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upset
[ not before noun ] unhappy and worried because something unpleasant or disappointing has happened:
• Miss Hurley is too upset to speak to anyone at the moment. • She’s still deeply upset about her uncle’s death. • He’s upset that he didn’t get an invitation to their wedding.
hurt
upset and shocked because someone has been unkind to you, especially someone that you trusted and thought was a friend:
• Bill felt deeply hurt when he realized she had lied to him. • Gretta was really hurt that none of her friends came to visit her in the hospital. • Jackson was said to be ‘deeply hurt’ by the newspaper reports about him. • He had a hurt expression on his face.
distressed
very upset:
• Priests have been counselling distressed relatives of the victims. • She was visibly distressed after hearing of her husband’s accident. • Matilda was too distressed to speak.
distraught
written so upset and worried that you are unable to do normal things, and nothing can make you feel calm:
• Benson was so distraught over the breakup of his marriage that he felt like committing suicide. • The distraught parents of the missing baby have made a public appeal for her return.
in a (terrible) state
British English informal so upset that you cannot stop crying:
• She called me one night in a terrible state, saying she wanted to die. • I could see that she was in a bit of a state.
be worked up
informal to be very upset or angry, so that you think things are worse than they really are:
• I was too worked up to sleep. • It’s not worth getting worked up about. Anyone can make a mistake.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb ADV. badly, deeply, really, terribly | easily She was sensitive and easily upset. VERB + UPSET not mean to, not want to, not wish to I'm sorry?I didn't mean to upset you. Keep the volume down?we don't want to upset the neighbours! | be likely to This decision is likely to upset a lot of people., noun ADJ. big, major | minor | emotional VERB + UPSET have We had our first major upset when Rogers was taken off with a leg injury. | cause, adj. VERBS appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get Don't get so upset about it! | remain | leave sb, make sb The incident had left him visibly angry and upset. ADV. badly, bitterly, deeply, desperately, dreadfully, extremely, genuinely, greatly, particularly, profoundly, really, seriously, terribly, very She's obviously deeply upset by his behaviour. | thoroughly | a bit, a little, pretty, quite, rather | clearly, obviously, visibly PREP. about upset about her divorce | at He was upset at missing all the excitement. | by upset by the death of their pet | with I think she may be a bit upset with you.
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