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What is another word for
upsetting
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Adjective
Causing distress or discomfort
Offensive in nature
Very objectionable, bad or unpleasant
Causing surprising negative emotions
Verb
To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts
To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction
Present participle for to disturb mentally or emotionally
Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of
Present participle for to knock over something
Present participle for to defeat in unexpected circumstances
Present participle for to cause disorder in
Noun
Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process
A cancellation or overturning of a decision or course of action
The state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something
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Adjective
▲
Causing distress or discomfort
distressing
discomforting
confronting
discomposing
disquieting
distressful
disturbing
perturbing
traumatic
troublesome
troubling
trying
unsettling
bothersome
burdensome
difficult
disagreeable
discommoding
disconcerting
discouraging
dismaying
displeasing
irksome
nasty
painful
provoking
severe
toilsome
troublous
unpleasant
vexing
wearisome
worrisome
aggravating
agitating
annoying
consequential
depressing
disappointing
disruptive
foreboding
frightening
gloomy
harassing
hard
harrowing
hurtful
impeding
inconvenient
intrusive
irritating
laborious
nagging
ominous
onerous
perplexing
shocking
sinister
startling
threatening
tiresome
worrying
alarming
numbing
anxiety provoking
sad
dreadful
heartbreaking
dire
awful
tragic
unnerving
heartrending
agonizing
US
grim
vexatious
grievous
terrible
agonising
UK
appalling
lamentable
daunting
bitter
horrible
heart-rending
saddening
dismal
disheartening
unfortunate
regrettable
woeful
awkward
pitiful
hairy
nerve-racking
galling
bad
wretched
stressful
taxing
poignant
ghastly
gut-wrenching
horrifying
concerning
miserable
deplorable
horrid
horrific
distasteful
unwelcome
tormenting
harsh
dispiriting
sombre
UK
somber
US
excruciating
objectionable
pathetic
tough
forbidding
unpalatable
cheerless
horrendous
hopeless
grave
frightful
tricky
bleak
moving
offensive
exasperating
affecting
melancholy
macabre
terrifying
tear-jerking
off-putting
problematic
doleful
demoralizing
US
dreary
unhappy
piteous
thorny
frustrating
fraught
vile
nerve-wracking
pitiable
afflicting
unlucky
tragical
demoralising
UK
sorrowful
sorry
mournful
unpleasing
rotten
joyless
pesky
atrocious
touching
scary
creepy
uncomfortable
nightmarish
sickening
sticky
wicked
ugly
foul
nettlesome
hideous
maddening
dangerous
gruesome
plaguy
repugnant
unfavourable
UK
pestilent
uncongenial
monstrous
oppressive
unfavorable
US
prickly
repellent
nail-biting
tense
unsavory
US
intimidating
lurid
grisly
abominable
torturous
loathsome
unsavoury
UK
pestiferous
cruel
chilling
pestilential
infuriating
formidable
obnoxious
rankling
disgusting
drear
solemn
riling
afflictive
abrasive
heavy
direful
unspeakable
peeving
nauseating
anxious
niggling
embarrassing
dejecting
chafing
carking
nettling
undesirable
crushing
uneasy
nervous
discomfiting
restless
delicate
icky
glum
plaintive
precarious
knotty
melancholic
rebarbative
pesty
plaguey
fearful
morose
dark
repulsive
depressive
challenging
stirring
godawful
emotional
mortifying
harrying
morbid
desolate
jarring
hateful
sour
comfortless
inauspicious
unacceptable
poor
exacting
revolting
parlous
hellacious
pessimistic
ticklish
funereal
mean
intolerable
rueful
dodgy
black
flustering
problematical
perilous
anxious-making
rough
nauseous
yucky
heart-wrenching
sensitive
abhorrent
demanding
yukky
unlovely
stunning
unpropitious
tearful
detestable
unpopular
devastating
arduous
drab
petrifying
lousy
menacing
scaring
impactful
sober
impressive
brutal
teasing
ignominious
hostile
disenchanting
lachrymose
disgraceful
undesired
odious
infernal
calamitous
grating
enraging
humourless
UK
humorless
US
confounded
outrageous
unwanted
austere
critical
cussed
unamusing
bewildering
fearsome
terrific
wearing
abysmal
serious
nightmare
abject
grewsome
chancy
teary
redoubtable
heart-breaking
shameful
repellant
exigent
unattractive
controversial
emotive
rocky
touchy
unfriendly
dolorous
complicated
very bad
complex
hair-raising
involved
tricksy
spiny
catchy
spine-chilling
uncertain
tedious
disastrous
intricate
execrable
tight
convoluted
injurious
tender
antagonizing
US
intense
forlorn
unkind
stupefying
astonishing
vexed
surprising
amazing
harmful
uninviting
egregious
sullen
hellish
affective
iffy
testing
astounding
antagonising
UK
staggering
overwhelming
gross
heart-warming
messy
pressing
discommodious
grotesque
unsightly
damaging
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
troubled
sentimental
extreme
scarring
haunting
dampening
disconsolate
desolating
scandalous
mirthless
dispirited
dolesome
reprehensible
baffling
weighty
boring
distracting
cold
festering
risky
distressed
unbearable
incommodious
expressive
hazardous
sedate
unsatisfying
blameworthy
bedevilling
UK
obscene
nice
lugubrious
murderous
stiff
hardhanded
inhuman
rugged
searing
punishing
unsteady
unstable
telling
savage
heartstopping
heart-melting
capricious
temperamental
mercurial
changeable
inconstant
volatile
fickle
variable
dread
rancid
evil
noisome
fulsome
noxious
soul-stirring
dubious
spartan
suspect
questionable
punchable
bloodcurdling
tremendous
ill-advised
too bad
unrelenting
glaring
heinous
unpardonable
unforgivable
exceptionable
beastly
bedeviling
US
dramatic
unwished-for
from hell
straitened
dour
ill-fated
hard-pressed
sobering
inhospitable
shadowy
tortured
full of hardship
doubtful
strained
adverse
causing fear
ill-omened
treacherous
negative
life-threatening
jeopardous
apocalyptic
gnawing
prophetic
irking
gory
offending
disillusioning
puzzling
wounding
sorrowing
destabilising
UK
destabilizing
US
panicky
brackish
unappetizing
mind-blowing
embittering
depressed
invasive
antipathetic
shattering
nostalgic
godforsaken
squalid
confusing
barro
blue
evocative
unforgiving
crummy
derisible
dingy
plangent
pensive
warming
sordid
acute
impossible
passionate
dissatisfying
catastrophic
unsatisfactory
stinking
diabolical
unendurable
bothering
powerful
weak
flat
untoward
repressing
wistful
uncool
grotty
grody
unappealing
dirty
eerie
despairing
tearing
inferior
irritable
anguished
fierce
ruthless
fatiguing
rejected
uplifting
anticlimactic
hefty
indigent
scurvy
scungy
impoverished
sepulchral
heartsickening
desperate
relentless
merciless
ferocious
spooky
uphill
mephitical
revulsive
humiliating
inexcusable
heartwarming
terribly bad
excluded
sore
remorseless
great
not hopeful
not encouraging
strong
meagre
UK
hurting
meager
US
extremely upsetting
eldritch
baleful
intemperate
rigorous
inclement
extremely bad
god-awful
ill-favoured
UK
inadmissible
blood-curdling
spine-tingling
pressured
shaming
anxiety-inducing
degrading
emotionally moving
tiring
gruelling
UK
exhausting
unwished for
arousing affect
infestive
repressive
hard-hearted
strenuous
not wanted
ill-favored
US
gray
US
ill-boding
grey
UK
grueling
US
demeaning
jolting
discreditable
yucko
uncalled-for
flabbergasting
dislikable
dumbfounding
inspiring
extraordinary
drag
pain
accursed
blindsiding
compromising
a stinker of a
exciting
arousing
unexpected
emotionally exhausting
emotionally depleting
dumfounding
discountenancing
remarkable
impelling
unforeseen
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
sudden
gripping
breathless
meaningful
striking
significant
rousing
sententious
thrilling
inopportune
rattling
unseemly
blush-making
toe-curling
eye-opening
jaw-dropping
dicey
emotionally draining
insufferable
vicious
sharp
violent
racking
heartbroken
piercing
insupportable
exquisite
suffering
grief-stricken
grieving
tortuous
vehement
forceful
torturing
stinging
afflicted
oppressed
stark
too much
biting
wrenching
raging
dejected
beyond bearing
a bit much
agonized
US
downcast
not to be borne
despondent
downhearted
wailing
crestfallen
woebegone
down
funeral
bewailing
penetrating
bemoaning
deploring
weeping
aching
ruinous
ungovernable
overpowering
heartsick
heartsore
unmanageable
regretful
destructive
mighty
brokenhearted
heavy-hearted
unsupportable
furious
dolent
pitiless
consuming
ruthful
almighty
explosive
resounding
blistering
vigorous
forcible
too much to bear
agonised
UK
potent
excessive
broken-hearted
dynamic
down in the mouth
beyond endurance
intensive
shooting
enough to try the patience of Job
down in the dumps
killing
stabbing
deadly
wild
peracute
mortal
low
lethal
hangdog
inconsolable
saddened
heavyhearted
droopy
weepy
inordinate
profound
uncontrollable
low-spirited
fiery
rampaging
rabid
uncontrolled
rampant
riotous
unrestrained
storming
unchecked
deep
unfettered
uncurbed
inflamed
unbridled
keen
emphatic
immoderate
hot
urgent
energetic
concentrated
peppery
convulsive
flaming
enraged
blustery
cast down
poverty-stricken
paroxysmal
turbulent
volcanic
frenzied
coercive
stormy
tumultuous
aroused
tempestuous
smart
in pain
past bearing
heavy-duty
last straw
scabrous
gale force
out of control
full of force
stringent
sucky
pain-filled
crippling
punitive
Spartan
blinding
uncoveted
unsustainable
charged
smarting
knifelike
feel-bad
anguishing
tickly
crashing
invidious
bumpy
burning
cutting
unreasonable
commiserative
downbeat
itchy
scratchy
pounding
unsparing
no-win
intractable
recalcitrant
devastated
tormented
considerable
dirgeful
stern
inexorable
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
aggressive
unsurpassable
unsufferable
heavy-handed
enough
perverse
wayward
long-faced
major
in a blue funk
out of sorts
down and out
bummed out
fed up
let-down
not happy
in the dumps
wounded
unenviable
improper
harrowed
embarrassed
cringeworthy
racked with suffering
cut up
racked with pain
angst-ridden
bowed down
untimely
big
grinding
beyond the pale
cringey
gnarly
struggling
enough to tax the patience of a saint
enough to test the patience of a saint
in sorrow
in mourning
full of sorrow
singing the blues
sick at heart
cringe-making
fatal
thunderous
dolorific
cyclonic
operose
all-powerful
death-dealing
touch-and-go
enough already
more than flesh and blood can stand
more than one can stand
more than one can bear
more ❯
“Martin has just gone through a painful and
upsetting
divorce.”
Adjective
▲
Offensive in nature
offensive
disrespectful
objectionable
derogatory
discourteous
affronting
distasteful
exceptionable
hurtful
impertinent
impudent
insolent
provocative
abhorrent
contemptible
degrading
deplorable
disagreeable
disgusting
displeasing
insufferable
insulting
obnoxious
provoking
reprehensible
repugnant
rude
slighting
unacceptable
undesirable
unpleasant
unwelcome
wounding
censurable
impolite
inappropriate
insupportable
intolerable
uncivil
unmannerly
vexing
beyond the pale
out of line
out of order
spiteful
malicious
mean
unkind
nasty
cruel
snide
cutting
biting
vicious
catty
acerbic
barbed
insensitive
snarky
mordacious
sarky
acidulous
tactless
distressing
abusive
disparaging
scurrilous
contemptuous
vulgar
scandalous
dirty
hostile
low
coarse
hateful
annoying
detestable
inconsiderate
indecent
vindictive
personal
despiteful
crude
irritating
outrageous
humiliating
exasperating
mischievous
galling
shocking
painful
improper
prejudicial
unwanted
disgustful
unsatisfactory
loathly
unbearable
bitter
sarcastic
scathing
vitriolic
caustic
venomous
acrimonious
sharp
acid
stinging
trenchant
mordant
harsh
virulent
sardonic
poisonous
rancorous
malevolent
malignant
critical
malign
searing
satirical
acrid
maleficent
severe
corrosive
tart
ill-natured
acerb
savage
satiric
scornful
pungent
piercing
malefic
belittling
acidic
pointed
pernicious
incisive
scalding
astringent
penetrating
evil
withering
devastating
derisive
keen
bad
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
mocking
smart-mouthed
defamatory
evil-intentioned
unfriendly
abrasive
splenetic
waspish
baleful
brusque
denigratory
fierce
wicked
derisory
deprecatory
pitiless
disdainful
razor-edged
vituperative
vengeful
ferocious
ill-disposed
brutal
angry
mean-spirited
jeering
shrewish
taunting
grim
demeaning
blistering
churlish
uncomplimentary
pejorative
ornery
sneering
callous
contumelious
antagonistic
cynical
deprecating
bilious
slanderous
acute
hard
stern
scorching
cussed
unsparing
squint-eyed
cantankerous
ruthless
menacing
unsympathetic
extremely critical
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
depreciatory
depreciative
derogative
denigrative
unblunted
negative
vilifying
scoffing
evil-minded
destructive
heartless
backbiting
merciless
salty
violent
edged
truculent
unrelenting
disapproving
aggressive
ridiculing
resentful
rough
wrathful
pugnacious
censorious
horrid
uncharitable
envenomed
surly
discrediting
curt
mortifying
inimical
belligerent
crisp
vile
irascible
crabbed
wretched
burning
peppery
razor-sharp
full of hate
rapier-like
hate-filled
of evil intent
ill-humored
US
crushing
ill-humoured
UK
calumniatory
damaging
libellous
UK
austere
libelous
US
hypercritical
carping
censuring
condemning
cursing
dry
vitriolous
familiar
intrusive
cheeky
piquant
poignant
strict
exacting
blasphemous
gruff
sadistic
ireful
sharp-worded
double-edged
thoughtless
ungracious
rubbing the wrong way
rigid
rigorous
wanton
slashing
depreciating
cold-blooded
sharp-tongued
repulsive
teasing
stringent
politically incorrect
dripping with malice
cross
choleric
snarling
coruscating
lousy
injurious
tough
scathy
acetic
tonic
strong
vigorous
bad-natured
forceful
hard-hitting
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
cranky
testy
indignant
irate
crabby
contentious
peevish
inhospitable
bellicose
rotten
confrontational
combative
harmful
noxious
emphatic
cold
awful
deleterious
detrimental
beastly
gross
joyless
unsociable
militant
uncongenial
dismissive
supercilious
superior
blasting
telling
driving
forthright
clear
uncool
envious
petty
powerful
effective
blunt
explicit
distinct
revengeful
viperous
sour
scrappy
furious
filthy
unforgiving
edgy
potent
unequivocal
snubbing
blighting
implacable
despicable
foul
avenging
execrable
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dishonorable
US
base
paltry
relentless
unfair
unsportsmanlike
retaliatory
arrogant
full of contempt
dishonourable
UK
wreakful
grudging
grudge-bearing
low-minded
low-down
out for revenge
full of spleen
detractive
decrying
spleenful
opprobrious
reproachful
unfavourable
UK
accidentally on purpose
maligning
detracting
irreverent
traducing
unflattering
minimising
UK
unfavorable
US
diminishing
deflating
ironical
dishonouring
UK
ironic
discreditable
dishonoring
US
aspersing
minimizing
US
fault-finding
more ❯
“Sally still hasn't forgiven you for that
upsetting
comment you made about her derriere.”
Adjective
▲
Very objectionable, bad or unpleasant
ghastly
horrible
dreadful
awful
hideous
terrible
appalling
disgusting
horrid
horrendous
revolting
nasty
gruesome
shocking
repulsive
foul
loathsome
repellent
sickening
vile
offensive
unpleasant
repugnant
odious
distasteful
grisly
horrific
obnoxious
nauseating
abhorrent
disagreeable
monstrous
atrocious
nauseous
objectionable
obscene
beastly
detestable
hateful
noxious
displeasing
unpalatable
deplorable
nightmarish
despicable
contemptible
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
disgustful
loathly
reprehensible
insufferable
unacceptable
grewsome
terrific
nightmare
intolerable
godawful
undesirable
rebarbative
exceptionable
unbearable
weak
off-putting
sick-making
beyond the pale
from hell
horrifying
macabre
lurid
grim
gross
abominable
yucky
noisome
repellant
scandalous
stomach-churning
stomach-turning
emetic
vomitous
ugly
rancid
evil
putrid
fulsome
God-awful
bogging
gut-churning
yucko
vomit-inducing
frightful
terrorizing
US
fearful
disquieting
terrorising
UK
agitating
harrowing
unspeakable
disturbing
heinous
dreaded
hellacious
sickly
chunderous
brackish
rocky
woozy
icky
execrable
rotten
skanky
stinking
lousy
grotty
uninviting
sick
rank
malodorous
fetid
US
mephitic
bad
unwelcome
smelly
scurvy
invidious
foetid
UK
diabolical
dire
on the nose
niffy
annoying
olid
unpleasing
festy
evil-smelling
foul-smelling
pongy
stinky
whiffy
funky
irritating
miasmal
hellish
mean
acrid
dirty
filthy
grubby
unappetizing
sordid
harsh
bitter
miserable
distressing
unsightly
outrageous
damnable
wretched
grody
unattractive
squalid
terrifying
murderous
poisonous
pesky
sorry
grotesque
creepy
yukky
wicked
pestiferous
unlovely
uncongenial
bloody
poison
sleazy
cringe-making
very unpleasant
infernal
pitiful
spine-chilling
pestilential
base
polluted
savage
sour
very bad
dislikeable
pitiable
unclean
uncleanly
soiled
opprobrious
paltry
brutal
bum
ungodly
unholy
bloodthirsty
grimy
ornery
dislikable
calamitous
violent
disastrous
fugly
disfigured
deformed
poor
gory
lamentable
bloodletting
woeful
fiendish
blood-and-guts
blasted
infuriating
exasperating
direful
grievous
reeking
censurable
as ugly as sin
unseemly
inadmissible
forbidding
off-colour
UK
indecorous
uncool
cruddy
hateable
smudged
bedraggled
stained
mucky
besmirched
befouled
smutty
blackened
sullied
cheap
scummy
bemired
dusty
lame
black
dingy
draggled
sneaking
grungy
ratty
scabby
muddy
begrimed
off-color
US
discouraging
disconcerting
repelling
yecchy
unsatisfactory
unsuitable
ill-favoured
UK
ill-favored
US
morbid
fearsome
pathetic
dismal
bestial
eerie
sanguine
troublesome
unendurable
irksome
shameful
disgraceful
abject
shabby
piteous
sanguinary
egregious
illegal
maddening
harmful
vexatious
uncomfortable
flagrant
bilious
scabrous
hurtful
deleterious
unhealthy
pernicious
injurious
mischievous
unforgivable
blood-stained
slimy
excruciating
hairy
fierce
hated
reviled
overpowering
baneful
unwholesome
unfit
rude
unwanted
embarrassing
tasteless
galling
dismaying
offending
biting
cutting
insalutary
pill
heel
very disgusting
suffocating
squicky
cloying
surfeiting
scuzzy
inexpedient
reeky
adverse
blood-and-thunder
shuddersome
infamous
strong
high
musty
stenchy
fusty
unlikable
unappealing
gnarly
bothersome
not okay
frowzy
frowsy
miasmic
frowsty
tragic
pigpen
ripe
for the birds
eye-watering
to be avoided
strictly for the birds
out of place
curst
cursed
freaking
cussed
darned
cotton-picking
danged
doggoned
durn
durned
dang
doggone
goddamned
confounded
darn
deuced
catastrophic
cataclysmic
ruinous
blimming
devastating
accursed
unfortunate
stressful
difficult
trying
hard
testing
tough
heavy
demanding
fraught
frustrating
pressured
taxing
traumatic
arduous
tiring
gruelling
UK
dark
grueling
US
a stinker of a
a bummer of a
unhappy
desolate
doleful
unpropitious
forlorn
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Causing surprising negative emotions
amazing
bizarre
curious
peculiar
weird
eerie
fanciful
far-fetched
quaint
uncanny
baffling
befuddling
disconcerting
freakish
freaky
incomprehensible
inconceivable
mystifying
outlandish
preposterous
puzzling
queer
spooky
strange
unlikely
unusual
confounding
confusing
conspicuous
dumfounding
flustering
out of the ordinary
overwhelming
portentous
unexpected
unforeseen
unimaginable
unthinkable
whimsical
discomfiting
dismaying
jarring
jolting
nonplusing
nonplussing
unannounced
unanticipated
unwonted
muddling
shattering
uncommon
unordinary
Verb
▲
To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts
annoying
harassing
aggravating
antagonizing
US
bugging
exasperating
galling
getting
goading
irking
irritating
narking
nettling
peeving
pestering
riling
ruffling
vexing
frustrating
nagging
angering
bothering
displeasing
disturbing
hassling
incensing
infuriating
maddening
making angry
needling
provoking
teasing
agitating
getting to
incommoding
making cross
molesting
perturbing
troubling
worrying
badgering
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
breaking
chafing
distressing
enraging
frosting
gnawing
grating
harrying
henpecking
nudging
persecuting
piquing
plaguing
riding
rubbing up the wrong way
spiting
beleaguering
burning up
driving crazy
driving to distraction
graveling
gravelling
rankling
antagonising
UK
bumming out
driving mad
eating
getting at
getting someone's goat
getting under your skin
getting up your nose
giving someone grief
giving someone the hump
hacking off
making your blood boil
teeing off
ticking off
winding up
cheesing off
driving round the bend
driving round the twist
driving up the wall
egging on
firing up
getting in your hair
getting on your wick
getting someone's dander up
getting your back up
hacking you off
heating up
making someone see red
making waves
turning off
working on
asking for it
getting on your nerves
giving someone the pip
putting your back up
hitting where one lives
inflaming
putting out
miffing
driving nuts
getting across
getting on someone's nerves
getting someone's wick
ruffling someone's feathers
getting in someone's hair
rattling someone's cage
trying someone's patience
getting on someone's tits
getting someone's hackles up
getting under someone's skin
making someone's hackles rise
getting someone's back up
tormenting
torturing
rasping
griping
afflicting
itching
hounding
besetting
bullying
oppressing
racking
harrowing
agonizing
US
mistreating
giving a hard time
excruciating
abusing
besieging
picking on
maltreating
anguishing
agonising
UK
cursing
ill-treating
paining
victimizing
US
fretting
hurting
humping
victimising
UK
exacerbating
crucifying
offending
baiting
dogging
injuring
brutalizing
US
rubbing the wrong way
chivvying
hectoring
trying
roiling
brutalising
UK
getting on one's nerves
stressing
beating
rattling
ill-using
manhandling
pursuing
mishandling
messing over
causing suffering to
kicking around
getting your goat
misusing
harming
discomposing
wounding
heckling
wronging
devilling
deviling
tyrannizing
US
outraging
mithering
having it in for
burning
keeping on at
tyrannising
UK
taunting
straining
intimidating
mauling
disquieting
flustering
terrorizing
US
striking
browbeating
pushing around
discriminating against
aggrieving
discommoding
treating badly
going on at
terrorising
UK
keeping after
unsettling
hitting
haunting
disgruntling
affronting
scaring
fussing
mortifying
perplexing
importuning
affecting
chivying
martyring
niggling
rankling with
abrading
treating roughly
knocking around
knocking about
having a down on
grating on
breathing down someone's neck
doing over
bending someone's ear
roughing up
causing agony to
putting someone's nose out of joint
beating up
making somebody's hackles rise
grieving
burdening
disconcerting
insulting
domineering
martyrizing
ailing
pushing about
leaning on
smiting
discountenancing
flurrying
disgusting
depressing
blighting
cowing
attacking
assailing
discomfiting
dominating
embarrassing
prodding
frightening
stinging
distempering
unhinging
tantalizing
US
dunning
giving a bad time
tantalising
UK
raising your hackles
handling roughly
setting one's teeth on edge
rubbing you up the wrong way
carping at
inflicting anguish on
ruffling one's feathers
messing up
making things hot for someone
putting down
shaking up
trying your patience
cutting up
damaging
mocking
unnerving
fazing
taxing
scolding
alarming
subjugating
menacing
concerning
ragging
berating
punishing unfairly
throwing
despairing
dismaying
rending
confusing
distracting
inconveniencing
overbearing
hazing
scourging
discombobulating
wringing
enflaming
madding
iring
gripping
frazzling
upbraiding
overwhelming
exciting
punishing
pricking
tearing
weighing down
hagriding
derailing
bumming
dissatisfying
causing pain to
lying heavy on
pecking at
grumbling at
weirding out
rattling one's cage
harping on at
freaking out
dumping on
sticking in one's craw
finding fault with
driving bananas
gnawing at
picking at
hacking
jarring on
steaming up
working up
driving you up the wall
getting your dander up
wearing on
exercising
treating harshly
singling out
putting on the rack
eating away at
intruding upon
walking all over
making anxious
putting off
getting up someone's nose
imposing on
jarring
showing antagonism to
disapproving of
feeling ill will towards
showing ill will towards
bearing a grudge towards
browning off
chiding
getting on someone
confounding
neglecting
wigging
getting someone
embittering
getting a rise out of
souring
suffering
rousing
suffering from
steaming
trying the patience of
sending into a rage
getting your hackles up
jangling
riling up
acerbating
eating at
disheartening
causing disquiet to
punishing repeatedly and unfairly
searing
reminding
insisting
doing wrong
disparaging
musing
labouring
UK
laboring
US
jarring upon
grating upon
wearing upon
messing with
grinding
spooking
making uneasy
psyching out
throwing off
gutting
hanging up
getting even
upsetting the applecart
guying
making an enemy of somebody
getting on the wrong side of
pressurizing
US
discomforting
reviling
reproaching
squirming
putting pressure on
bringing pressure to bear on
pressurising
UK
preying on
weighing heavily on
nagging at
curdling
violating
manipulating
exploiting
humiliating
ribbing
scratching around
searching high heaven
ragging on
yapping at
bullyragging
noodging
assaulting
marring
rousting
stressing out
jerking around
terrifying
accosting
pothering
ridiculing
testing
pushing
overriding
chagrining
belittling
stabbing
piercing
threatening
causing anxiety to
undoing
sweating out
alaruming
convulsing
biting
mixing up
battering
roughhousing
shaking
tiffing
huffing
stewing
petting
chaffing
gibing
enslaving
tyrannizing over
getting across someone
overpowering
immolating
demonizing
US
using
devastating
rocking
deriding
abasing
ruining
totalling
banging up
totaling
interfering with
bunging up
entangling
stacking the deck
hampering
demonising
UK
having your knife into
playing the heavy with
riding roughshod over
targetting
targeting
aggressing
giving the business
jumping on one's case
putting the squeeze on
falling upon
starting in on
giving the needle
falling on
getting in the hair of
razzing
taking the mickey
getting on the nerves of
taking the piss out of
making fun of
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
flummoxing
interrupting
going for jugular
laying a bad trip on
taking advantage of
doing an injustice to
giving no quarter
stepping on the toes of
boring
impeding
crossing
hindering
flooring
fuddling
stirring
putting into a flap
putting someone off their stroke
wearing
disrupting
stumping
making nervous
throwing off balance
throwing into tizzy
causing someone to lose their composure
throwing into a tizz
putting to death
nailing to a cross
burning at the stake
hanging
criticizing
US
urging
egging
finding fault
busting chops
moaning on at
keeping complaining to
criticising
UK
busting someone's balls
taking it out on
moaning at
making it hot for someone
hunting
exiling
sticking the knife into
expelling
dragooning
getting the knife into
misemploying
prostituting
pressing
mangling
whipping
maiming
lacerating
visiting
taking
causing trouble to
buffeting
buffetting
giving someone the works
inflicting pain on
working over
inflicting suffering on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction
exciting
provoking
inciting
riling
stirring up
fomenting
impassioning
inflaming
rallying
roiling
rousing
stirring
triggering
aggravating
agitating
animating
electrifying
firing up
goading
inspiring
instigating
arousing
enthusing
galvanizing
US
incensing
irking
priming
ruffling
stimulating
whipping up
baiting
charging
egging on
eliciting
encouraging
enlivening
grilling
kindling
piquing
pumping up
revving up
setting off
vexing
vivifying
winding up
working up
activating
angering
awakening
bringing about
bringing out
causing
charging up
commoving
energising
UK
energizing
US
enkindling
galvanising
UK
jolting
motivating
needling
pepping up
sparking off
touching off
triggering off
working into lather
chafing
discomposing
flustering
inducing
infuriating
intensifying
maddening
offending
shaking
shaking up
starting
taunting
waking up
feeding the fire
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disturb mentally or emotionally
distressing
disturbing
bothering
dismaying
troubling
agitating
disquieting
perturbing
worrying
alarming
discomposing
disconcerting
unsettling
flustering
ruffling
unnerving
grieving
discountenancing
displeasing
hassling
angering
frightening
hurting
inconveniencing
offending
shaking
throwing
annoying
bugging
discomforting
fretting
harassing
irking
irritating
pestering
plaguing
tormenting
vexing
ailing
disappointing
peeving
rattling
afflicting
concerning
derailing
discombobulating
fazing
frazzling
fussing
indisposing
miffing
narking
spooking
unhinging
wounding
alaruming
bewildering
confounding
cramping
crazing
debilitating
distempering
distracting
flipping
flooring
flurrying
hagriding
incapacitating
pothering
saddening
sickening
turning
undoing
egging on
firing up
flipping out
freaking out
getting at
getting to
picking on
stirring up
ticking off
winding up
bumming out
getting across
getting someone
hacking off
keying up
laying up
making waves
turning on
weirding out
giving someone grief
making a scene
rocking the boat
throwing off balance
giving a hard time
hurting somebody's feelings
getting on your wick
“She was highly sensitive, and we were constantly walking on eggshells trying not to
upset
her.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of
disordering
disturbing
overturning
confusing
disorganizing
unsettling
changing
deranging
disarranging
disarraying
discomposing
disheveling
dishevelling
disjointing
dislocating
disrupting
jumbling
muddling
unbalancing
hashing
rummaging
scrambling
shuffling
spoiling
tousling
messing up
mussing
reordering
reversing
rumpling
slopping
sloshing
subverting
tilting
turning
mixing up
throwing into disorder
turning inside-out
putting out of order
“The ship trembled slightly, enough to make one lose their balance, but not enough to
upset
anything.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to knock over something
toppling
upending
capsizing
tipping
tumbling
upturning
inverting
oversetting
pitching
spilling
knocking over
pushing over
tipping over
toppling over
turning topsy-turvy
keeling over
turning upside down
“Willie sprang on the top of the table and
upset
the bottle of ink upon Martha's manuscript.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to defeat in unexpected circumstances
conquering
defeating
overcoming
overthrowing
beating
toppling
routing
trouncing
vanquishing
outplaying
thrashing
capsizing
overpowering
overturning
owning
triumphing over
turning over
winning
worsting
getting the better of
“A rank outsider would
upset
the reigning champion.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause disorder in
disrupting
disturbing
confusing
disarranging
disordering
disorganizing
unsettling
jumbling
ruining
wrecking
interfering with
messing up
mixing up
throwing into chaos
throwing into confusion
throwing into disorder
throwing out
turning topsy-turvy
“Many activists and researchers claim that constant human intervention will
upset
the balance of nature.”
Noun
▲
Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process
disruption
disturbance
upset
disarray
confusion
disorganisation
UK
disorganization
US
disorder
derangement
interruption
break
division
interference
dislocation
disarrangement
disarranging
disordering
disorderliness
turmoil
confusing
stoppage
unsettling
discontinuation
hampering
impeding
obstruction
ruining
spoiling
suspension
wrecking
agitation
delay
delaying
retardation
undermining
commotion
distraction
separation
severance
splitting
trouble
destabilisation
UK
destabilization
US
holding up
displacement
disengagement
luxation
disconnection
unhinging
discontinuity
misplacement
weakening
disarticulation
subversion
redisposition
reshuffle
reordering
readjustment
reorganization
US
change
relocation
shift
move
movement
breaking
intrusion
violation
reorganisation
UK
rearrangement
dislodgment
compromise
erosion
putting out of joint
limitation
curb
check
infringement
more ❯
Noun
▲
A cancellation or overturning of a decision or course of action
reversal
overturning
undoing
overruling
repeal
abrogation
alteration
changing
countermanding
quashing
rescinding
revocation
veto
cancelation
US
change
disallowing
overriding
overthrow
repudiation
rollback
vetoing
annulment
cancellation
UK
invalidation
negation
nullification
rescindment
retraction
setting aside
voiding
withdrawal
disannulment
recall
recanting
rescission
abolition
dissolution
avoidance
defeasance
abandonment
abolishment
abatement
termination
abortion
calling
recision
dropping
disaffirmation
elimination
calling off
deletion
ending
discontinuation
vitiation
removal
stopping
voidance
disaffirmance
retirement
scrapping
dissolving
suspension
axing
ditching
deracination
chopping
dumping
revoking
abolishing
invalidating
recalling
retracting
canceling
US
reversing
withdrawing
abandoning
annihilation
erasing
split
obliteration
discharge
neutralization
US
breakup
cancelling
UK
neutralisation
UK
rescinsion
turnabout
backpedaling
US
turnaround
doubleback
U-turn
switch
volte-face
split up
going phfft
backpedalling
UK
change in direction
end
eradication
destruction
suppression
wiping out
extirpation
subversion
extermination
stamping out
doing away with
cessation
cession
quitting
denial
contradiction
rebuttal
refuting
refutation
disproving
riddance
disclaiming
countering
remission
disproval
taking away
extinction
effacement
scrubbing
erasure
junking
excising
annulling
expunction
closure
blotting out
closing down
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something
confusion
bewilderment
puzzlement
perplexity
bafflement
mystification
dither
wonder
befuddlement
disorientation
wonderment
befuddling
discombobulation
discomfiture
distraction
doubt
fluster
muddle
uncertainty
bamboozlement
discomposure
disconcertion
perplexing
stupefaction
agitation
astonishment
bemusement
bewilderedness
chagrin
confounding
confusedness
daze
discomfiting
perturbation
shock
tangle
abashment
awkwardness
demoralisation
UK
demoralization
US
disconcertment
dumbfounding
embarrassment
flap
fog
lather
mixup
stew
unsettling
whirl
addling
blurring
cluttering
difficulty
maze
misperception
misunderstanding
obscuring
pother
surprise
tangling
turbulence
head-scratching
stirring up
stupor
distress
disquiet
consternation
haze
amazement
nervousness
uneasiness
disturbance
unease
anxiety
trance
mortification
worry
incomprehension
awe
trepidation
alarm
dismay
muddledness
startlement
disbelief
upset
incredulity
disquietude
flusteredness
discomfort
hysteria
fear
narcosis
nadaville
lala-land
apprehension
apprehensiveness
concern
inquietude
shame
spin
dazedness
swoon
surprize
gauze
glaze
disorder
obfuscation
egg on one's face
derangement
vexation
panic
frenzy
malaise
questioning
tizzy
humiliation
suspicion
nonplus
doubtfulness
trouble
speechlessness
deliriousness
anxiousness
blankness
sweat
concernment
muddlement
numbness
nervosity
defeat
solicitude
agita
fogginess
devastation
disappointment
turmoil
insanity
madness
mania
harassment
excitement
delirium
unrest
astoundment
fright
state of shock
mental fogginess
annoyance
disruption
disarray
affront
skepticism
US
dumbfoundedness
confoundment
giddiness
cluelessness
dwaal
scepticism
UK
not understanding
qualms
misgiving
self-consciousness
being confused
being bewildered
dwam
dubiety
upheaval
wooziness
doziness
care
blindness
vagueness
obscurity
frustration
beating
ruin
failure
jumble
flabbergastment
astoundedness
flabagast
quandary
tension
emotion
undoing
rout
overthrow
state of stupefaction
bother
disillusion
marvel
curiosity
confused state
nervous excitement
state of confusion
state of bewilderment
state of disorientation
trancelike state
obliviousness
comedown
descent
conquest
vanquishment
defeasance
lack of comprehension
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