634 His lufftennandis þai slew þar..In to þat vpset richt fellon.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > setting up business or trade
upset1463
upsetting1569
1463–4 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1915) II. 207 Every foreine walker commyng to this citie..and wil sett up as a maister,..he shall paie at his upsett xiijs. iiijd.
1505 Seal of Cause in A. Pennecuik Hist. Blue Blanket (1722) 56 Persons..admitted frie Men or Masters to the saids Crafts,..shall pay at his Entrie for his Upset, Five Pounds.
1598 in J. M. Lambert 2000 Years Gild Life (1891) 255 The moytie of all Upsettes, incomes, or other receites..accrewinge..to the said Companie.
1639 Rec. Burgh Lanark (1893) 133 That nae persone..be admittit..frieman for any les wpsett nor is abone wryttin.
1687 in J. R. Boyle Early Hist. Town & Port of Hedon (1895) App. p. cxcii Every apprentice.., his yeares beinge ended, shall pay for his upp sett two shillings to the said Company.
3. † a. A curved part of a bridle-bit, fitting over the tongue of the horse. Obsolete. (Cf. upset adj. 1b.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit > parts of
cannon?1561
cheek?1561
port?1561
player1566
upset mouth1566
rowel1590
mouth1607
upset1607
liberty1667
mouthpiece1728
top-roll1728
cheekpiece1864
branch1884
bit-maker1902
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 64 Others..haue added from the eye of the byt to the outside of the vpset, a strong trench.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 64 The fashion of which vpsets..you shall behold in these figures.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Col d'oye, the port, or vpset of some Bits.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Suenata briglia, a bit with an open mouth as ports or upsets.
c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lxii. 259 The usual Method of Cure is to open the Horse's Mouth with the Upset.
b. Mining. (See quots.)
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > working face or place
witchet1677
face1708
front1717
stope1747
wall1750
web1767
working place1827
wall-face1839
offset1872
wicket1881
upset1883
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 268 Upset, a bolt hole or thirl put through between two levels in edge coals.
1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 69 Upset, a short working place driven to the rise.
c. Basketry. Usually upsett. The first section of waling, which sets the stakes firmly in place.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > randed work or basketry > waling > first section of
upset1907
upsetting1924
1907 T. Okey in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 11 Jan. 191 (caption) It will be seen that the bye-stakes are merely inserted in the upsett.
1946 N. Wymer Eng. Country Crafts vii. 73 He then lets in the stiff ‘uprights’ and fastens them securely by working in several willows together to form the ‘upset’.
1977 B. Maynard Basketry 19/2 You may like to start the upsett with one round of 4-rod wale.
4. = upshot n. 4.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results
issuea1325
outcominga1382
conclusionc1384
endc1385
fruita1400
finec1405
termination?a1425
sumc1430
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sequel1524
game1530
success1537
event1539
pass1542
increase1560
outgate1568
exit1570
cropc1575
utmosta1586
upshoot1598
sequence1600
upshot1604
resultance1616
upshut1620
succedenta1633
apotelesm1636
come-off1640
conclude1643
prosult1647
offcome1666
resultant1692
outlet1710
period1713
outcome1788
outrun1801
outcome1808
upset1821
overcome1822
upping1828
summary1831
outgo1870
upcomec1874
out-turn1881
end-product1923
pay-off1926
wash-up1961
1821 J. W. Croker Diary 9 June The upset, however, is that all is at a stand.
1901 F. E. Taylor Folk-speech S. Lancs. Upset, the upshot.
5.
a. A rendering or translation.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > instance of
drawingc1300
translationa1382
translate?1518
traductiona1533
version1582
conversion1586
metaphrase1594
rendering1637
traduct1647
upset1828
1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland II. 71 It would be a thousand pities not to give you his verses; so here's my hand at an upset of them into English.
b. A rough draft.
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society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > preliminary or rough copy
draught1528
rough draft1576
foul papers1601
rough copy1638
essay1656
concept1658
draft1769
upset1841
1841 H. Greeley in Corr. R. W. Griswold (1898) 102 Having got the right sort of a letter from Burleigh, I have set right down and written you an upset of it.
II. Something overturned or deranged, and related uses.
6.
a. The overturning of a vehicle or boat; the fact of being overturned. (Cf. overset n.2 1b.)
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > capsizing or upset
overthrowingc1330
subversiona1382
whelmingc1440
overseta1658
overturn1789
upset1804
capsize1807
whemmel1817
upsetting1819
purl1825
bouleversement1877
capsizal1881
1804 T. Moore Mem. (1853) I. 162 Driving through mud and filth,..and risking an upset at every step.
1840 B. Hall Patchwork (1841) III. vii. 130 At this..moment, when an upset was obviously inevitable, the horses slackened their pace.
1852 C. B. Mansfield Paraguay, Brazil, & Plate (1856) 112 The Major..was afraid of the possible consequences of an upset of the canoe.
1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iv. 90 He had good-naturedly lent his own chariot to a lady who had been hurt in an upset.
b. An overturning or overthrow of ideas, plans, etc. Also const. to.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun]
leapc1000
lope14..
revolution?a1439
reverse?1492
metamorphosis1548
transformation1581
earthquake1592
upside down1593
metamorphose1608
sea-changea1616
peritropea1656
transilience1657
transiliency1661
saltus1665
catastrophe1696
peristrophe1716
transiliency1769
upheaving1821
upset1822
saltation1844
shake1847
upheaval1850
cataclysm1861
shake-out1939
virage1989
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 453 The revolution and the upset of opinions..created a new order of..taste.
1827 C. Bowles Let. 15 Apr. in R. Southey & C. Bowles Corr. (1881) 119 What a strange upset of old principles and old measures!
1886 Manch. Examiner 9 June 5/2 The result was a complete upset of all the predictions of the prophets.
c. A physical or (more commonly) mental disturbance or derangement.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > disordered state
untemperateness1398
mistemperancec1485
mistemper1549
intemperature1559
mistemperateness1561
mistempering1561
dissension1582
indisposition1598
undisposedness1600
untune1603
disaffection1618
discomposure1646
distemper1648
misaffection1650
indisposedness1654
intemperies1676
intempery1676
intemperament1698
seediness1832
the uglies1846
upset1866
undertone1872
run-downness1890
woofits1918
underfunction1941
underfunctioning1941
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > inversion of natural order or total disorder > upset or overturn
walter1563
overturnc1592
renversinga1614
bouleversation1667
versation1716
bouleversement1814
whemmel1817
upset1866
upsettal1890
upsetment1893
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [noun] > cause of
fraction1547
upset1899
1866 C. Rossetti Prince's Progress xxv Some old volcanic upset must Have rent..and blackened the crust.
1892 T. H. Huxley Let. 1 Oct. in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) II. 320 My wife got an awful dose of neuralgia and general upset.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 301 The poor and hard-working are subject to mental upset..in much larger numbers than the well-off.
d. A quarrel, a misunderstanding.
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society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > state or instance of
distancec1300
differencea1387
variancec1425
different?1483
differinga1525
displeasure1550
differ1566
distaste1621
disgusta1665
disaccommodationa1676
differency1707
fallout1725
collision1839
upset1887
contretemps1961
1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 75 They were always getting at each other and both trying to bring me into their upsets.
1895 Daily News 31 Oct. 9/1 We had only one upset there. I happened to hit the defendant.
Draft additions 1993
e. Sport (originally Tennis). An unexpected defeat of the favourite in a game, etc.; a surprise result.
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society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win
winningc1330
lurchingc1350
lurch1598
whitewash1834
win1862
whitewash1866
romp1919
upset1921
sweep1960
1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Oct. 10/1 Several upsets featured the play in the Canadian indoor tennis championships here yesterday.
1987 Athletics Today Apr. 17/1 The old International Cross Country Championship was a largely English invention, dominated by them with the occasional upset or intrusion from Belgians or the French.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
upsetadj.
/ˌʌpˈsɛt/, U.S. /ˌəpˈsɛt/ 1. † b. upset mouth n. = upset n. 3a. Obsolete.
a. Set up, erected, raised up, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] > upright or erect > made upright
upset1338
upreared1422
erected1604
the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [adjective] > set
upset1658
aprick1856
perked1866
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 70 Now is he in þe see with saile on mast vpsette.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 204 Ther scholde be tofore his bed A bord upset and faire spred.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 108 Trees þat hauyn yu hem many braunches and rotes, and þe stoke vpsette.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes ix. 23 Ful of idoles upset on hihe stages.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. iii. 53 Scharslie the statw was in thair temple wpset, Quhen all hir membris bittir teris swet.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. xii. 253 An upset hand is sooner bowed, than a hand which hangeth down, to be set upright.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 362 Puir Girzey, wi' her upset chin.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit > parts of
cannon?1561
cheek?1561
port?1561
player1566
upset mouth1566
rowel1590
mouth1607
upset1607
liberty1667
mouthpiece1728
top-roll1728
cheekpiece1864
branch1884
bit-maker1902
1566 T. Blundeville Arte of Rydynge (rev. ed.) iii. xxvii. 77 in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The square portes, otherwise called vpsetmouthes.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 52 He..for a more libertie to the tongue, giueth allowance to the cannon, with the vpset mouth.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 64 Others to these vpset mouthes, haue added a strong trench.
2. Of price: Stated as the lowest sum for which property exposed to auction will be sold; named as the sum from which bidding may start. Originally Scottish and U.S.
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1814 Act 54 Geo. III c. 137 §42 The Price..shall not be less than the last upset Price at which it had been exposed to public Sale.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xiv. 234 Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan.
1834 Spectator 8 Nov. 1066/1 The price at which land [in U.S.] is..sold, varies from the upset price to many pounds sterling per acre.
1866 W. T. Veness El Dorado App. 178 All Crown lands [in S. Australia] are open to purchase at the upset price of £1 per acre.
1884 Public Opinion 3 Oct. 434/2 The mansion, park, and home farm..were bought in, the highest bid..being considerably under the upset price.
3. Overturned, capsized. upset race (see quot. 1876).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > capsized or upset
overseteOE
overwhelmed1440
subverted1544
overturned1561
overthrown1579
overcast1688
upset1842
capsized1882
upturned1895
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > canoe race
upset race1876
slalom1956
1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) I. x. 135 He..threw him over the upset table.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 812/2 Canoes for ‘upset races’ (where the canoeist has to jump out, tow his boat while swimming, and then get in).
1882 Daily News 3 July 5/2 An upset hansom is a rare thing.
4. Physically disordered: said esp. of the stomach.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of stomach > [adjective]
stomachic1656
upset1973
1973 C. Leach Send-off iii. 26 All you get is a burned back and an upset tummy.
1980 J. Gardner Garden of Weapons iii. iii. 249 Hoffer had sent him back because of his upset stomach.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
upsetv.
/ˌʌpˈsɛt/, U.S. /ˌəpˈsɛt/ I. To establish in an upright position, and related uses.
1. transitive.† a. To set up, raise up, erect. Obsolete. (Cf. upset adj. 1.)† b. To establish. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect
rearOE
rightOE
to set upa1225
raisea1250
upreara1300
risea1400
to dress upc1400
stand?a1425
upsetc1440
dress1490
to stick up1528
arrect1530
erect1557
prick1566
upright1590
mounta1616
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 395 Bordis of cipresse Playn & direct, vpsette hem in their kynde A foote atwyn.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. i. 15 Ane akin tre..Apone a motys hycht vpset hes he.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 26 The serpent fierce..rough scales vpsetteth that were deiected.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish
arear?a800
astellc885
planteOE
i-set971
onstellOE
rightOE
stathelOE
raisec1175
stofnec1175
stablea1300
morec1300
ordainc1325
fermc1330
foundc1330
instore1382
instituec1384
establec1386
firmc1425
roota1450
steadfastc1450
establishc1460
institute1483
to set up1525
radicate1531
invent1546
constitute1549
ordinate1555
rampire1555
upset1559
stay1560
erect1565
makea1568
settle1582
stablish1590
seminarize1593
statuminatea1628
hain1635
bottom1657
haft1755
start1824
1559 in R. Keith Hist. Affairs Church & State Scotl. (1734) 111 To advance the Glory of God, by maintaining and upsetting true Preachers of the Word.
c. technical. To force back the end of (a metal bar, etc.) by hammering or beating, esp. when heated.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > forge or shape > in specific way
batterc1380
beat1483
peena1522
hammer1522
malleate1598
extenuate1599
upset1678
planish1688
to set down1703
foliate1704
raise1774
skelp1803
tilt1825
jump1851
cold-hammer1858
stub1869
upend1932
ding1939
coin1940
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 11 You may Up-set it, that is, take a Flame Heat, and set the heated end upright upon the Anvil, and hammer upon the cold end till the Heated end be beat or up-set into the Body of your Work.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 88/2 Up-set, is when at a heat the Iron is beaten back into the Body of the work.
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 156/2 Wire ropes may be..secured at their ends by passing them through the small end of a conical collar, and doubling up, or upsetting, the ends of the wires.
1869 Sandberg tr. Styffe Iron & Steel 11 The author ‘upset’ or stubbed the bars at the ends.
1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 286/2 A pick should never be ‘upset’, or hammered endwise.
d. Agriculture. To ridge up.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > throw up ridges
rig?1523
ridge?1530
to trench up1763
upset1764
to lay up1842
hill1884
1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 321 Fifth ploughing, sowing earth, up-set it, and harrowing.
e. Usually upsett. (past tense and past participle also upsetted.) (a) To bend upwards (a stake) plaited into the base of a basket to form part of the frame for the side; (b) to form the ‘upset’ of (a basket); also absol.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > basket-making > processes involved in
upset1875
slew1902
fitch1907
slype1910
by-stake1912
rib-rand1959
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > manufacture textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > basket-making processes
slew1902
rand1962
upset1977
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 423/1 Osiers..are forced or ‘scallumed’, between the rods of the bottom from the edge towards the centre, and are turned up, ‘upset’, in the direction of the sides.
1907 T. Okey in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 11 Jan. 190/2 If a foot is needed it is now put on by inserting the tops cut off from the stakes alongside the upsetted stakes.
1912 T. Okey Introd. Art of Basket-making vi. 33 Very coarse work..is upsetted with a pair instead of a wale.
1945 H. J. Massingham Wisdom of Fields v. 94 My basketer..after ‘scalluming’ the foreign rods..proceeded to wale up the sides, ‘upsetting’ as it is called, that is to say, building up the frame.
1977 B. Maynard Basketry 19/2 Stake up with the 40 side stakes, nip them at the edge of the base and tie them together tightly at the top... Upsett with six rounds of waling with No. 6 cane keeping the sides quite vertical.
2. † a. Scottish. To make good, make up for; to get over, recover from (a loss, etc.). Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for
restorea1325
to make good1389
boot1393
rewarda1398
supplya1398
to make up1472
upset1513
to fetch again1535
redeem1590
balance1594
pay1596
unpay1600
to make out1610
requitea1613
to pay home1625
encourage1628
compensate1646
compensate1656
reprise1662
to take up1662
to fetch up1665
to pay off1717
indemnify1750
to bring up arrears1788
equalize1866
reparate1956
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Direct. 33 God grant I may amend it, With grace and space to vpset this tynsell.
1557 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 305 Gif ony dampnage cumis thair~throw,..that the said Gilbert be..obleist to vpsett the same.
1593 Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 26/2 Þe said morowing gift, sa faithfullie..promesit to be vpsett and maid guid.
1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (2 Thess.) iv. 53 The lose thou getst by deceite wil neuer be vpset.
1806 A. Douglas Poems 123 Folk as stout an' clever..Hae gotten skaith they never Upset for mony year.
b. To restore to good or usual condition. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)]
recovera1382
recurea1382
reparela1382
instore1382
store1387
restorec1390
redressc1405
repeal1479
rectifya1529
restauratea1538
redeem1575
instaurate1583
upright1601
upseta1652
reficiate1657
rehabilitate1663
retrieve1665
re-establish1706
re-rail1914
rehab1961
a1652 R. Brome City Wit iii. i. sig. C8, in Five New Playes (1653) When she failes by diseases or paine, The Doctor new Vamps and upsets her againe.
1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 327/2 [Cornwall] Two men went up the hill upsetting [= reviving] the fire.
3. intransitive. Of a cylindrical bullet: to become bent.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > actions of bullet or shot
ricochet1804
club1830
cluster1830
strip1854
upset1859
slug1875
keyhole1878
group1882
string1892
mushroom1893
splash1894
to set up1896
phut1901
pattern1904
print1961
1859 ‘Stonehenge’ Shot-gun 306 A pointed cylinder soon ‘upsets’, as it is termed, and is then at once rendered useless as a projectile. [Cf. upsetting n. 1e.]
II. To overturn or disorder.
4. intransitive. To be overturned or capsized.Said of a vehicle, boat, etc., or of persons in it.
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society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > capsize
overset1641
beam-ends1773
upset1799
capsize1805
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > capsize or be upset
whelma1300
overturna1393
overset1641
coup1787
upset1799
capsize1805
to turn the turtle1818
to go over1829
keela1860
to turn turtle1860
wintle1867
turtle1920
1799 T. Knight Turnpike-gate ii. iii If the horses had not run so fast we should not have upset.
1820 T. Moore Mem. (1853) III. 116 If there came the slightest breath of wind, they would upset with so many on board.
1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat iii The boat..will not be so liable to upset.
5. figurative.1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Oct. If the Control had done more it might have upset the apple-cart altogether.
a. transitive. To overturn; to capsize; to knock over.In this or the next sense called ‘a low word’ by Todd (1818).
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society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > cause to suffer shipwreck [verb (transitive)] > overbalance or capsize
overtrim1622
overset1719
capsize1788
upset1806
overbalance1829
bully1883
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset
overcastc1230
overturnc1300
overthrowc1330
to-turna1382
overwhelm?a1400
tilta1400
tipa1400
welt?a1400
overtiltc1400
tirvec1420
reverse?a1439
devolvec1470
subvert1479
welter?a1505
renverse1521
tumble1534
verse1556
upturn1567
overwhirl1577
rewalt1587
subverse1590
overset1599
overtumble1600
walt1611
to fetch up1615
ramvert1632
treveer1636
transvolve1644
capsize1788
upset1806
keel1828
overwelt1828
pitch-pole1851
purl1856
1806 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) VI Capsize, in Naval Language, to upset or turn over anything.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To upset a cart, boat, &c.
1813 R. Southey Life Nelson I. 15 It was with the utmost difficulty that the crew could prevent them from staving or upsetting her.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vii. 85 One luckless wight contrived to upset the gravy.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 43 The light active boxer upsetting two stout gentlemen.
b. To involve (persons) in the accidental overturning of a vehicle or boat. Chiefly in passive.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > involve in accidental overturning of vehicle
upset1807
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. 192 Had we been..overtaken by storms and upset in the lake.
1819 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 345 Very nearly upset by the horse backing down the hill.
1832 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 206 ‘He then built him another [vessel],..which he succeeded in setting afloat.’..‘Aye, and it nearly upset him..at sea.’
1867 Princess Alice Mem. (1884) 176 Mme. d'Usedom..was lately upset with her carriage off the road.
c. figurative. To overthrow, undo, put out of joint.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > throw into utter disorder or upset
to-turna1382
everse?a1425
over-terve?a1425
bestourn1484
renverse1521
transverse1557
evert1566
walter1571
topsy-turn1573
topsy-turve1603
topsy-turvy1626
bouleverse1673
whemmel1721
reverse1768
upset1818
to knock galley-west1875
topsy-turvify1886
topsy-turvyize1893
1818 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 221 Very natural, but very likely to upset the whole concern.
1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 72 Having upset every one of our calculations on the first day of her arrival.
1884 Sir H. Cotton in Law Times Rep. 51 277/1 A witness who is coming..to assist the plaintiff in upsetting..a fraudulent scheme.
6.
a. To throw into mental disorder or discomposure; to trouble or distress.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)]
heavyc897
pineeOE
aileOE
sorryeOE
traya1000
sorrowOE
to work (also do) (a person) woeOE
angerc1175
smarta1200
to work, bake, brew balec1200
derve?c1225
grieve?c1225
sitc1225
sweam?c1225
gnawc1230
sughc1230
troublec1230
aggrievea1325
to think sweama1325
unframea1325
anguish1340
teen1340
sowa1352
distrainc1374
to-troublea1382
strain1382
unglad1390
afflicta1393
paina1393
distressa1400
hita1400
sorea1400
assayc1400
remordc1400
temptc1400
to sit (or set) one sorec1420
overthrow?a1425
visit1424
labour1437
passionc1470
arraya1500
constraina1500
misgrievea1500
attempt1525
exagitate1532
to wring to the worse1542
toil1549
lament1580
adolorate1598
rankle1659
try1702
to pass over ——1790
upset1805
to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823
to put (a person) through it1855
bludgeon1888
to get to ——1904
to put through the hoop(s)1919
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)]
to-wendc893
mingeOE
dreveOE
angerc1175
sturb?c1225
worec1225
troublec1230
sturble1303
disturbc1305
movea1325
disturblec1330
drubblea1340
drovec1350
distroublec1369
tempestc1374
outsturba1382
unresta1382
stroublec1384
unquietc1384
conturb1393
mismaya1400
unquemea1400
uneasec1400
discomfita1425
smite?a1425
perturbc1425
pertrouble?1435
inquiet1486
toss1526
alter1529
disquiet1530
turmoil1530
perturbate1533
broil1548
mis-set?1553
shake1567
parbruilyiec1586
agitate1587
roil1590
transpose1594
discompose1603
harrow1609
hurry1611
obturb1623
shog1636
untune1638
alarm1649
disorder1655
begruntlea1670
pother1692
disconcert1695
ruffle1701
tempestuate1702
rough1777
caddle1781
to put out1796
upset1805
discomfort1806
start1821
faze1830
bother1832
to put aback1833
to put about1843
raft1844
queer1845
rattle1865
to turn over1865
untranquillize1874
hack1881
rock1881
to shake up1884
to put off1909
to go (also pass) through a phase1913
to weird out1970
1805 Capt. Blackwood in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 224 I never was so shocked or so completely upset as..to find that Lord Nelson was even then at the gasp of Death.
1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers III. 116 Eleanor..was a good deal upset, as people say, and could not at the moment collect herself.
1885 Law Times 7 Feb. 270/2 Deceased appeared very irritable upon the morning in question, but witness knew of nothing to upset him.
b. To disorder physically.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > disorder health of
undisposec1380
overturna1382
mistemperc1485
disorder1526
overthrow1562
overset?a1600
disaffect1623
discompose1694
indispose1694
upset1845
1845 G. Budd On Dis. Liver 261 A young person, delicate, and easily upset by any imprudence in diet.
1889 M. E. Kennard Landing Prize x The least thing upset his liver.
Derivatives
upˈsetment n.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > inversion of natural order or total disorder > upset or overturn
walter1563
overturnc1592
renversinga1614
bouleversation1667
versation1716
bouleversement1814
whemmel1817
upset1866
upsettal1890
upsetment1893
1893 Standard 10 Mar. For this upsetment too, nothing would be gained. [Cf. w. Somerset (1888) upsotment, ‘disturbance, break up’.]
upˈsettable adj.
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the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]
slidinga900
wankleeOE
windyc1000
unsteadfastc1200
fleeting?c1225
loose?c1225
brotelc1315
unstablec1340
varyingc1340
variantc1374
motleyc1380
ungroundedc1380
muablea1393
passiblea1393
remuablea1393
changeablea1398
movablea1398
variablec1397
slidderya1400
ticklec1400
variantc1412
flitting1413
mutable?a1425
movingc1425
flaskisable1430
flickering1430
transmutablec1430
vertible1447
brittlea1450
ficklea1450
permutablec1450
unfirmc1450
uncertain1477
turnable1483
unsteadfast1483
vagrantc1522
inconstant1526
alterable?1531
stirringc1540
slippery1548
various1552
slid?1553
mutala1561
rolling1561
weathery1563
unconstant1568
interchangeable1574
fluctuant1575
stayless1575
transitive1575
voluble1575
changeling1577
queasy1579
desultory1581
huff-puff1582
unstaid1586
vagrant1586
changeful1590
floating1594
Protean1594
unstayed1594
swimming1596
anchorless1597
mobilec1600
ticklish1601
catching1603
labile1603
unrooted1604
quicksilvered1605
versatile1605
insubstantial1607
uncertain1609
brandling1611
rootless1611
squeasy1611
wind-changinga1616
insolid1618
ambulatory1625
versatilous1629
plastic1633
desultorious1637
unbottomed1641
fluid1642
fluent1648
yea-and-nay1648
versipellous1650
flexile1651
uncentred1652
variating1653
chequered1656
slideable1662
transchangeative1662
weathercock-like1663
flicketing1674
fluxa1677
lapsable1678
wanton1681
veering1684
upon the weathercock1702
contingent1703
unsettled?1726
fermentable1731
afloat1757
brickle1768
wavy1795
vagarious1798
unsettled1803
fitful1810
metamorphosical1811
undulating1815
tittupya1817
titubant1817
mutative1818
papier mâché1818
teetotum1819
vacillating1822
capricious1823
sensitive1828
quicksilvery1829
unengrafted1829
fluxionala1834
proteiform1833
liquid1835
tottlish1835
kaleidoscopic1846
versative1846
kaleidoscopical1858
tottery1861
choppy1865
variative1874
variational1879
wimbly-wambly1881
fluctuable1882
shifty1882
giveable1884
shifty1884
tippy1886
mutatory1890
upsettable1890
rocky1897
undulatory1897
streaky1898
tottly1905
tipply1906
up and down1907
inertialess1927
sometimey1946
rise-and-fall1950
switchable1961
1890 Sat. Rev. 4 Oct. 386/1 Persons upsettable..at their own peril.
upˈsettal n.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > inversion of natural order or total disorder > upset or overturn
walter1563
overturnc1592
renversinga1614
bouleversation1667
versation1716
bouleversement1814
whemmel1817
upset1866
upsettal1890
upsetment1893
1890 Graphic 11 Oct. 406/1 Never a little finger did I put to help in his upsettal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
> as lemmas
upset
upset n.
Brit. /ˈʌpsɛt/
, /ˈʌpsɛt/U.S. /ˈəpˌsɛt/
As in the corresponding verb, the prefix is employed in an unusual sense./ˈəpˌsɛt/<
n.c1425
adj.1338
v.c1440as lemmas