upsetting

[uhp-set-ing]

adjective

1. tending to disturb or upset.

   an upsetting experience.

upsetting

/ ʌpˈsɛtɪŋ /

noun

1. metallurgy the process of hammering the end of a heated bar of metal so that its width is increased locally, as in the manufacture of bolts

Word History and Origins

Origin of upsetting¹

First recorded in 1870–75; upset + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The problem is that more production pressures prices, upsetting the supply-demand balance and eating up any potential benefits of investment.

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The "online posts were really upsetting", she said.

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The company addressed Gonzalez’s arrest in an email to parents, calling it “serious and upsetting.”

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"In general, if someone's child is missing I would assume it would be upsetting to raise a lead which could result as a false hope at the end," she said.

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Speaking to the BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast, the Macrons' lawyer in the case, Tom Clare, said that Brigitte Macron had found the claims "incredibly upsetting" and they were a "distraction" to the French president.

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