Bad news and Upset

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Upset and bad news are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead a noun phrase "Bad news".

Upset noun - An act or instance of the order of things being disturbed.

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Bad news and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad news" instead a noun "Upset".

Nearby Word: upsetting

He looks frightened, and upset: He has bad news.

Source: Trap-Door Fail
Badass Santa: Father Christmas leads his elves into battle against the goblins in the later letters (he writes that the goblins' strength is proportional to the rise of strife due to World War II.) Bears Are Bad News: Inverted, although the NPB does manage to upset quite a lot of things by accident.

Source: Literature / The Father Christmas Letters

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