different between upsetting vs troubling

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t??

Verb

upsetting

1. present participle of upset

Noun

upsetting (plural upsettings)

1. The action of the verb upset.

Adjective

upsetting (comparative more upsetting, superlative most upsetting)

1. Causing upset; distressing.

   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.

Translations

Anagrams

• setting up

English

Adjective

troubling (comparative more troubling, superlative most troubling)

1. distressing, worrying

Translations

Derived terms

• troublingly

Verb

troubling

1. present participle of trouble

Noun

troubling (countable and uncountable, plural troublings)

1. The infliction of trouble or distress.
   • 1681, Henry Foulis, The History of Romish Treasons and Usurpations

     The Popes censures and troublings of the Emperour [Chapter title]

   • 1882, Philip Bennett Power, Litanies of daily life

     From all troublings of covetousness and ambition