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Upsetting

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Upsetting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of upset.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of upset.

More Meanings

  1. An overturning or disarrangement.
  2. Causing upset; distressing, unsettling, hurtful.
  3. (Scotland) Conceited; presumptuous.

Example Sentences

the upsettings of all their careful plans
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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for upsetting

Depending on context, synonyms include deplorable, saddening, atrabiliary, atrabilious, depressing, distressing.

deplorablesaddeningatrabiliaryatrabiliousdepressingdistressinggrievousheartbreakingheartrendingmiserablelamentablelachrymablemournfulregrettableruefulsadsorrowfultragicwoebegonewoefuldisconcertingdispleasing

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disconcerting, displeasing, distressing, troubling, perturbed, disturbing.

disconcertingdispleasingdistressingtroublingperturbeddisturbingunsettlingworryingfrustratingannoyingharrowingafflictingpainfulshockinghorrifyingdisruptiveperplexingtouchingdisruptingheartbreaking

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