She found confrontations very upsetting.
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Upsetting
Synonyms for "upsetting" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (42)
Adjective(2 words)
economic disruption effectsemotional distress
Related words (69)
mind-blowingmournfulmovingmysteriousmystifyingovercomingovermasteringoverpoweringoverthrowoverwhelmingperplexingperturbingpiquantplaguingpoignantproblematicproblematicalprovocativeprovokingpungent
Show 32 more words
puzzlingravishingrebuttalrefutationregrettablesoul stirringsoul-stirringspirit-stirringsquelchstimulatingstimulativestirringstrikingsubversionsuspensefulsuspensivetantalizingtellingterrificthrillingthrillytighttormentingtragictroublesometroublingtryingunderminingunfortunateunsettlingworrisomeworrying
Noun(17 words)
Related word relations
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More general
13 entriesbeatcausative verbchangedefeatdescriptive termemotional descriptoremotive expressioneventexclamationinterjectionoperational descriptorprocesstransitive verb
More specific
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Collocations
14 entriesupsetting balanceupsetting dataupsetting developmentupsetting discoveryupsetting disruptionupsetting eventupsetting findingupsetting incidentupsetting momentupsetting newsupsetting of status quoupsetting resultupsetting testimonyupsetting trend
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
6 translations across 3 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shqetësues adj (upsetting)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ταρακτικός adj (upsetting)
Spanish
4 entries- alertante adj (upsetting)
- molestoso adj (upsetting)
- perturbante adj (upsetting)
- trastornoso adj (upsetting)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
That's upsetting.
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You're upsetting Tom.
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You're upsetting me!
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Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.