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- Dictionaryupsetting/ʌpˈsɛtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry: "a painful and upsetting divorce"
noun
- 1. the action of knocking something over: "destruction was done by the breaking of pictures, upsetting of furniture, and chopping down of interior doors"
- 2. the shortening and thickening of the end or edge of a metal bar, wheel rim, or other object, especially by hammering or pressure when heated: "if your stock is thicker, upsetting will not be necessary"
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When something makes you feel worried or unhappy, it's upsetting. Learning some upsetting news right before bed can make it impossible to fall asleep. It's upsetting to lose your big chess tournament or have your dog run away.
making someone feel worried, unhappy, or angry: Seeing her again would be an upsetting experience after so many years. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Saddening, shocking and upsetting. affecting. agonizingly. arrogance. baleful. be cold comfort idiom. disrespect. distressfully. distressingly. hubris. hurtfully. impiously. impiousness.
: mentally or emotionally troubling or disturbing : causing feelings of worry or anxiety. heard some upsetting news. an upsetting experience. We're up to [a deficit of] $1.5 trillion a year …. These numbers are truly upsetting. Bill Gates.
noun. a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning. “everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time” synonyms: disorder. see more. noun. the act of disturbing the mind or body. “his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset ” synonyms: derangement, overthrow. see more. adjective.
Upsetting definition: tending to disturb or upset. See examples of UPSETTING used in a sentence.
1. To cause to overturn; knock or tip over: upset the flowerpot. 2. a. To disturb the functioning, order, or course of: Protesters upset the meeting by chanting and shouting. See Synonyms at overthrow. b. To cause (the stomach) to feel ill. 3. To distress or perturb mentally or emotionally: The bad news upset me.
upsetting. adjective. These are words and phrases related to upsetting. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of upsetting. TERRIFIC. Synonyms. frightening. terrifying. fearful. fearsome. alarming. scary. harrowing. distressing. awful. dreadful. horrifying. disturbing. terrific. severe. intense. fierce.
Definition of upsetting adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to disturb or derange completely; put out of order; throw into disorder: to upset a system; to upset a mechanism; to upset an apartment. Antonyms: steady. to disturb physically: It upset his stomach. to defeat or overthrow an opponent that is considered more formidable, as in war, politics, or sports. Synonyms: displace, depose.
to disturb mentally or emotionally; perturb: The incident upset her. to disturb or derange completely; put out of order; throw into disorder: to upset a system; to upset a mechanism; to upset an apartment. Pathology to disturb physically: It upset his stomach.
