upsetting
adjective
- cause emotional or physical anguish
Wiktionary
adj
- Causing upset; distressing, unsettling, hurtful.
“He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting.”
“The bodies lying at the scene of the crash were an upsetting sight.”
- Conceited; presumptuous.
noun
- An overturning or disarrangement.
“the upsettings of all their careful plans”
verb
- present participle and gerund of upset