upsetting

noun, adj — 3 senses

upsetting

noun

1

An overturning or disarrangement.

the upsettings of all their careful plans

upsetting

adj

1

Causing upset; distressing, unsettling, hurtful.

He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting.
The bodies lying at the scene of the crash were an upsetting sight.

2

Scotland Conceited; presumptuous.

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