upsetness

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noun

The quality or degree of being emotionally upset.

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Meanings

nounupsetness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality or degree of being emotionally upset.

    These Irrational Beliefs will keep your original upsetness vividly alive — instead of letting it die a natural death, as disturbance gradually does if you don’t dwell on it and reinforce it by continual crooked thinking.

    2007 July 29, Mary Jo Murphy, “Sex, Love and the Scolding Psychotherapist”, in New York Times

Origin

From upset + -ness.

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APA

upsetness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upsetness

MLA

“upsetness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upsetness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upsetness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upsetness.

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