Synonyms for Up-setting:

• adj.

  •confusing (adjective)
  • disorienting,
  • complex,
  • involved,
  • complicated,
  • mystifying.
  •disagreeable (adjective)
  • repellent,
  • unsavory,
  • distasteful,
  • woeful,
  • obnoxious,
  • objectionable,
  • rotten,
  • displeasing,
  • repulsive,
  • drag,
  • sour,
  • awful,
  • unhappy,
  • uninviting,
  • bad,
  • pain,
  • nasty,
  • unpalatable,
  • repugnant.
  •disruptive (adjective)
  • unruly,
  • disorderly,
  • out-of-line,
  • obstreperous,
  • Distracting,
  • out-of-order,
  • off-base,
  • rowdy,
  • troublemaking.
  •embarrassing (adjective)
  • rattling,
  • exasperating,
  • impossible,
  • sticky,
  • inopportune,
  • puzzling,
  • mortifying,
  • bewildering,
  • equivocal,
  • incommodious,
  • delicate,
  • uncomfortable,
  • Discommodious,
  • uneasy,
  • tricky,
  • ticklish,
  • touchy,
  • compromising,
  • shameful,
  • unseemly,
  • unpropitious,
  • confusing,
  • awkward,
  • sensitive.
  •exceptionable (adjective)
  • unwanted.
  •grievous (adjective)
  • monstrous,
  • atrocious,
  • sorrowful,
  • flagrant,
  • sad,
  • tragic,
  • offensive,
  • hurtful,
  • tough,
  • dire,
  • injurious,
  • mournful,
  • dreadful,
  • outrageous,
  • harmful,
  • shocking,
  • damaging,
  • taxing,
  • appalling,
  • lamentable,
  • pitiful,
  • calamitous,
  • deplorable,
  • agonizing,
  • intolerable,
  • egregious,
  • heart-rending,
  • pathetic,
  • grave,
  • weighty,
  • Afflicting,
  • glaring,
  • villainous,
  • oppressive,
  • heavy,
  • heinous,
  • dismal,
  • unbearable,
  • sharp,
  • wounding.
  •hurtful (adjective)
  • poisonous,
  • mischievous,
  • detrimental,
  • unkind,
  • prejudicial,
  • destructive,
  • afflictive,
  • mean,
  • deleterious,
  • noxious,
  • spiteful,
  • aching,
  • deadly,
  • pernicious,
  • malicious,
  • dangerous,
  • hurting,
  • disadvantageous,
  • cutting,
  • Nocuous,
  • evil.
  •nerve-racking (adjective)
  • maddening,
  • tense,
  • stressful.
  •poignant (adjective)
  • intense,
  • touching,
  • moving,
  • impressive,
  • heartbreaking,
  • emotional,
  • heartrending,
  • passionate,
  • sentimental,
  • bitter,
  • piteous.
  •rankling (adjective)
  • galling.
  •sad (adjective)
  • miserable,
  • disheartening,
  • grievous,
  • tearful,
  • dark,
  • hapless,
  • disastrous,
  • shabby,
  • joyless,
  • tear-jerking,
  • sorry,
  • lugubrious,
  • Dejecting,
  • serious,
  • wretched,
  • dreary,
  • dispiriting,
  • funereal,
  • melancholic,
  • saddening,
  • lachrymose,
  • poignant,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • regrettable,
  • pitiable.
  •terrific (adjective)
  • large,
  • horrific,
  • formidable,
  • tremendous,
  • terrible,
  • fierce,
  • deafening,
  • horrible,
  • fearful,
  • huge,
  • thunderous,
  • awesome,
  • extreme,
  • immense,
  • harsh,
  • excessive,
  • great,
  • frightful,
  • enormous,
  • terrorizing,
  • gigantic.
  •thorny (adjective)
  • nettlesome,
  • vexatious,
  • prickly,
  • baffling.
  •tight (adjective)
  • near,
  • close,
  • punishing,
  • hazardous,
  • exacting,
  • arduous,
  • perilous,
  • critical,
  • precarious,
  • rough.
  •troublesome (adjective)
  • refractory,
  • intractable,
  • messy,
  • wicked,
  • demanding,
  • importunate,
  • pestiferous,
  • ugly,
  • Infestive,
  • pestilential,
  • murder,
  • pesky,
  • ungovernable,
  • uphill,
  • repressive,
  • problematic.
  •trying (adjective)
  • exigent,
  • Fatiguing,
  • provocative,
  • pestilent,
  • strenuous,
  • tight.
  •unsatisfactory (adjective)
  • disappointing,
  • damaged,
  • not good enough,
  • junky,
  • for the birds,
  • mediocre,
  • unacceptable,
  • amiss,
  • lame,
  • thin,
  • unsuitable,
  • second,
  • weak,
  • wrong,
  • deficient,
  • unwelcome,
  • no good,
  • not up to par,
  • schlocky,
  • undesirable,
  • poor,
  • unworthy.
  •upsetting (adjective)
  • burdensome,
  • trying,
  • intrusive,
  • embarrassing,
  • frightening,
  • worrisome,
  • perplexing,
  • tiresome,
  • unsettling,
  • troublous,
  • Irksome,
  • consequential,
  • creepy,
  • impeding,
  • Discomforting,
  • unpleasant,
  • painful,
  • disquieting,
  • gloomy,
  • disruptive,
  • annoying,
  • dismaying,
  • ominous,
  • troubling,
  • aggravating,
  • depressing,
  • hard,
  • troublesome,
  • pessimistic,
  • threatening,
  • prophetic,
  • startling,
  • distressful,
  • alarming,
  • onerous,
  • severe,
  • distressing,
  • sinister,
  • irritating,
  • worrying,
  • agitating,
  • Harassing,
  • discouraging,
  • foreboding,
  • bothersome,
  • Discommoding,
  • difficult,
  • vexing,
  • disagreeable,
  • provoking,
  • disconcerting,
  • laborious,
  • uncertain,
  • toilsome,
  • perturbing,
  • Discomposing,
  • inconvenient,
  • wearisome.
  •vexatious (adjective)
  • nagging,
  • tormenting,
  • teasing.
  •worrisome (adjective)
  • apprehensive,
  • unnerving,
  • nervous,
  • anxious.

• n.

  •confusion (noun)
  • perturbation,
  • agitation,
  • befuddlement,
  • demoralization,
  • lather,
  • stew,
  • commotion,
  • abashment,
  • disturbing,
  • perplexity,
  • Abashing,
  • Tangling,
  • tumult,
  • flap,
  • Disarranging,
  • Blurring,
  • embarrassment,
  • puzzlement,
  • Addling,
  • chagrin,
  • stirring up,
  • Obscuring,
  • bemusement,
  • Cluttering,
  • discomfiture,
  • dither,
  • upsetting,
  • dumbfounding,
  • distraction,
  • Discomfiting,
  • confounding,
  • disorientation,
  • mixup mystification,
  • turbulence,
  • Embroiling,
  • bewilderment,
  • befuddling,
  • turmoil.

• v.

  •affect (verb)
  • modify,
  • transform,
  • impress,
  • upset,
  • interest,
  • inspire,
  • regard,
  • impinge,
  • prevail,
  • induce,
  • relate,
  • act on,
  • stir,
  • sway,
  • alter,
  • involve,
  • influence,
  • touch,
  • move.
  •agitate (verb)
  • burn up,
  • argue,
  • worry,
  • confuse,
  • bug up,
  • discuss,
  • ferment,
  • alarm,
  • debate,
  • excite,
  • inflame,
  • examine,
  • trouble,
  • ventilate,
  • arouse,
  • rouse,
  • make flip,
  • push buttons,
  • work up,
  • incite,
  • dispute,
  • stimulate.
  •ail (verb)
  • annoy,
  • bother.
  •baffle (verb)
  • check,
  • frustrate,
  • dash,
  • defeat,
  • disappoint,
  • thwart,
  • impede,
  • foil,
  • block,
  • obstruct,
  • circumvent,
  • ruin,
  • prevent.
  •bewilder (verb)
  • ball up,
  • mess with one's head,
  • daze,
  • stupefy,
  • perplex,
  • mystify,
  • puzzle,
  • stump,
  • befuddle,
  • snow,
  • addle,
  • baffle,
  • throw,
  • bemuse.
  •bother (verb)
  • irritate,
  • pursue,
  • insult,
  • irk,
  • cross,
  • ride,
  • exasperate,
  • bore,
  • harry,
  • aggravate,
  • nag,
  • provoke,
  • scare,
  • pester,
  • exacerbate,
  • eat,
  • hinder,
  • goad,
  • nudge,
  • tease,
  • taunt,
  • displease,
  • tantalize,
  • discommode,
  • torment,
  • hurt,
  • needle,
  • concern,
  • browbeat,
  • carp at,
  • disgust,
  • bedevil,
  • plague,
  • grate on,
  • badger,
  • spite,
  • intrude upon,
  • molest,
  • vex,
  • put out,
  • inconvenience,
  • embarrass.
  •bring down (verb)
  • mow down,
  • throw down,
  • drop,
  • knock down,
  • level,
  • ko,
  • slay,
  • damage,
  • pull down,
  • fell,
  • undermine,
  • abase,
  • wound,
  • shoot down,
  • cut down,
  • lower,
  • injure,
  • lay low,
  • prostrate.
  •capsize (verb)
  • roll,
  • turn turtle,
  • turn over.
  •chagrin (verb)
  • dissatisfy,
  • abash,
  • peeve,
  • crush,
  • humiliate,
  • shame,
  • discomfit,
  • disgrace,
  • mortify.
  •complicate (verb)
  • obscure,
  • twist,
  • snag,
  • combine,
  • disorder,
  • add fuel to fire,
  • render unintelligible,
  • interrelate,
  • multiply,
  • muck up,
  • entangle,
  • foul up,
  • embroil,
  • tangle,
  • Infold,
  • disarrange,
  • clog,
  • snafu,
  • screw up,
  • open can of worms,
  • ravel,
  • convolute,
  • fold,
  • interweave,
  • elaborate,
  • snarl up,
  • Interfuse,
  • make intricate,
  • handicap.
  •confuse (verb)
  • disorient,
  • throw off,
  • cloud,
  • render uncertain,
  • demoralize,
  • darken,
  • fuddle,
  • becloud,
  • fog,
  • clutter,
  • lead astray,
  • amaze,
  • misinform,
  • mislead,
  • astonish,
  • discountenance,
  • complicate,
  • nonplus,
  • faze.
  •confute (verb)
  • rebut,
  • overwhelm,
  • invalidate,
  • negate,
  • shut up,
  • blow sky high,
  • vanquish,
  • put down,
  • disprove,
  • controvert,
  • set aside,
  • prove wrong,
  • contradict,
  • parry,
  • break,
  • bring to naught,
  • expose,
  • demolish,
  • oppugn,
  • prove false,
  • tap,
  • knocks props out from under,
  • silence.
  •contract (verb)
  • take,
  • fall,
  • take one's death,
  • be ill with,
  • acquire,
  • obtain,
  • fall victim to,
  • weaken,
  • sink,
  • cause,
  • develop,
  • come down with,
  • incur,
  • be afflicted with,
  • bring on,
  • get,
  • go down with,
  • succumb to,
  • become infected with,
  • decline.
  •crash (verb)
  • plunge,
  • go in,
  • collapse,
  • splash down,
  • meet,
  • plough into,
  • fall prostrate,
  • fall headlong,
  • crash-land,
  • sprawl,
  • lurch,
  • fall flat,
  • slip,
  • ditch,
  • smash,
  • overbalance,
  • pancake,
  • drive into,
  • hurtle,
  • give way,
  • collide,
  • bite the dust,
  • dive,
  • prang,
  • washout,
  • bump.
  •defeat (verb)
  • repress,
  • entrap,
  • prevail over,
  • rout,
  • decimate,
  • bar,
  • route,
  • finish off,
  • subjugate,
  • obliterate,
  • quell,
  • butcher,
  • surmount,
  • outmaneuver,
  • subdue,
  • scatter,
  • whip,
  • reduce,
  • halt,
  • shipwreck,
  • roll back,
  • swamp,
  • torpedo,
  • ambush,
  • repulse,
  • sack,
  • bear down,
  • annihilate,
  • drown,
  • trash,
  • overrun,
  • repel,
  • outflank,
  • suppress,
  • wipe out,
  • trample,
  • best,
  • slaughter,
  • lick.
  •demoralize (verb)
  • enfeeble,
  • disparage,
  • deject,
  • discourage,
  • sap,
  • send up,
  • take apart,
  • unman,
  • dampen,
  • cripple,
  • blow out,
  • take steam out,
  • chill,
  • dispirit,
  • blow up,
  • unzip,
  • daunt,
  • damp,
  • dishearten,
  • Unglue,
  • snarl,
  • psych out,
  • shake.
  •depose (verb)
  • downgrade,
  • displace,
  • Discrown,
  • unfrock,
  • dethrone,
  • unseat,
  • cashier,
  • ride out on rail,
  • dismiss,
  • throw out,
  • send packing,
  • give heave-ho,
  • degrade,
  • Uncrown,
  • bounce,
  • kick out,
  • freeze out,
  • boot out,
  • chuck,
  • demote,
  • run out of town,
  • eject,
  • can,
  • remove from office,
  • unmake,
  • drum out,
  • impeach,
  • throw out on ear.
  •depress (verb)
  • sadden,
  • drain,
  • dull,
  • try,
  • mock,
  • press,
  • oppress,
  • cast down,
  • devitalize,
  • enervate,
  • desolate,
  • throw cold water on,
  • turn one off,
  • keep under,
  • run down,
  • weary,
  • weigh down,
  • cow,
  • slow,
  • reduce to tears,
  • bum out,
  • debase,
  • beat down,
  • scorn.
  •derange (verb)
  • muss,
  • misplace,
  • make insane,
  • madden,
  • drive mad,
  • unbalance,
  • Dement,
  • frenzy.
  •disaffect (verb)
  • alienate,
  • wean,
  • disunify,
  • antagonize,
  • disunite,
  • divide.
  •disagree (verb)
  • be disturbing,
  • be distasteful,
  • make ill,
  • nauseate,
  • go against the grain,
  • be sickening,
  • be unsuitable,
  • discomfort.
  •discomfit (verb)
  • balk,
  • worst,
  • outwit,
  • checkmate,
  • take aback,
  • trump.
  •discomfort (verb)
  • nettle,
  • make uncomfortable.
  •discommode (verb)
  • disoblige,
  • incommode,
  • harass,
  • burden.
  •disconcert (verb)
  • undo,
  • upset apple cart,
  • put off.
  •disgust (verb)
  • shock,
  • make one sick,
  • offend,
  • offend morals of,
  • revolt,
  • pique,
  • turn one's stomach,
  • gross out,
  • turn off,
  • outrage,
  • Reluct,
  • abominate,
  • be repulsive,
  • cloy on,
  • disenchant,
  • scandalize,
  • pall,
  • fill with loathing,
  • surfeit.
  •dislocate (verb)
  • remove,
  • disconnect,
  • transfer,
  • disrupt,
  • disjoint,
  • disarticulate,
  • separate,
  • disengage,
  • shift,
  • put out of joint.
  •dismay (verb)
  • horrify,
  • paralyze,
  • appall,
  • dumbfound,
  • frighten,
  • terrify,
  • flummox,
  • affright,
  • disillusion,
  • terrorize,
  • louse up,
  • throw into a tizzy.
  •disoblige (verb)
  • affront,
  • put about,
  • slight.
  •disorder (verb)
  • dislocate,
  • distemper,
  • discreate,
  • shuffle,
  • dishevel,
  • rumple,
  • muss up.
  •disorganize (verb)
  • litter,
  • demobilize,
  • toss,
  • disperse,
  • disband,
  • break down,
  • mislay,
  • destroy,
  • scramble,
  • break up.
  •displease (verb)
  • gall,
  • cap,
  • wing,
  • discontent,
  • incense,
  • play dirty,
  • roil,
  • anger,
  • zing,
  • disgruntle,
  • rile,
  • sound,
  • fret,
  • curdle,
  • enrage,
  • cut to the quick,
  • cool.
  •disrupt (verb)
  • intrude,
  • fracture,
  • hole,
  • break into,
  • interfere with,
  • open,
  • rupture,
  • breach.
  •disturb (verb)
  • interfere,
  • tamper,
  • replace,
  • distort.
  •embarrass (verb)
  • make a monkey of,
  • put in a spot,
  • put on the spot,
  • put out of countenance,
  • stun,
  • show up,
  • hang up,
  • catch one short,
  • put in a hole,
  • let down,
  • give a bad time.
  •flurry (verb)
  • galvanize,
  • fuss,
  • quicken,
  • flutter,
  • hustle,
  • hassle,
  • hurry,
  • bustle.
  •get (verb)
  • buffalo,
  • stick.
  •get under one's skin (verb)
  • rattle one's cage,
  • push one's buttons.
  •harry (verb)
  • persecute,
  • lay waste,
  • pillage,
  • gnaw,
  • chivy,
  • beleaguer,
  • devastate,
  • plunder,
  • Depredate,
  • attack,
  • ravage.
  •humble (verb)
  • squelch,
  • discredit,
  • put one away,
  • put to shame,
  • bring down,
  • snub,
  • make one feel small,
  • strike dumb,
  • squash,
  • deflate,
  • deny,
  • take down,
  • put away,
  • take down a peg,
  • chasten,
  • hide,
  • Bemean,
  • pop one's balloon,
  • make eat dirt,
  • demean.
  •hurt (verb)
  • give no quarter,
  • torture,
  • lean on,
  • lay a bad trip on,
  • go for jugular,
  • lambaste,
  • aggrieve,
  • sting,
  • excruciate,
  • vitiate,
  • hit where one lives,
  • abuse,
  • constrain,
  • work over,
  • punish,
  • chafe,
  • prejudice,
  • martyr,
  • burn,
  • thumb nose at,
  • martyrize.
  •inconvenience (verb)
  • give trouble,
  • put to trouble,
  • make it tough,
  • meddle.
  •invert (verb)
  • turn inside out,
  • convert,
  • revert,
  • inverse,
  • tip,
  • introvert,
  • backtrack,
  • evert,
  • flip-flop,
  • Transplace,
  • turn the tables,
  • double back,
  • turn down,
  • transpose,
  • renege.
  •jolt (verb)
  • shake up,
  • bowl over,
  • jerk,
  • rock,
  • jog,
  • knock,
  • jar,
  • churn,
  • lay out,
  • stagger,
  • convulse,
  • throw a curve,
  • spring something on,
  • startle,
  • jostle,
  • knock over,
  • start,
  • shove.
  •keel (verb)
  • faint.
  •keel over (verb)
  • black out,
  • swoon,
  • go down,
  • founder,
  • pass out,
  • slump.
  •madden (verb)
  • steam up,
  • make see red,
  • drive crazy,
  • umbrage,
  • possess,
  • ire,
  • shatter,
  • drive insane,
  • drive to distraction,
  • infuriate,
  • drive out of mind.
  •mess up (verb)
  • foul,
  • pollute,
  • besmirch,
  • bollix,
  • bungle,
  • smear,
  • botch,
  • befoul,
  • bobble,
  • soil,
  • gum up,
  • goof up.
  •miff (verb)
  • resent.
  •mix up (verb)
  • dizzy,
  • mistake.
  •molest (verb)
  • heckle,
  • encroach,
  • break in,
  • beset,
  • obtrude,
  • hector,
  • interrupt,
  • bait.
  •muss (verb)
  • crumple,
  • wrinkle,
  • tousle.
  •offend (verb)
  • miff,
  • be disagreeable,
  • slur,
  • sin,
  • transgress,
  • trespass.
  •override/overrule (verb)
  • recall,
  • govern,
  • control,
  • make void,
  • outvote,
  • rule against,
  • bend to one's will,
  • take no account of,
  • make null and void,
  • ride roughshod,
  • nullify,
  • disregard,
  • rescind,
  • direct,
  • revoke,
  • outweigh,
  • quash,
  • not heed,
  • ignore,
  • dominate,
  • countermand,
  • veto,
  • disallow,
  • repeal,
  • supersede,
  • annul.
  •overthrow (verb)
  • oust,
  • raze,
  • depose,
  • eradicate,
  • liquidate,
  • terminate,
  • exterminate,
  • abolish,
  • do away with,
  • put an end to,
  • purge,
  • bring to ruin.
  •overturn (verb)
  • down,
  • turn upside down,
  • void.
  •overwhelm (verb)
  • surprise,
  • blow out of the water,
  • run circles around,
  • do in,
  • wreck,
  • render speechless,
  • steamroller,
  • subordinate,
  • kill.
  •pain (verb)
  • rack,
  • anguish,
  • bite,
  • throb,
  • ache,
  • agonize,
  • harm,
  • strain,
  • tingle,
  • harrow,
  • prick,
  • gripe,
  • stress,
  • suffer,
  • smart,
  • nick.
  •provoke (verb)
  • exercise,
  • work into lather,
  • raise,
  • make blood boil,
  • set on,
  • set,
  • whip up,
  • get on one's nerves,
  • foment,
  • get under one's skin,
  • abet,
  • abrade,
  • try one's patience,
  • grate.
  •raze (verb)
  • total,
  • strike out,
  • erase,
  • Unbuild,
  • wrack,
  • efface,
  • bomb,
  • scratch out,
  • dynamite,
  • tear down,
  • zap,
  • batter,
  • delete,
  • tear up,
  • rub out,
  • crash,
  • extirpate,
  • expunge,
  • bulldoze,
  • blow down,
  • extinguish.
  •rebel (verb)
  • fight,
  • drop out,
  • strike,
  • riot,
  • disobey,
  • secede,
  • combat,
  • come out against,
  • dissent,
  • resist,
  • renounce,
  • turn against,
  • defy,
  • take up arms,
  • break with,
  • remonstrate,
  • run amok,
  • boycott,
  • criticize,
  • denounce,
  • get out of line,
  • oppose,
  • censure,
  • insurrect,
  • rise up,
  • mutiny,
  • opt out,
  • be insubordinate.
  •reverse (verb)
  • rearrange,
  • exchange,
  • move backwards,
  • turn back,
  • about-face,
  • lift,
  • evaginate,
  • retract,
  • overrule,
  • back up,
  • dismantle,
  • retreat,
  • interchange,
  • turn around,
  • back,
  • go back,
  • switch,
  • go backwards,
  • declare null and void,
  • backpedal.
  •shake (verb)
  • quake,
  • flitter,
  • knock props out,
  • reel,
  • flicker,
  • commove,
  • set in motion,
  • flourish,
  • swing,
  • intimidate,
  • oscillate,
  • dodder,
  • tremor,
  • jolt,
  • succuss,
  • shimmy,
  • water,
  • palpitate,
  • fluctuate,
  • shiver,
  • wobble,
  • twitter,
  • unstring,
  • brandish,
  • quaver,
  • shimmer,
  • concuss,
  • chatter,
  • flit,
  • waggle,
  • jounce,
  • quail,
  • joggle,
  • totter,
  • wave,
  • vibrate,
  • consternate,
  • shudder,
  • impair.
  •shatter (verb)
  • break a heart.
  •sicken (verb)
  • affect.
  •spill (verb)
  • run out,
  • pour,
  • lose,
  • overfill,
  • run over,
  • squirt,
  • splash,
  • splatter,
  • empty,
  • dribble,
  • spurt,
  • well over,
  • disgorge,
  • run,
  • discharge,
  • spray,
  • flow,
  • drip,
  • overflow,
  • sprinkle,
  • spill over,
  • stream,
  • shed.
  •spoil (verb)
  • disfigure,
  • make useless,
  • mar,
  • despoil,
  • defile,
  • deface,
  • desecrate,
  • tarnish,
  • Spoliate,
  • blemish,
  • waste.
  •subvert (verb)
  • depress,
  • deprave,
  • supplant,
  • corrupt,
  • sabotage,
  • pervert,
  • poison,
  • contaminate.
  •swamp (verb)
  • waterlog,
  • crowd,
  • saturate,
  • overload,
  • submerge,
  • overcrowd,
  • besiege,
  • engulf,
  • inundate,
  • whelm,
  • wash,
  • drench,
  • swallow up,
  • submerse,
  • satiate.
  •tackle (verb)
  • challenge,
  • nail,
  • confront,
  • grapple,
  • grasp,
  • put the freeze on,
  • seize,
  • intercept,
  • catch,
  • stop,
  • clutch,
  • bring to the ground,
  • take hold of.
  •tangle (verb)
  • kink,
  • ensnare,
  • hamper,
  • tie up,
  • coil,
  • enmesh,
  • interlace,
  • mesh,
  • drag into,
  • interlock,
  • make a party to,
  • implicate,
  • trap,
  • Intertwist,
  • mat,
  • jam.
  •throw (verb)
  • launch,
  • bombard,
  • pelt,
  • shy,
  • barrage,
  • push,
  • fling,
  • deliver,
  • let go,
  • precipitate,
  • unhorse,
  • fire,
  • volley,
  • heave,
  • let fly,
  • butt,
  • lob,
  • pellet,
  • force,
  • cant,
  • sling,
  • flick,
  • catapult,
  • buck,
  • bandy,
  • thrust,
  • put,
  • drive,
  • hurl,
  • shower,
  • strew,
  • fling off,
  • project,
  • impel,
  • waft,
  • peg,
  • dislodge,
  • bunt,
  • send,
  • lapidate,
  • cast,
  • pepper,
  • stone.
  •thwart (verb)
  • queer,
  • skin,
  • hold up,
  • take wind out of,
  • double-cross,
  • duck,
  • counter,
  • scotch,
  • dodge,
  • stymie,
  • give the slip,
  • bilk,
  • curb,
  • trammel,
  • restrain,
  • crimp,
  • play off,
  • match,
  • crab,
  • upset one's apple cart,
  • pit.
  •tip (verb)
  • list,
  • slope,
  • careen,
  • heel,
  • lean,
  • unload,
  • incline,
  • bend,
  • dump,
  • slant,
  • recline,
  • topple over.
  •topple (verb)
  • teeter,
  • hit the dirt,
  • nose-dive,
  • stumble,
  • lose it,
  • falter,
  • do a pratfall,
  • land,
  • go belly up,
  • take a header.
  •touch (verb)
  • soften,
  • tug at the heart,
  • strike a chord,
  • melt,
  • grab,
  • feel out,
  • mark,
  • get through to,
  • make an impression,
  • carry,
  • stroke.
  •trouble (verb)
  • drive up the wall,
  • make a fuss,
  • impose on.
  •try (verb)
  • tax,
  • wring,
  • tire,
  • crucify.
  •tumble (verb)
  • plummet,
  • lose footing,
  • sag,
  • keel,
  • flatten,
  • dip,
  • flop,
  • skid,
  • bowl down,
  • descend,
  • trip.
  •turn (verb)
  • retrace,
  • rechannel,
  • depart,
  • volte-face,
  • aim,
  • relapse,
  • wheel,
  • regress,
  • veer,
  • call off,
  • vary,
  • recoil,
  • backslide,
  • sidetrack,
  • change position,
  • whirl,
  • return,
  • alternate,
  • tack,
  • loop,
  • zigzag,
  • curve,
  • swirl,
  • pivot,
  • detract,
  • redirect,
  • shy away,
  • detour,
  • sheer,
  • swerve,
  • diverge,
  • digress,
  • deviate,
  • face about,
  • shunt.
  •undo (verb)
  • neutralize,
  • abrogate,
  • outsmart,
  • impoverish,
  • have,
  • abate,
  • offset,
  • cancel,
  • outfox,
  • overreach.
  •upset (verb)
  • confound,
  • tilt,
  • get the better of,
  • adjy,
  • change,
  • egg on,
  • be victorious,
  • flip,
  • derange,
  • unnerve,
  • discombobulate,
  • disarray,
  • tumble,
  • pother,
  • overpower,
  • dismay,
  • rattle,
  • overcome,
  • debilitate,
  • incapacitate,
  • ruffle,
  • ail,
  • upend,
  • mess up,
  • afflict,
  • PSYCH,
  • fire up,
  • jumble,
  • turn inside-out,
  • spill,
  • make waves,
  • disturb,
  • craze,
  • fluster,
  • triumph over,
  • lay up,
  • flip out,
  • distress,
  • win,
  • indispose,
  • unhinge,
  • overthrow,
  • rummage,
  • pitch,
  • upturn,
  • disquiet,
  • make a scene,
  • throw off balance,
  • beat,
  • capsize,
  • spook,
  • overturn,
  • turn,
  • disorganize,
  • reverse,
  • muddle,
  • key up,
  • spoil,
  • pick on,
  • floor,
  • put out of order,
  • stir up,
  • Overset,
  • sicken,
  • turn topsy-turvy,
  • distract,
  • rock the boat,
  • bewilder,
  • bug,
  • mix up,
  • get to,
  • turn on,
  • give a hard time,
  • perturb,
  • topple,
  • subvert,
  • turn upside-down,
  • discompose,
  • agitate,
  • cramp,
  • conquer,
  • flurry,
  • tip over,
  • keel over,
  • grieve,
  • invert,
  • disconcert,
  • unsettle,
  • outplay.
  •vex (verb)
  • tick off,
  • get in one's hair,
  • be at,
  • rasp.
  •win (verb)
  • edge,
  • be first,
  • shut out,
  • triumph,
  • walk off with,
  • take the prize,
  • carry the day,
  • walk away with,
  • achieve,
  • come in first,
  • gain,
  • gain victory,
  • finish in front.
  •worry (verb)
  • wince,
  • dun,
  • gnaw at,
  • bite one's nails,
  • brood,
  • despair,
  • take on,
  • Importune,
  • feel uneasy,
  • tear,
  • have qualms,
  • go for,
  • concern oneself,
  • sweat out,
  • writhe,
  • test.
  •wound (verb)
  • traumatize,
  • hurt one's feelings,
  • dump on.

Antonyms for Up-setting:

• adj.

  • confusing
    plain, clear, reassuring, orderly, simple.
  • disagreeable
    attractive, delicious, palatable, inoffensive, appetizing, friendly, welcome.
  • disruptive
    disciplined, well-behaved.
  • disturbing
    auspicious.
  • embarrassing
    straightforward, unshameful, uncomplicated, comfortable.
  • grievous
    blessed, wonderful, fortunate, mild, hidden, harmless, little, magnificent, concealed, lucky, acceptable, bearable, tolerable, favorable.
  • hurtful
    helping, kind, Assisting, Aiding, beneficial, safe, Relieving.
  • poignant
    indifferent, blah, unemotional, blunt, numb, unmoving, cheerful, dull, unaffecting.
  • sad
    hopeful, advantageous, right, bright, joyful, worthwhile, glad, great, light.
  • terrific
    moderate, poor, inferior, low, minute, small, miniature, bad, insignificant, tiny, nasty, unimportant.
  • thorny
    solvable, untroublesome, unpointed, smooth.
  • tight
    slack, free, untroubled, open, loose, definite, sober, giving, unsealed, wide.
  • troublesome
    gentle, useful, manageable, delicate.
  • trying
    unstressful.
  • unsatisfactory
    sufficient, adequate, suitable, satisfactory, ok.
  • upsetting
    happy, convenient, delightful, settling, agreeable, calming, encouraging, nice, soothing, facile, comforting, easy, pleasant, pleasing, helpful, good.

• n.

  • confusion
    organization, clarity, sense, method, happiness, calmness, orientation, composure, peace, system.

• v.

  • affect
    keep, dissuade, stay, discourage, stagnate, leave alone, remain, continue.
  • agitate
    lull, agree, tranquilize, appease, pacify, not bother, clarify, go along, reassure.
  • baffle
    inspirit, forward, support, enlighten, relieve, let go, permit, abet.
  • bewilder
    explicate, orient.
  • bother
    ignore, assure, satisfy, gladden, ease, assuage, neglect, compliment, praise, stop.
  • bring down
    raise.
  • chagrin
    build up, respect, honor.
  • complicate
    facilitate, arrange, make simple, disentangle, untangle, uncomplicate, divide, exclude, untwist.
  • confuse
    expect, separate, illuminate.
  • confute
    approve, give in, concede, confirm, endorse, verify, hide, fix, affirm, obey, attest, validate, prove.
  • contract
    give, dilate, disagree, rise, amplify, break off, expand, lengthen, spread, extend, stretch, enlarge, misunderstand, overthrow, increase, forfeit.
  • crash
    ascend.
  • defeat
    win, attract, liberate, give up, promote, float, advance, construct, create, strengthen, save, build, release, push, grow.
  • demoralize
    moralize, compose, sanction, make good, hearten, boost, placate, educate, purify, uplift.
  • depose
    upgrade.
  • depress
    admire, flatter, elevate, energize, exalt, stimulate, improve, excite, activate, invigorate, cheer, push up, lift.
  • derange
    balance.
  • disaffect
    content, unite.
  • disagree
    acquiesce, coincide, harmonize, consent, accept, concur, heal.
  • discomfort
    alleviate.
  • disgust
    appeal, revere, esteem, desire, like, love.
  • dislocate
    couple, connect, keep together, combine, link, fasten, join, attach.
  • dismay
    embolden, incite.
  • disoblige
    oblige.
  • disorder
    regulate, conform, systematize, neaten, tidy.
  • disorganize
    collect, plan, gather, clean up.
  • displease
    humor, mollify.
  • disrupt
    close, ready.
  • disturb
    locate, sort.
  • flurry
    delay, depress, wait, slow, dally, procrastinate, retard.
  • get
    mismanage, misconstrue, understand, leave, pass, miss, overtake, depart.
  • harry
    guard, protect.
  • humble
    enhance, laud.
  • hurt
    remedy.
  • inconvenience
    benefit, be convenient.
  • invert
    persist.
  • keel over
    stand.
  • molest
    commend, be careful.
  • muss
    fix up.
  • offend
    behave.
  • overthrow
    institute, uphold, retreat, establish.
  • overwhelm
    underwhelm, not impress.
  • provoke
    halt, end, hinder, gratify, prevent.
  • raze
    repair, restore.
  • rebel
    comply, make peace.
  • reverse
    enforce, DO, reserve, meet, retain, go ahead.
  • shake
    steady, be still.
  • spill
    conceal, pick up.
  • spoil
    decorate, clean, be indifferent, beautify, sanctify, embellish, ornament, adorn.
  • subvert
    be loyal.
  • swamp
    dry, pass up.
  • tackle
    idle, forget, be immune, dodge, unfasten, offer, receive, avoid.
  • throw
    catch, repress, pull.
  • thwart
    face.
  • tip
    even, level, fill.
  • topple
    put.
  • touch
    secrete, shy away, shrink, cower.
  • trouble
    be happy, be content.
  • try
    abstain.
  • tumble
    go up.
  • turn
    develop, progress.
  • undo
    revive.
  • unhorse
    bear, start.
  • unseat
    seat.
  • upset
    lose, fail, delight, assist, aid, mend, please, clear up, place, calm, encourage, settle, make happy, explain, comfort, allow, cure, organize, yield, soothe, quiet, order, straighten, surrender, make well, hold, help.
  • worry
    not worry.