Upsetting
[ʌp'setɪŋ] or [ʌp'sɛtɪŋ]
Definition
(a.) Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow.
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Examples
- Stage-coaches were upsetting in all directions, horses were bolting, boats were overturning, and boilers were bursting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It's very bad for him to be worried, and whenever anything upsetting happens, it always brings on an attack. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I persisted in upsetting him by returning again and again to the subject. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Don't blame me for upsetting your sleeping arrangements, Mr. Betteredge--blame the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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