Synonyms for upsetting


Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb upset

Sense 1:
upset
touch, disturb
Sense 2:
upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sense 3:
disturb, upset, trouble
affect, impress, move, strike
Sense 4:
overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
move, displace
Sense 5:
swage, upset
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Sense 6:
upset
get the better of, overcome, defeat
Similarity of adj upsetting

1 sense of upsetting

Sense 1:
disconcerting, upsetting
displeasing (vs. pleasing)
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