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(transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy. / (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something). / (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).

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Source Word

upset

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈʌpsɛt/

Verb

transitive intransitive obsolete

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）人を怒らせる、不安にさせる、不幸にする。 / （他動詞）物事を混乱させる、中断させる、または悪い状態に変える。 / （他動詞）物をひっくり返す、転覆させる。

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His careless remarks upset his sister and left her in tears.

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彼の軽率な発言は妹を動揺させ、彼女は涙を流した。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To tip or overturn (something).

But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.

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