Synonyms of upset
110 similar words · 6 opposite words
Another word for upset is unhappy. Other synonyms of upset are bother, grieve, disturb, oppress and depress. The opposite of upset is calm.
Synonyms and similar words for upset
adjectiveAngry, distressed, or unhappy.
nounDisturbance or disruption.
verbTo make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- anger
- distress
- forsetTo upset; hinder.
- sadden
- affront
- aggravate
- antagonizeTo work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
- awrathAnger; enrage.
- burn up
- cheese off slangTo annoy.
- cross
- embitter
- envenom
- gall
- get
- get toTo affect adversely; to upset or annoy.
- honk offTo annoy.
- incense
- inflame
- infuriateTo make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.
- madden
- make angry
- nark Australia, UK
- offend
- outrage
- provoke
- put outTo cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb.
- rankle
- rile
- piss off
- roil
- set off
- steam
- tick off
- get one's back up
- get someone's dander upTo anger or annoy someone.
- get someone's goatTo annoy or infuriate someone.
- get someone's Irish upTo anger or annoy someone.
- make someone see red
- make someone's blood boilTo cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling...
- put someone's back upSynonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone.
- raise someone's hacklesTo annoy or anger someone.
- raise someone's shagTo anger or annoy someone.
- rattle someone's cage
- rub the wrong way
- ruffle some feathersTo cause a disturbance; to arouse resentment, anger, or concern.
- set up someone's birse ScotlandTo make someone angry.
- aggrieveTo cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.
- besorrowTo sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
- grieveTo cause sorrow or distress to.
- pain
- bring downTo make (someone) feel bad emotionally.
- come down onTo cause melancholy in (someone).
- darkenTo render gloomy, darker in mood.
- dashTo dishearten; to sadden.
- dejectMake sad or dispirited.
- depressTo make depressed, sad or bored.
- desolateTo make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
- dispiritTo lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
- get downTo depress; discourage; fatigue.
- grievenTo make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief.
- oppressTo make sad or gloomy.
- sadden upTo become or make (something) sad.
- ungladdenTo take the gladness from.
- unhappyTo make or become unhappy; to sadden.
- attrist archaicTo sadden; to make sad.
- begloom archaicTo sadden.
- begrieve archaicTo cause grief or grieving.
- contristate obsoleteTo make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
- engrieve archaicTo cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.
- moan obsoleteTo distress (someone); to sadden.
- repent archaic
- rue obsoleteTo cause to feel sorrow or pity.
- tristitiate obsoleteTo sadden.
verbTo disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
- disrupt
- disturbTo confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
- turn upside down
- upendTo affect or upset drastically.
- derange
verbTo tip or overturn (something).
adjectiveMore synonyms
- in a tizzySynonym of in a jiffy.
verbMore synonyms
- agitateTo disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
- freak
- sting
- botherTo annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
- discomposeTo destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.
- unstring
- disconcertTo upset the composure of; to startle.
- perturbTo disturb (someone, their mind, etc.) mentally; to bother, trouble, upset.
- ruffleTo disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
- throw off balanceTo unsettle, to catch by surprise.
- unsettleTo make upset or uncomfortable.
- flurry
- enturbulate nonstandardTo agitate or disturb; to upset, harass.
- mortify obsoleteTo affect with vexation or chagrin.
Opposite of upset
Meaning of upset
- adjective Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- adjective Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
- noun Disturbance or disruption.
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