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  • noun The quality or degree of being emotionally upset.

Etymologies

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upset +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • I mean, I can understand being upset with life once in a while, but when the upsetness is your entire journal, is this what you want to tell the world?

    The Worst LJ Habit 2005

  • Shortly afterwards, the industry-only talks collapsed due to the upsetness of AT&T and Skype at being left out of the big corporate sell-out deal.

    Tracy Rosenberg: What DID They Mean by That? A Week of Truthiness and Media 2010

  • Shortly afterwards, the industry-only talks collapsed due to the upsetness of AT&T and Skype at being left out of the big corporate sell-out deal.

    Tracy Rosenberg: What DID They Mean by That? A Week of Truthiness and Media 2010

  • When Redford does something wrong or inappropriate there is no way I can blame him as he is entirely innocent and doesn't understand my upsetness.

    Ed and Deb Shapiro: Paris Hilton And What We Can Learn From Our Pets 2009

  • Now, you could argue this kind of drug is superfluous, and was developed for whiny consumers who can't deal with a tummyache from aspirin. 'ya know, if they were really in pain, then the tummy upsetness wouldn't phase them!'

    Rx Drugs JLK 2009

  • But some of that rightful upsetness came from customers mad that some jerk was aggressively trying to turn their stomachs while they were dining out.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • But some of that rightful upsetness came from customers mad that some jerk was aggressively trying to turn their stomachs while they were dining out.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • I'm gonna define an "unresolved issue" as "any interaction where you still hold resentment, anger, confusion, or upsetness with the other person."

    More Issues Than A Magazine Rack 2005

  • My upsetness is directed at ArtScroll, not the people using the siddur.

    Warning: Artscroll Women’s Siddur | Jewschool 2007

  • I'm doing rather well and feeling a little guilty for my lack of upsetness, but what am I supposed to do?

    scorpi07 Diary Entry scorpi07 2006

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