Collect and Upset

Collect

Collect verb - To gain emotional or mental control of.

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

Upset

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

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

Nearby Word: upsetting

Common collocations

people collect people upset people
number collect number upset number
money collect money upset money
friends collect friends upset friends

Both words in one sentence

  • Tranquil Fury In Matsu's Ashikabi, when Dumbledore arrives to "collect" Harry Potter and bring him to Hogwarts (read:kidnap him regardless of Harry's or Matsu's wishes), Matsu is described being so furious she didn't even feel upset, merely "dully polite".
    Source: Tranquil Fury
  • Cute Kitten Death, who is normally dispassionate about his job, has a soft spot for cats and gets really upset when he has to collect a bunch of kittens at once because someone drowned a sack of them in a rain barrel.
    Source: Cute Kitten
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