Definitions for upsetting



Overview of verb upset

The verb upset has 6 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) upset

(disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries")

2. (2) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit

(cause to lose one's composure)

3. (2) disturb, upset, trouble

(move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought")

4. overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over

(cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer")

5. swage, upset

(form metals with a swage)

6. upset

(defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team")


Overview of adj upsetting

The adj upsetting has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. disconcerting, upsetting

(causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience")

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