upsetting

(verb) disturb the balance or stability of. Synonyms: upset. Examples: "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries."

(verb) cause to lose one's composure. Synonyms: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit.

(verb) move deeply. Synonyms: disturb, upset, trouble. Examples: "This book upset me." "A troubling thought."

(verb) cause to overturn from an upright or normal position. Synonyms: overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over. Examples: "The cat knocked over the flower vase." "The clumsy customer turned over the vase." "He tumped over his beer."

(verb) form metals with a swage. Synonyms: swage, upset.

(verb) defeat suddenly and unexpectedly. Synonyms: upset. Examples: "The foreign team upset the local team."

(adj) causing an emotional disturbance. Synonyms: disconcerting. Examples: "His disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- herb caen." "An upsetting experience."