upset
verb (used with object)
to overturn.
will be upsetting
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future progressiveof upset.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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This will be upsetting to learn if you, like me, spent the better part of two decades cutting cords to escape paying for a bunch of sports channels you never watch.
From The Verge ● Aug. 15, 2022
It will be upsetting if he wins, but at that point we will have to get back to work preventing as many further catastrophes as possible.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2020
“The decisions leading to these instructions are not made lightly, as we are keenly aware that they will be upsetting to many of the faithful,” the archbishop said in a statement.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2020
So any time that happens, it will be upsetting to see it go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2016
"Then you may clear out of this," he said, "and go back to your own place; for I won't keep a wife in the house that will be upsetting my judgments."
From Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish by Lady Gregory
