Slight and Upset

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Slight

Slight verb - To cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in.
Usage example: the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges
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Upset and slight are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead a verb "Slight".
Nearby Words: slightly, slighted, slighting, slightingly

Upset

Upset verb - To trouble the mind of; to make uneasy.
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Slight and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slight" instead a verb "Upset".
Nearby Word: upsetting

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How words are described

plain plain slight plain upset
real real slight real upset
great great slight great upset
huge huge slight huge upset

Common collocations

team slight team upset team
father slight father upset father

Both words in one sentence

  • Evil Is Petty He belittles others in hypocritical ways just to upset them, makes sexually suggestive threats, and when Eto mocks him for being a Bastard Bastard, he swears to punish her for this slight.
    Source: Evil Is Petty
  • That Makes Me Feel Angry In Questionable Content, after seeing her apartment and the bar in which she works burn down, Brun states that she is "becoming upset" with no change in demeanor other than a slight trembling.
    Source: That Makes Me Feel Angry
  • Rant-Inducing Slight: Basically everything the narrator gets upset about.
    Source: Literature / The Moth Diaries
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