upsetting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of upset

noun

1. An overturning or disarrangement.

   “the upsettings of all their careful plans”

adj

1. 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.”

2. (Scotland)Conceited; presumptuous.