Exercise and Upset

Exercise

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

Usage example: the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised

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

Nearby Words: exercised, exercising, exerciser, exercizing, exercized

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

Usage example: the smallest things can upset us if we're already stressed

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

Nearby Word: upsetting

good	good exercise	good upset
usual	usual exercise	usual upset
real	real exercise	real upset
massive	massive exercise	massive upset
Other adjectives: extreme, huge, little, major, largest.

sense	exercise sense	upset sense
time	exercise time	upset time

There was an episode of Family Matters where Carl bought his wife a trampoline because she had complained that she needed a way to exercise more, but then she got upset that he must think she's fat.

Source: Gift-Giving Gaffe
We don't know much about it, but the Ashby Water orphanage definitely considers marching around a yard exercise, and Lily is pretty upset about the thought of living there, although not nearly as much as working at the grommet factory.

Source: Literature / Lily Quench
Mind Rape: In the beginning, Aunt Amy was the only person who could exercise any control over Anthony, until she got upset with him for transforming the Fremonts' cat (in the Twilight Zone episode, she offended him by singing in his presence) and his mind "snapped" at her.

Source: Literature / It's a Good Life

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