1.
[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]