Upsetting synonyms
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To trouble is to cause pain, distress or worry.
That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
To distract is defined as to draw someone's attention away from something and on to something else.
To overturn is to flip something over, to conquer or to reverse.
Discomfit is defined as to cause someone to feel uneasy or embarrassed.
To upset the composure of; embarrass; confuse
To destroy the composure of something
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To break up the quiet or serenity of; agitate (what is quiet or still)
The definition of invert is to turn something upside down or to put something into the opposite direction.
To have, or come to have, a bias or inclination in favor of a particular opinion or side in a dispute
To overthrow
To overthrow; to subvert.
To worry is defined as to feel anxiety or nervousness.
(Intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
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To overturn or upset
To provide with more weight or quantity in one area than another:
Subvert is defined as to overthrow, destroy or undermine.
Unnerve is defined as to cause fear or loss of confidence.
To throw (the mind, a person, etc.) into confusion; unbalance or upset
To divert or deflect:
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To move, go, issue, etc. in a hasty, awkward, or disorderly manner
To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
(Archaic) To come together violently; collide
To turn over (the pages of a book, etc.) rapidly
To stir or move from a state of calm or order
To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
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The definition of infuriate is to make someone really mad.
(By extension) To confuse, befuddle, throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
Excite is defined as to stir up emotions, action or strong reactions.
To embarass is defined as to make someone feel self-conscious or make someone feel badly about himself.
To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way.
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To make less organized; to reduce to chaos.
(Informal) To upset the composure of; disconcert
To defeat is defined as to beat someone at something or to prevent something from happening.
To confuse is to make someone bewildered or unable to understand, or to mistake one thing for something else.
Bother is defined as annoy, worry, or cause discomfort.
Beat means to hit something over and over again or to form or mix something.
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To become angry:
To excite or disturb the feelings of
To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue.
To get rid of; throw away; discard
To shake hands:
To confuse; agitate
To deprive of peace or rest; trouble.
To interrupt or impede the progress of:
Muddle is defined as to mix up, confuse or think in a confused way, or to mix up a drink.
To be mixed in a confused way:
To throw into confusion or disarray.
To upset the proper arrangement or order of.
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elevating (antonym)
To elevate is to lift something up, to promote, or to boost.
erecting (antonym)
To construct by assembling:
standing (antonym)
To engage in or encounter:
straightening (antonym)
holding (antonym)
To keep in a certain place or position, or in a specified condition
placing (antonym)
To apply or arrange for:
ordering (antonym)
To command (someone) to go to or from a specified place
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losing (antonym)
To wander from or become ignorant of:
failing (antonym)
To lose power or strength; weaken; die away
delighting (antonym)
To please greatly:
moving (related)
To change posture or position; stir:
changing (related)
To lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; switch:
calming (related)
To calm means to soothe and pacify someone to make him free of stress, or to become free of stress yourself.
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Radically reconfiguring a particular field of business, as by implementing new technologies or a more competitive business model:
The definition of distressful is something that causes pain, unhappiness, anxiety or fear.
The definition of intrusive is someone or something that invades personal space, that becomes too involved or that comes too close without being invited.
The definition of troublesome is someone or something that causes problems or that is annoying or difficult.
Causing trouble; troublesome.
Tending to worry; anxious.
happy (related)
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
pain (related)
Troubling to the mind or emotions
Find another word for upsetting. In this page you can discover 79 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for upsetting, like: troubling, unsettling, distracting, overturning, discomfiting, disconcerting, discomposing, disturbing, inverting, tilting and toppling.