Synonyms of upended

upended 1 of 2

adjective

as in lifted

Related Words

• lifted
• upraised
• vertical
• elevated
• erect
• standing
• upright
• perpendicular
• plumb
• raised
• stand-up
• upstanding
• semierect
• freestanding
• stand-alone

Dissimilar Words

• flat
• recumbent
• prostrate
• hanging
• supine
• sagging
• slanted
• slant
• diagonal
• slanting
• slanty

upended

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verb

past tense of upend

1

as in defeated

to achieve a victory over

the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeated
• overcame
• mastered
• took
• dispatched
• conquered
• beat
• got
• stopped
• subdued
• surmounted
• succeeded
• bested
• licked
• prevailed (over)
• trimmed
• overmatched
• got the better of
• triumphed (over)
• won (against)
• swept
• buried
• worsted
• crushed
• got around
• overwhelmed
• flattened
• finished
• surpassed
• skunked
• slaughtered
• upset
• whipped
• did down
• clobbered
• exceeded
• annihilated
• capped
• scored
• topped
• knocked for a loop
• trounced
• thrashed
• bombed
• flourished
• broke
• excelled
• blew out
• routed
• vanquished
• overthrew
• transcended
• shellacked
• eclipsed
• unseated
• subjugated
• creamed
• outstripped
• walloped
• overbore
• blew away
• overpowered
• snowed under
• skinned
• edged (out)
• outdistanced
• waxed
• smoked
• pipped
• knocked over
• drubbed
• outdid
• bettered
• knocked off
• outshone
• nosed out
• overtopped
• aced (out)
• outfought

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost (to)
• fell
• went down
• failed
• collapsed
• folded
• gave up
• went under
• washed out
• flopped
• flunked

2

as in erected

to fix in an upright position

we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erected
• raised
• lifted
• reared
• hoisted
• pitched
• set up
• braced
• elevated
• upheld
• put up
• upraised
• buttressed
• supported
• propped (up)
• uplifted
• heightened
• hiked
• boosted
• heaved
• upped
• craned
• shored (up)
• hefted
• picked up
• perked (up)
• jacked (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattened
• demolished
• leveled
• razed
• knocked down
• tore down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of upended

Adjective

Rutte’s predecessor, Stoltenberg, has written in his memoir about chairing a 2018 summit that Trump nearly upended. — Lorne Cook, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Trump's push to make that change upended how the constitutional guarantee – long considered a bedrock American principle – had historically been understood. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Merchandise was displayed in or atop packing crates and upended barrels. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Stay Close, another popular Coben adaptation, starred an ensemble cast of Armitage, James Nesbitt, Cush Jumbo and others as strangers whose lives are upended following a strange disappearance that threats to resurface their dark pasts, per Variety. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026

The June 2 primary for California governor shattered spending records and upended precedent. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026

In the years following 2020, cities nationwide experienced alarming increases in homicides, shootings and other crime as the COVID-19 pandemic upended daily life, destabilized local economies and deepened distrust in public institutions. — Diane Goldstein, Mercury News, 19 June 2026

Old assumptions about authority, trust and social status were shaken if not upended. — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026

The group is suddenly upended when one couple -- Anne and Nick (Kenney-Silver and Steve Carrell, respectively) -- abruptly divorces and Nick introduces the group to a younger girlfriend, Ginny (Henningsen). — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 28 May 2026

Verb

The movie follows Gugino as a grieving woman who takes in her troubled nephew, but their lives are upended when an otherworldly entity begins hunting him. — Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Jan-Lennard Struff upended eighth-seeded Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-5. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

But in a memo issued in June, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel upended that guidance. — Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Hanks plays the pitching coach of a major league hurler whose life is upended when he is hit in the head by a line drive on the mound. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 July 2026

Set in 1995, the series follows a 16-year-old Elle (Lexi Minetree) after her family's idyllic Bel-Air life is upended, forcing them to relocate to rainy Seattle, the epicenter of the grunge movement. — Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Technology has upended our lives, and not always for the better, but certainly, sometimes, for the best. — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 July 2026

But the more scientists have looked across the animal kingdom, the more the biological realities of other animals have upended this narrative. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026

Owners, particularly those in older buildings, are facing rising association fees, insurance hikes and special assessments that have upended the math of condo ownership. — Jessica Lipscomb, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026