Lose and Upset

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Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.

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Upset is an antonym for lose.

Nearby Words: loser, losing

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

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Lose is an antonym for upset in topics: disorder, bother, defeat.

Nearby Word: upsetting

sense	lose sense	upset sense
life	lose life	upset life
balance	lose balance	upset balance
job	lose job	upset job
Other words: interest, status, someone, time, way, face, money, bit, game, hair, times, friends.

Jean on the other hand, though also upset will be a bit more understanding in that it was clearly a lose-lose situation from the get go.

Source: Why Couldn't You Save Them?
So considering how serious of a bet this is, it's understandable why they would be upset, despite Sora and Shiro's insistence that they wouldn't lose.

Source: Light Novel / No Game No Life
In Frozen Hearts, Elsa asks this of Anna after she introduces her to a disguised, albeit repentant, Hans, and gets upset enough to temporarily lose control of her powers.

Source: What Were You Thinking?

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