upsetting
動揺させる
解説 Definition
upsetting は upset（動揺させる、困らせる）の現在分詞で、形容詞として「動揺させる」という意味です。人を悲しくしたり不安にしたりする出来事や知らせについて使われます。
Something upsetting causes a person to feel worried, distressed, sad, or emotionally disturbed. The adjective commonly describes news, events, conversations, images, or experiences rather than the person who has the resulting feeling.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 upset に -ing を付けた現在分詞で、ここでは形容詞として「人の心を乱す」を表します。upset は語末が t でも、この形では t を重ねず upsetting と綴ります。upsetting news、an upsetting scene のように、悲しみや不安を引き起こす物事を修飾すると覚えましょう。
Connect upsetting with the verb upset: an upsetting event is something that upsets someone emotionally. Add -ing directly to upset, without doubling the final t, to form upsetting. The -ing adjective describes the cause of the emotion, as in upsetting news or an upsetting conversation. By contrast, a person affected by it is upset, not usually upsetting. Picture receiving news that disturbs your emotional balance; the news is upsetting, and you become upset.
例文
The news was upsetting for many students.
その知らせは多くの学生を動揺させるものでした。
It was an upsetting conversation, so we took a short break.
それは気持ちが乱れる会話だったので、私たちは少し休憩しました。
The movie has some upsetting scenes near the end.
その映画には終盤に心を乱す場面がいくつかあります。
upsetting の類義語・関連語
upsetting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
upsetting は up「上へ」+ set「置く」からできた upset の現在分詞形で、set は古英語 settan「置く」に由来します。もとは「ひっくり返す」が中心で、心がひっくり返る感覚から「動揺させる」になり、set や setup も同じ set の仲間です。
Upsetting is the present-participle form of upset, made by adding -ing. Upset combines up with set, a verb descended from Old English settan, “to put or place.” The earlier physical sense involved overturning or disturbing the position of something. This developed into the figurative idea of disturbing a person’s emotional balance, which underlies the adjective upsetting in modern English.
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