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upsetting [ʌpˈsetɪŋ]
adjective
(distressing) [+experience, incident] terrible; [+image] sobrecogedor; (saddening) triste; (offending) [+language, remark] ofensivo; (annoying) fastidioso; molesto problems that we would normally take in our stride become enormously upsetting when we are depressed reporting a rape can still almost be as upsetting as the rape itself the upsetting images of starving children that we see on our television screens Chapter 3 describes more specific ways to handle upsetting feelings that occur as you let go of your old ways of eating exercising helps her work off the upsetting feelings that build up in her stressful job just talking about it may relieve some of the upsetting feelings you have about your mother it was pretty upsetting to see him leave the hall after conceding defeat in the election some people may find such language upsetting
the whole incident was very upsetting for me todo el incidente me afectó disgustó mucho;or it is upsetting for him to talk about it lo pasa mal se pone mal al hablar de ello;or parts of the film may be upsetting to some viewers algunas partes de la película pueden resultarles sobrecogedoras a algunos espectadores
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