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upsetting

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up·set  (p-st)
v. up·set, up·set·ting, up·sets
v.tr.
1. To cause to turn or tip over; capsize.
2. To disturb the functioning, order, or course of: Protesters upset the meeting by chanting and shouting.
3. To distress or perturb mentally or emotionally: The bad news upset me.
4. To overthrow; overturn: upset a will. See Synonyms at overthrow.
5. (pst) To defeat unexpectedly (an opponent favored to win).
6. To make (a heated metal bolt, for example) shorter and thicker by hammering on the end.
v.intr.
1. To become overturned; capsize.
2. To become disturbed.
n. (pst)
1. The act of upsetting or the condition of being upset.
2. A disturbance, disorder, or state of agitation.
3. A game or contest in which the favorite is defeated.
4.
a. A tool used for upsetting; a swage.
b. An upset part or piece.
adj.
1. Having been overturned; capsized.
2. Exhibiting signs and symptoms of indigestion: an upset stomach.
3. In a state of emotional or mental distress; distraught: upset parents.

[Middle English upsetten, to set up : up-, up- + setten, to set; see set1.]

up·setter n.
up·setting·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.upsetting - causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"
displeasing - causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
Translations

upsetting [ʌpˈsɛtɪŋ] adj (= worrying) → inquietante (= offending); ofensivo (= annoying); molesto
upsetting [ʌpˈsɛtɪŋ] adj (= offending) → vexant(e) (= annoying); ennuyeux/euse
upsetting [ʌpˈsɛtɪŋ] upset adj (= distressing) → erschütternd
upsetting [ʌpˈsɛtɪŋ] adj (= saddening) → sconvolgente (= offending); offensivo/a (= annoying); fastidioso/a

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Peter sprang a couple of yards in the air, and then delivered a war-whoop and set off round and round the room, banging against furniture, upsetting flower-pots, and making general havoc.
AND tried to put his foot upon Peter, who jumped out of a window, upsetting three plants.
All I know is that one evening, entering incautiously the salon of the little house just after the news of a considerable Carlist success had reached the faithful, I was seized round the neck and waist and whirled recklessly three times round the room, to the crash of upsetting furniture and the humming of a valse tune in a warm contralto voice.
 
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