Definition for Upsetting:

• such as to disturb the self-possession of; unnerving; causing mental distress; as, the sight was an upsetting experience.

Synonyms for Upsetting:

• adj.

  •aggravating (adjective)
  • exasperating,
  • Irksome,
  • grating,
  • vexing,
  • Enraging,
  • antagonizing,
  • infuriating,
  • Bedeviling,
  • pestering,
  • Harassing,
  • irritating,
  • tormenting,
  • aggravating,
  • exacerbating,
  • teasing,
  • inflaming,
  • bothersome,
  • annoying.
  •disturbing (adjective)
  • sinister,
  • startling,
  • frightening,
  • dismaying,
  • unpleasant,
  • severe,
  • difficult,
  • onerous,
  • inconvenient,
  • laborious,
  • tiresome,
  • perplexing,
  • Discommoding,
  • threatening,
  • burdensome,
  • foreboding,
  • impeding,
  • prophetic,
  • ominous,
  • uncertain,
  • worrying,
  • consequential,
  • pessimistic,
  • gloomy,
  • toilsome,
  • creepy,
  • disconcerting,
  • hard,
  • wearisome,
  • Discomforting,
  • alarming,
  • provoking.
  •nerve-racking (adjective)
  • stressful.
  •revolutionary (adjective)
  • mutinous,
  • rebellious,
  • revolutionary,
  • upheaving,
  • restructuring.

• v.

  •aggravating (verb)
  • troubling,
  • Fretting,
  • Discomposing,
  • hassling,
  • peeving,
  • baiting,
  • Harrying,
  • badgering,
  • irking,
  • chafing,
  • Arousing,
  • Envenoming,
  • needling,
  • Bothering,
  • nagging.
  •agitating (verb)
  • jolting,
  • shaking,
  • quavering,
  • shuddering,
  • Flustering,
  • churning,
  • shivering,
  • agitating,
  • stirring,
  • disquieting,
  • palpitating,
  • quivering,
  • twitching,
  • quaking,
  • jarring.
  •deranging (verb)
  • tumbling,
  • Misplacing,
  • meddling,
  • Hashing,
  • mixing up,
  • Ruffling,
  • Messing,
  • Disarranging,
  • Dislocating,
  • Whisking,
  • tossing,
  • Scrambling,
  • Blurring,
  • Disorganizing,
  • Rummaging,
  • swirling,
  • Mussing,
  • Cluttering,
  • capsizing,
  • Roughening,
  • Deranging,
  • fermenting,
  • scattering,
  • Muddling,
  • tousling,
  • Displacing,
  • roiling,
  • Convulsing,
  • Jumbling,
  • Botching,
  • tampering,
  • Rumpling,
  • rippling,
  • confounding,
  • Mislaying,
  • Disordering,
  • Disheveling,
  • whipping.
  •inverting (verb)
  • upending,
  • Transposing,
  • Overturning,
  • Reversing,
  • upturning,
  • changing,
  • Inverting.
  •revolting (verb)
  • rebelling,
  • revolting,
  • Mutinying,
  • shaking up,
  • Overthrowing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • distressing,
  • confusion,
  • regrettable,
  • moody,
  • unhappy,
  • soul-destroying,
  • melting,
  • depressing,
  • piteous,
  • lachrymose,
  • unfortunate,
  • affecting,
  • pitiable,
  • sadly,
  • heartbreaking,
  • mournful,
  • cheerless,
  • miserable,
  • shattering,
  • discouraging,
  • disheartening.
  •
  • intrusive,
  • dismal,
  • pitiful,
  • tragic,
  • painful,
  • agonizing,
  • touching,
  • pathetic.
  •
  • black,
  • sad,
  • terrible,
  • bitter.
  •awkward
  • embarrassing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • blue,
  • inundate,
  • heart-stirring,
  • Fatiguing,
  • bewilder,
  • bewilderment,
  • derange,
  • problematical,
  • nerve-wracking,
  • desperate,
  • chilling,
  • overturn,
  • discompose,
  • defy,
  • injurious,
  • horrifying,
  • overpowering,
  • Star-crossed,
  • hapless,
  • impressive,
  • electric,
  • tantalizing,
  • inflame,
  • appalling,
  • triumph,
  • troubled,
  • execrable,
  • lugubrious,
  • wounding,
  • overwhelm,
  • astounding,
  • awful,
  • excite,
  • refutation,
  • confuse,
  • menacing,
  • humiliating,
  • overwhelming,
  • amazing,
  • offensive,
  • fretful,
  • pandemonium,
  • displeasing,
  • disconcert,
  • acute,
  • telling,
  • dolorous,
  • nettlesome,
  • Disrupting,
  • stinging,
  • conquest,
  • knock over,
  • torturous,
  • ill-starred,
  • surprising,
  • funereal,
  • agitate,
  • wrong,
  • confound,
  • galvanic,
  • elicit,
  • arouse,
  • intricate,
  • oppressive,
  • harass,
  • overthrow,
  • damaging,
  • rout,
  • answer,
  • vex,
  • tragical,
  • provoke,
  • inappropriate,
  • inopportune,
  • grave,
  • stimulative,
  • overmastering,
  • traumatic,
  • push down,
  • baffling,
  • ruinous,
  • enkindle,
  • topple,
  • tip over,
  • piercing,
  • incensing,
  • galling,
  • heady,
  • puzzling,
  • contradiction,
  • cliff-hanging,
  • anxious,
  • squelch,
  • inexpedient,
  • distract,
  • horrible,
  • unlucky,
  • fraught,
  • catastrophic,
  • reversal,
  • blow down,
  • heartrending,
  • clutter,
  • lamentable,
  • destruction,
  • bewildering,
  • excruciating,
  • Plaguing,
  • disadvantageous,
  • striking,
  • serious,
  • off-putting,
  • horrific,
  • turn over,
  • shameful,
  • mortifying,
  • invite,
  • pain,
  • setback,
  • reprehensible,
  • challenging,
  • thrilling,
  • Overset,
  • demanding,
  • problematic,
  • saddening,
  • strained,
  • astonishing,
  • mysterious,
  • piquant,
  • mystifying,
  • disturbance,
  • charged,
  • ill-fated,
  • capsize,
  • evoke,
  • pungent,
  • educe,
  • disorder,
  • blow over,
  • forlorn,
  • calamitous,
  • pull down,
  • throwing down,
  • shocking,
  • agitation,
  • daunting,
  • disturb,
  • untimely,
  • rough,
  • breathtaking,
  • upsetter,
  • upset,
  • Overcoming,
  • stir,
  • consuming,
  • tough,
  • inflammatory,
  • awesome,
  • taxing,
  • disarray,
  • inauspicious,
  • superabundance,
  • superfluity,
  • commotion,
  • soul-stirring,
  • victory,
  • thrashing,
  • intense,
  • Distracting,
  • kindle,
  • Shaming,
  • wake,
  • turn upside down,
  • awkward,
  • racking,
  • deplorable,
  • penetrating,
  • hopeless,
  • terrifying,
  • outrageous,
  • exhilarating,
  • heavy,
  • ill timed,
  • displace,
  • maddening,
  • heart-breaking,
  • perturb,
  • downfall,
  • undermining,
  • woeful,
  • subversion,
  • chaos,
  • dreadful,
  • too bad,
  • dispiriting,
  • morose,
  • rollover,
  • abominable,
  • enrage,
  • plethora,
  • Discomfiting,
  • demolition,
  • tiring,
  • stimulating,
  • moving,
  • tense,
  • redundancy,
  • wretched,
  • cumbersome,
  • sombre,
  • unnerving,
  • intoxicating,
  • taut,
  • provocative,
  • disastrous,
  • dislodge,
  • irritate,
  • harmful,
  • offend,
  • squeezing,
  • bad,
  • ill-omened,
  • turnover,
  • mean,
  • Angering,
  • traumatizing,
  • enigmatic,
  • stabbing,
  • bother,
  • hideous,
  • ravishing,
  • frustrating,
  • defeat,
  • staggering,
  • suspensive,
  • crushing,
  • unwieldy,
  • exciting,
  • harrowing,
  • electrical,
  • melancholy,
  • sorrowful,
  • distraction,
  • denial,
  • bring down,
  • discomfit,
  • rebuttal,
  • Downthrow,
  • suspenseful,
  • plaguy,
  • ghastly,
  • mind-blowing.

Paraphrases for Upsetting:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    unnerving, upset.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    changing.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    troubling, confusing, unsettling, frustrating, unpleasant, annoying, embarrassing, harrowing, intrusive, appalling, uncomfortable.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    stupid, destabilizing, hurting, Interrupting, stimulating, irritating, jeopardising, Jeopardizing, sabotaging, provoking, Bothering, questioning, devastating, uprooting, Overturning, toppling, Overthrowing, spurring, affecting, Overcoming, Destroying, Subverting, intruding, Encountering, Endangering, challenging, undermining, Contravening, interfering, compromising, Prejudicing, shattering, disturbing, altering, Implicating, complaining, demolishing, Afflicting, Reversing, impair, Impairing, Violating, Distorting, Derailing, Infringing, Sacrificing, Curtailing, dismantling, touching, Impacting, ruining, Harassing, Amending, eroding, raping, Boosting, spoiling, smashing, Breaching, fuelling, Harming, breaking, hitting, Risking, ravaging, reflecting, Modifying, wrecking, bugging, unravelling, shifting, riding, Bridging, troubling, confusing, annoying.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    disturbing, distressing, shocking, Distracting, disruptive, painful.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    heartbreaking, Disrupting.

Antonyms for Upsetting:

• adj.

  • disturbing
    easy, soothing, calming, convenient, happy, good, pleasing, delightful, encouraging, helpful, nice, pleasant, agreeable, settling, facile, comforting.