Failure and Upset

Failure

Failure noun - Loss of ability to function normally.

Usage example: kidney failure

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Upset and failure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

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

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

Nearby Word: upsetting

complete	complete failure	complete upset
initial	initial failure	initial upset
real	real failure	real upset
massive	massive failure	massive upset
Other adjectives: great, huge, absolute, slightest, epic, greatest, occasional, biggest.

About halfway through the day, he even got upset at God for his string of failure.

Source: Comic Strip / Funky Winkerbean
Psychopathic Man Child: War really comes across as this — despite being a grown demonic warlock, he's just a scared and angry child who latches onto Moloch as a Parental Substitute, and is greatly upset whenever he's lectured for failure.

Source: Series / Sleepy Hollow
Momo is a variation, as she's not that upset about her failure to secure first place for her school, but bears a grudge against Saki for defeating her friend and senpai, Yumi.

Source: Sore Loser

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