Angry vs. Upset
Difference Between Angry and Upset
Angryadjective
Displaying or feeling anger.
His face became angry.An angry mob started looting the warehouse.Upsetadjective
(of a person) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
He was upset when she refused his friendship.My children often get upset with their classmates.Angryadjective
(said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.Upsetadjective
(of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.Angryadjective
Dark and stormy, menacing.
Angry clouds raced across the sky.Upsetnoun
(uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.Angryadjective
feeling or showing anger;
angry at the weatherangry customersan angry silencesending angry letters to the papersUpsetnoun
An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
Angryadjective
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger;
angry clouds on the horizonfurious windsthe raging seaUpsetnoun
(automobile insurance) An overturn.
"collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.Angryadjective
severely inflamed and painful;
an angry soreUpsetnoun
An upset stomach.
Upsetnoun
(mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
Upsetverb
(transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.Upsetverb
(transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.The fatty meat upset his stomach.Upsetverb
(transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
Upsetverb
(transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.Upsetverb
(intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
The carriage upset when the horse bolted.''Upsetverb
(obsolete) To set up; to put upright.
Upsetverb
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
Upsetverb
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
Upsetnoun
an unhappy and worried mental state;
there was too much anger and disturbanceshe didn't realize the upset she caused meUpsetnoun
the act of disturbing the mind or body;
his carelessness could have caused an ecological upsetshe was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of livingUpsetnoun
condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning;
the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disordereveryone gets stomach upsets from time to timeUpsetnoun
a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
Upsetnoun
the act of upsetting something;
he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speedUpsetnoun
an improbable and unexpected victory;
the biggest upset since David beat GoliathUpsetverb
disturb the balance or stability of;
The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countriesUpsetverb
cause to lose one's composure
Upsetverb
move deeply;
This book upset meA troubling thoughtUpsetverb
cause to overturn from an upright or normal position;
The cat knocked over the flower vasethe clumsy customer turned over the vasehe tumped over his beerUpsetverb
form metals with a swage
Upsetverb
defeat suddenly and unexpectedly;
The foreign team upset the local teamUpsetadjective
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
too upset to say anythingspent many disquieted momentsdistressed about her son's leaving homelapsed into disturbed sleepworried parentsa worried frownone last worried check of the sleeping childrenUpsetadjective
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;
troops fleeing in broken ranksa confused mass of papers on the deskthe small disordered roomwith everything so upsetUpsetadjective
used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win;
the Bills' upset victory over the Houston OilersUpsetadjective
mildly physically distressed;
an upset stomachUpsetadjective
having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom;
an overturned carthe upset pitcher of milksat on an upturned bucket
