Setting and Upset

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Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Upset and setting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

Upset noun - An act or instance of the order of things being disturbed.

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Setting and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Upset".

Nearby Word: upsetting

good	good setting	good upset
usual	usual setting	usual upset
complete	complete setting	complete upset
original	original setting	original upset
Other adjectives: initial, real, major, different.

Lampshaded in one strip where Andy is upset that Jason is playing a racing video game instead of setting the table like she asked him to.

Source: Loophole Abuse / Newspaper Comics
Their setting is retro fifties-flavored suburbia, and while they don't deliberately kill the villains, if they die while attacking the heroes no one's upset.

Source: Disney / Big Hero 6
Also, when Anna asks Sou out on a date, he gets extremely upset when it turns out she was setting him up with Ayane and even calls her out on being so oblivious to how he feels about her.

Source: Manga / Stardust Wink

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