High and Upset

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High adjective - Extending to a great distance upward.

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Upset is an antonym for high in topics: shrill, extreme, important, tall, intoxicated.

Nearby Word: highly

Upset adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.

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High is an antonym for upset.

Nearby Word: upsetting

emotional	emotional high	emotional upset
good	good high	good upset
better	better high	better upset
complete	complete high	complete upset
Other adjectives: original, real, massive, extreme, private, major, slightest, greatest, different.

Similar to Monica in Friends, when Eliot in Scrubs gets upset, her language shifts into a high pitched whine that only Carla can understand.

Source: Angrish / Live-Action TV
However Buffy is still upset that Riley slept with Faith, so she just walks out the door the moment the sexual tension gets too high.

Source: Hands-On Approach
The first person is a high school girl who genuinely is overweight because of low self-esteem issues (she overeats when she's upset).

Source: Hollywood Pudgy

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