Synonyms of upended

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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
• did down
• whipped
• clobbered
• exceeded
• annihilated
• capped
• scored
• topped
• knocked for a loop
• trounced
• thrashed
• bombed
• flourished
• broke
• blew out
• excelled
• 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

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine disrupted steel supplies, upended supply chains, and sent costs soaring. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

More broadly, the sector at large has been radically upended. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Her notions of justice and the law — indeed, of her very sense of self — are then upended when she herself is assaulted by Julian (Daniel Ings), her colleague and boyfriend who comes from a relatively privileged background. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

The category five storm tragically destroyed houses and upended lives throughout the Virgin Islands. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

The crash on Sunday, at Miami International Airport, also injured five people, three critically, and upended Labor Day weekend travel for thousands. — New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, bright but chaotic grad Pella’s life gets upended at a splashy wedding. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

In Omelet from the Other Side, ten-year-old Florence Fortescue’s life is disastrously upended when her parents move the family from an exciting city apartment to a boring farmhouse in the country. — Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026

This is half of what Maura wants people to understand; that there are people behind the statistics, that there are children who have grown up without a father and spouses who saw their life upended, never to be righted again. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Verb

Instead, as Israel moved closer to a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia, Hamas launched an assault that upended the region, plunging it into war. — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026

Here is what the actress has shared about the diagnosis that upended her year. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026

The climate phenomenon, which originates in the Pacific and leads to warmer global temperatures, has upended weather across the world, fueling extraordinary storms in the Americas. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Revenues for the month are 23% ahead of the same point in 2025, which wound up as the lowest-grossing October in three decades, and 8% behind 2019, the last year before COVID upended the box office. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

That debate, held in Atlanta, upended the presidential election. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

Silbert founded the farm in 2020 with the idea of selling the produce to a friend’s restaurant, but when the pandemic shutdown upended those plans, the farm project shifted into an event space. — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

But Spanish politics were upended last month by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid, which set off huge street protests in the capital and other cities. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

The pandemic and the streaming wars upended moviegoing habits. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026