Ups and downs. (Colloq.) Successes and reverses, prosperity and adversity, good fortune and bad, various fortunes.
Upset, v. a.
- 1. Overturn, capsize, tip over.
- 2. Turn upside down, invert.
- 3. Overthrow.
- 4. Disconcert, discompose, throw off one’s centre, agitate, perturb, startle, fluster, shock, excite, bouleverser.
- 5. Defeat, checkmate.
Upshot, n. Conclusion, end, termination, consummation, issue, event, result.
Upside down. Topsy-turvy, in confusion, in complete disorder.
Upstart, n. Snob, mushroom, pretentious fellow, pretender to gentility, parvenu.
Upturned, a. Turned up, directed upward.
Upward, a.
- 1. Ascending, uphill.
- 2. Directed to a higher place.
Upwards of. Above, more than.
Uranglimmer, n. (Min.) Uranite.
Uranolite, n. Aerolite.
Uranology, n. Ouranography, uranography.
Urbane, a. Polite, civil, courteous, complaisant, refined, polished, elegant, well-bred, well-mannered, well-behaved.
Urbanity, n. Politeness, civility, courtesy, complaisance, amenity, suavity, good-breeding, good manners.
Urchin, n.
- 1. Hedge-hog.
- 2. (Ludicrous.) Child, brat.