upsetting
adjective
[ ʌpˈsɛtɪŋ ]
• causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry.
• "a painful and upsetting divorce"
upsetting
noun
• the action of knocking something over.
• "destruction was done by the breaking of pictures, upsetting of furniture, and chopping down of interior doors"
• 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"
upset
verb
• make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.
• "the accusation upset her"
Similar:
distress,
trouble,
perturb,
disturb,
discompose,
unsettle,
disconcert,
discountenance,
dismay,
disquiet,
worry,
bother,
inconvenience,
agitate,
fluster,
throw,
ruffle,
unnerve,
shake,
frighten,
alarm,
anger,
annoy,
irritate,
vex,
irk,
fret,
pester,
harass,
torment,
plague,
hurt,
grieve,
hassle,
peeve,
bug,
get someone,
miff,
hack off,
wind up,
get at,
nark,
get across,
get on someone's wick,
tick off,
bum out,
Opposite:
put at ease,
• knock (something) over.
• "he upset a tureen of soup"
Similar:
knock over,
overturn,
upend,
tip over,
push over,
topple (over),
capsize,
turn topsy-turvy,
spill,
slop,
slosh,
cowp,
overset,
• cause disorder in; disrupt.
• "the dam will upset the ecological balance"
Similar:
disrupt,
interfere with,
disturb,
throw out,
turn topsy-turvy,
disorder,
unsettle,
confuse,
throw into confusion,
throw into chaos,
throw into disorder,
disorganize,
disarrange,
mix up,
jumble,
mess up,
wreck,
ruin,
• shorten and thicken the end or edge of (a metal bar, wheel rim, or other object), especially by hammering or pressure when heated.
