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Synonyms for upset
Synonyms for upset: overturn, turnover, disorder, overthrow and worried. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for upset
Interchangeable with upset, one per sense
Audited under upset's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one upset carries in that sense.
- overturnnoun, in the sense "an improbable and unexpected victory"
- turnovernoun, in the sense "the act of upsetting something"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name upset as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- disorderdisorder is a noun in the sense "a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning"
- overthrowoverthrow is a noun in the sense "the act of disturbing the mind or body"
- worriedworried is an adjective in the sense "afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief"
Two directions, one standard: two audited under upset and three under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
an improbable and unexpected victory
The biggest upset since David beat Goliath.
The true synonym
overturn
Same sentence, swapped: The biggest overturn since David beat Goliath.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- disorder
- disturbance
- mark
the act of upsetting something
He was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed.
The true synonym
turnover
Same sentence, swapped: He was badly bruised by the turnover of his sled at a high speed.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot upset is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- disorder
- disturbance
- mess
Where upset turns up in the game
upset is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where upset is the trap
- brokenadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is busted, in the sense "out of working order ('busted' is an informal substitute for 'broken')", and upset is one of the three tiles that lose.
- brokenadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is low, in the sense "subdued or brought low in condition or status", and upset is one of the three tiles that lose.
- carryverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is transport, in the sense "move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body", and upset is one of the three tiles that lose.
- dreadadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is terrible, in the sense "causing fear or dread or terror", with upset sitting one tile away.
Play upset
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so upset reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company upset keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. upset carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.