upsetting

Plural: upsettings

Verb

• disturb the balance or stability of
• cause to lose one's composure
• move deeply
• cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
• form metals with a swage
• defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
• present participle and gerund of upset

Adjective Satellite

• causing an emotional disturbance; - Herb Caen
  • "an upsetting experience"

Noun

• The action of the verb upset.

Adj

• Causing upset; distressing, unsettling, hurtful.
• Conceited; presumptuous.

Examples

• He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting.
• The bodies lying at the scene of the crash were an upsetting sight.

Synonyms

bowl over, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disconcerting, disturb, knock over, overturn, swage, tip over, trouble, tump over, turn over, untune, upset, atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, depressing, distressing, grievous, lachrymable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, pathetic, pathetisad, pitiable, pitiful, pitisome, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, sorrowful, tragic, unhappy, upsetting, woebegone, woeful

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