Pet and Upset

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Pet verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.

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

Nearby Words: petted, petting

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

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

Nearby Word: upsetting

good	good pet	good upset
original	original pet	original upset
real	real pet	real upset
large	large pet	large upset
Other adjectives: huge, little, major, former, occasional, different, biggest.

Pet the Dog: The Doctor 's angry alternate gets really upset when Charley barely escapes a Death Trap.

Source: Recap / Big Finish Doctor Who 063 Caerdroia
The Monarch pet the dog so hard in season two, that fans were actually upset to be reminded in the following season that he is, in fact, a professional villain, and therefore not very nice.

Source: Pet The Dog / Western Animation
Shen in particular treats hers like a pet and gets terribly upset whenever it gets damaged.

Source: Video Game / XCOM 2

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