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[syn: disconcerting, upsetting]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
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