What is another word for upsets?

Pronunciation: [ʌpsˈɛts] (IPA)

The word "upsets" is a commonly used term to describe feelings of distress, disappointment or anger. However, there are various synonyms that can be used to describe this emotion. For instance, the word "frustrates" can be used to express feelings of being let down or disillusioned by someone or something. "Distresses" can also be used to express feelings of sadness or disappointment. Other alternatives include "irritate," "vex," and "annoy." Each of these words conveys a different level of intensity and can be used to describe a variety of situations that cause feelings of upset. Using synonyms can help to add variety to writing and expand one's vocabulary.

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Usage examples for Upsets

Don't look out, if it upsets you, Val.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
It upsets all my theories of piano music.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
And all of a sudden he starts up and jumps away from his place, leaves the book open, and runs about the house-of-study like a mad thing, upsets the reading-desks, upsets the people, like one possessed.
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz

Famous quotes with Upsets

  • In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets; you may not find something to laugh about immediately.
    Allen Klein
  • When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.
    Allen Klein
  • Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are.
    Gertrude Stein
  • Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are.
    Gertrude Stein
  • There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics I refer to the infinite.
    Jorge Luis Borges

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