upsetting

upsetting
    adj 1: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting
           habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers
           charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" [syn:
           {disconcerting}, {upsetting}]
    

Upsetting \Up*set"ting\, a.
   1. Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.]
      --Jamieson.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. such as to disturb the self-possession of; unnerving;
      causing mental distress; as, the sight was an upsetting
      experience.
      [PJC]
    

75 Moby Thesaurus words for "upsetting":
      agitating, annoying, baffling, bewildering, bothering, bothersome,
      breathtaking, chafing, charged, cliff-hanging, confounding,
      confusing, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, disquieting,
      distracting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, electric,
      embarrassing, enigmatic, exciting, exhilarating, fretting,
      galvanic, harassing, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring,
      heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, impressive, inflammatory,
      intoxicating, intricate, jarring, jolting, maddening, mind-blowing,
      moving, mysterious, mystifying, overcoming, overmastering,
      overpowering, overwhelming, perplexing, perturbing, piquant,
      plaguing, problematic, provocative, provoking, puzzling, ravishing,
      soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring,
      striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling,
      thrilly, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, unsettling, worrisome,
      worrying