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The emotional state where your stomach files a complaint your face quietly delivers.

means To feel unhappy, disturbed, or distressed, or to overturn a plan, object, or expectation.

from From Middle English, literally to set upwhich once meant to erect, then flipped to mean knocking the whole thing over instead.

Sports senseAn underdog toppling a favorite is an upset.
Old meaningOriginally meant to set upright, not overturn.
Stomach editionUpset stomach borrows the overturned imagery literally.
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