Read full poem →himself could not account for spilling everything he touched,
upsetting glasses as he put his hand out, and bumping his head against
doors that were manifestly shut. There was a gray haze upon all his
Dictionary Entry
To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
In a Sentence
“I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. upsettingupsetting without
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Poetry examples for “upsetting”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.