Impact and Upset

Impact

Impact verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

Usage example: the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life

Show all Definitions

Upset and impact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead the word "Impact" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: impacted, impacting, impactless

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

Show all Definitions

Impact and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Impact" instead the word "Upset" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: upsetting

emotional	emotional impact	emotional upset
better	better impact	better upset
initial	initial impact	initial upset
real	real impact	real upset
Other adjectives: massive, large, great, huge, little, major, slightest, disproportionate, greatest, different, ecological, bigger, biggest, largest.

life	impact life	upset life
people	impact people	upset people
thanks	impact thanks	upset thanks
number	impact number	upset number
Other words: rest, colony, way, father, anyone, plans, everyone.

Leading to Anime-based fans to be universally upset with her and the impact she has on her brother Kyousuke's.

Source: Light Novel / Oreimo
The novel Point of Impact, made into a movie called Shooter, had Bob Lee Swagger get upset when they framed him for trying to kill the President and tried to kill him.

Source: This Means War!

Cite this Source

Upset and Impact. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/impact/upset

Impact & Upset. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/impact/upset>.

Upset or Impact. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/impact/upset.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "impact" and "upset" have occurred on timeline