upsetting

3 definitions found

upsetting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Upsetting \Up*set"ting\, a.
     1. Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.]
        --Jamieson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. such as to disturb the self-possession of; unnerving;
        causing mental distress; as, the sight was an upsetting
        experience.
        [PJC]

upsetting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  upsetting
      adj 1: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting
             habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers
             charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" [syn:
             disconcerting, upsetting]

upsetting - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "upsetting":
     agitating, annoying, baffling, bewildering, bothering, bothersome,
     breathtaking, chafing, charged, cliff-hanging, confounding,
     confusing, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, disquieting,
     distracting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, electric,
     embarrassing, enigmatic, exciting, exhilarating, fretting,
     galvanic, harassing, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring,
     heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, impressive, inflammatory,
     intoxicating, intricate, jarring, jolting, maddening, mind-blowing,
     moving, mysterious, mystifying, overcoming, overmastering,
     overpowering, overwhelming, perplexing, perturbing, piquant,
     plaguing, problematic, provocative, provoking, puzzling, ravishing,
     soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring,
     striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling,
     thrilly, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, unsettling, worrisome,
     worrying