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# upsetting

«upsetting» in Mova's school dictionary: **making you feel sad, worried or unhappy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (upsetting, more upsetting, most upsetting); verb form (upset, upsets, upset, upsetting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Upsetting means making you feel sad, worried or unhappy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#m1)

2) (verb) Upsetting someone is making them feel sad or worried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#m2)

3) (verb) Knocking something over, or spoiling a plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in feelings lessons and stories: upsetting news, an upsetting film. Online safety: if you see something upsetting online, tell a trusted adult. Health: "an upset stomach". Phrases: "find something upsetting".

### examples

- The news was very upsetting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#x1)
- If you see anything upsetting online, tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#x2)
- Stop upsetting your little sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#x3)
- It's upsetting when a pet is ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#x4)
- The cat kept upsetting the flower pot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#x5)
- She found the film upsetting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#x6)
- Finding his Master seated at the dinner table, he kicked up his heels and, with a loud bray, pranced giddily around the table, upsetting it as he did so. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/#x7)

### note

Verb past is "upset" (no -ed): "He upset me." Doubles the t: upsetting. Adjective "upset" means feeling sad.

### In the corpora

- [When you see something upsetting, the body reacts fast: the heart races, the cheeks go hot, you may freeze.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/12/)
- [It is never your fault if a bot says something upsetting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/6/)
- [Bots sometimes say upsetting things despite safety rules; close the app and tell a grown-up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/11/)
- [If you see something upsetting online, close it and tell a trusted adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/103-screens-fairness-and-differences/6/)
- [Customs differ between countries, and learning them before you visit avoids upsetting people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «upsetting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upsetting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.