upset

/ʌpˈset/ adjective

Definition

› unhappy or worried because something unpleasant has happened: They'd had an argument and she was still upset about it. Mike got very upset when I told him the news.

upset stomach/tummy › an illness in the stomach

(Definition of upset adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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