Definitions
Upsetting - as an adjective satellite
Causing an emotional disturbance
Example: "His disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"
Upsetting - as a verb
To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
Example: "I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know."
To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
Example: "Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance."
To tip or overturn (something).
To defeat unexpectedly.
Example: "Truman upset dewey in the 1948 us presidential election."
To be upset or knocked over.
Example: "The carriage upset when the horse bolted."
To set up; to put upright.
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
Upsetting - as a noun
The action of the verb upset.
Upsetting - as an adjective
Causing upset; distressing.
Example: "He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting."
Conceited; presumptuous.
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
UPSETTING has a SCRABBLE points total of 12.
UPSETTING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 16.
UPSETTING has a WORDFEUD points total of 15.
