Breach and Upset

Breach

Breach verb - To fail to keep.

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Upset and breach are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead a verb "Breach".

Nearby Words: break, breaking, breached, breaching

Upset verb - To trouble the mind of; to make uneasy.

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Breach and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breach" instead a verb "Upset".

Nearby Word: upsetting

emotional	emotional breach	emotional upset
complete	complete breach	complete upset
massive	massive breach	massive upset
large	large breach	large upset
Other adjectives: huge, little, major, incredible, horrifying, slightest, impossible, different, bigger, biggest.

thanks	breach thanks	upset thanks
way	breach way	upset way

Similarly, Londo takes issue with the state of the genitalia present on the dolls made in his likeness; when it's assumed he's upset about a breach of decency, he clarifies that he's upset because there are none shown.

Source: Inverted Trope
Jinto later realizes his breach in etiquette, but Lafiel is clearly upset with him when he tries to be formal, so he relents.

Source: Light Novel / Crest of the Stars
She got so upset at the author, Arthur Golden, that she sued him for breach of contract and defamation of character and then wrote her own book (Geisha of Gion) to counter all the fictionalization.

Source: Literature / Memoirs of a Geisha

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