upsetter

1. 1.

   an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor

   Broaderwinner

Other forms of upsetter

plural

upsetters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about upsetter

What does upsetter mean?

upsetter means "an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor".

How many syllables are in upsetter?

upsetter has 3 syllables and divides as up-set-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.