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Hence his admission only to being upset, from the Middle English upsetten, originally meaning “toppled, overturned,” but which in this modern extension of the metaphor means “disturbed,” more worried or annoyed than angered or irate.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Hence his admission only to being upset, from the Middle English upsetten, originally meaning “toppled, overturned,” but which in this modern extension of the metaphor means “disturbed,” more worried or annoyed than angered or irate.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Hence his admission only to being upset, from the Middle English upsetten, originally meaning “toppled, overturned,” but which in this modern extension of the metaphor means “disturbed,” more worried or annoyed than angered or irate.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Hence his admission only to being upset, from the Middle English upsetten, originally meaning “toppled, overturned,” but which in this modern extension of the metaphor means “disturbed,” more worried or annoyed than angered or irate.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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David is quite upsetten wi his good luck and keeps himsel mair from folk than need be But a fu 'cup is hard to carry.
A Daughter of Fife Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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