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upsetting

[ uhp-set-ing ]

adjective

  1. tending to disturb or upset:

    an upsetting experience.



upsetting

/ ÊŒ±èˈ²õÉ›³Ùɪŋ /

noun

  1. metallurgy the process of hammering the end of a heated bar of metal so that its width is increased locally, as in the manufacture of bolts
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of upsetting1

First recorded in 1870–75; upset + -ing 2
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"Specialist officers are supporting Kaliyah's family through this deeply upsetting time and our thoughts go out to all those impacted by what has happened."

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"It was very upsetting when there was nothing more that I could do and there's nothing we could have done to prevent it," he said.

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The school said it had "sought advice from police" after a "high volume of direct correspondence and public social media posts" that it said had become upsetting for staff, parents and governors.

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Despite finding it upsetting, he says he was able to get through it by thinking on a global scale.

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It's a bit upsetting, he says, because it's the only house his sons, aged seven and four, have known.

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