Synonyms for upsetting
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhp-set-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌpˈsɛt ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for upsetting
- aggravating
- agitating
- burdensome
- consequential
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomforting
- discommoding
- discomposing
- dismaying
- distressful
- embarrassing
- foreboding
- frightening
- gloomy
- harassing
- hard
- impeding
- inconvenient
- intrusive
- irksome
- irritating
- laborious
- ominous
- onerous
- painful
- perplexing
- perturbing
- pessimistic
- prophetic
- provoking
- severe
- sinister
- startling
- threatening
- tiresome
- toilsome
- troublesome
- troubling
- troublous
- trying
- uncertain
- unpleasant
- unsettling
- vexing
- wearisome
- worrisome
- worrying
Définition of upsetting
Origin :- mid-15c., "to set up, fix," from up + set (v.). Cf. Middle Dutch opsetten, German aufsetzen. Modern sense of "overturn, capsize" (1803) is that of obsolete overset. Meaning "to throw into mental discomposure" is from 1805. The noun sense of "overturning of a vehicle or boat" is recorded from 1804.
- adj disturbing
- This upsetting of her plans and hopes worried Thankful not a little.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- They keep 'phoning and telegraphing and upsetting things generally.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- This pressure of interrogation was upsetting the restraint he was putting on himself.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- You understand that nothing is more disturbing than the upsetting of a preconceived idea.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- What I feared was a shrill note escaping me involuntarily and upsetting my balance.
- Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
- Our sleigh tumbled on one side or the other, upsetting before we could say "Boo!"
- Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
- He flew towards her, upsetting the lemonade in his excitement.
- Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
- The hogs left the gate and ran to meet him, upsetting the trough as they came.
- Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
- None had the effect of upsetting the theological equilibrium of Jewry.
- Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
- I think miss was mortally offended with me for upsetting the program.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various
Antonyms for upsetting
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