upsetting
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
upset
▶verb /ʌpˈsɛt/ (upsets, upsetting; past and past part. upset)
- 1 make unhappy, disappointed, or worried.
- 2 knock over.
- 3 disrupt.
■ disturb the digestion of (a person's stomach).
- 4 (often as noun upsetting) shorten and thicken the end or edge of (a metal bar, wheel rim, or other object).
- 1 a state of being upset.
- 2 an unexpected result or situation.
- 1 /ʌpˈsɛt/ unhappy, disappointed, or worried.
- 2 /ˈʌpsɛt/ (of a person's stomach) having disturbed digestion.
– derivatives
upsetter noun,
upsetting adjective,
upsettingly adverb.
upsetter noun,
upsetting adjective,
upsettingly adverb.
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