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UPSETTING
disconcerting, upsetting
(adjective) causing an emotional disturbance; “his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly”- Herb Caen; “an upsetting experience”
UPSET
upset
(verb) disturb the balance or stability of; “The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries”
upset
(verb) defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; “The foreign team upset the local team”
swage, upset
(verb) form metals with a swage
disturb, upset, trouble
(verb) move deeply; “This book upset me”; “A troubling thought”
upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
(verb) cause to lose one’s composure
overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
(verb) cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; “The cat knocked over the flower vase”; “the clumsy customer turned over the vase”; “he tumped over his beer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
upsetting
present participle of upset
Noun
upsetting (plural upsettings)
The action of the verb upset.
Adjective
upsetting (comparative more upsetting, superlative most upsetting)
Causing upset; distressing.
(Scotland) Conceited; presumptuous.
Anagrams
• setting up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*set"ting, a.
Definition: Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.] Jamieson.
UPSET
Up*set", v. t.
1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] "With sail on mast upset." R. of Brunne.
2. (a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. (b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to upset the situation." Mrs. Humphry Ward.
4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]
Up*set", v. i.
Definition: To become upset.
Up"set`, a.
Definition: Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold. After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. Sir W. Scott.
Up"set`, n.
Definition: The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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