upset
verb (used with object)
to overturn.
upsettingly
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a word derived from
upset.
Example Sentences
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"We've, upsettingly, seen additional and unnecessary pain and grief caused to victims and their families alongside detrimental impact on investigations," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
Given that “Kidnapped” returns again and again to the theme of loyalty, in all its forms, and does so against a backdrop of violence and civic turmoil, it now seems unexpectedly, even upsettingly relevant.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2021
The performance was modernist, angry, upsettingly of the moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2020
The truth, of course, is more upsettingly complicated.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2018
Davilof had offended her—and more than that, the revelation of the upsettingly vehement order of his passion for her that day in the Mirror Room had frightened her not a little.
From The Lamp of Fate by Margaret Pedler
