Lie and Upset

Lie

Lie verb - To make a statement one knows to be untrue.

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

Nearby Word: lied

Upset

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

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

Nearby Word: upsetting

How words are described

good good lie good upset
complete complete lie complete upset
original original lie original upset
initial initial lie initial upset
Other adjectives: massive, great, huge, major, occasional, bigger.

Common collocations

man lie man upset man
people lie people upset people
order lie order upset order
status lie status upset status
Other words: time, way, face, times, friends.

Both words in one sentence

  • When Neku learns, at the end, that these were all created because Kitaniji literally could not bring him back, and everything he thought he was playing for is a lie, he is, understandably, upset.
  • Some fans got upset in the season five opener, when Bunk and Landsman dupe a murderer into confessing with a "lie detector test" that is actually just a photocopier with the words "TRUE" and "FALSE" on different sheets of paper.
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