Synonyms for UPENDING
up·end·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inversion, upendingnoun

   turning upside down; setting on end

   Synonyms:
   everting, inversion, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

Matched Categories

1. • Motion

How to pronounce UPENDING?

How to say UPENDING in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use UPENDING in a sentence?

1. Katherine Foss:

   As we are seeing with the coronavirus today, disease can profoundly impact a community—upending routines and rattling nerves as it spreads from person to person. But the effects of epidemics extend beyond the moments in which they occur.

2. Amil Niazi:

   My entire life … the cultural story has always been about our youth. And it’s always been about us as this sort of young disruptive generation that was too spoiled, that had arrested development, that was upending family life, retirement, housing, employment, we’ve grown up seeing ourselves that way, as the young upstarts, as the disruptors, as the people around whom culture, and especially youth culture, are shaped. Of course we’re going to feel fed up about the fact that we’re now middle aged.

3. Jerry Nadler:

   For the President to go around Congress and say 'you don't agree there's an emergency, I think there's an emergency, we're going to spend the money that you said no you won't spend' is upending democratic government, is making the President a dictator, and that's a far greater risk to our government and to our freedom than almost anything else that's going on.

4. Nancy Northup:

   We are devastated that the Supreme Court has refused to block a law that blatantly violates Roe v. Wade. Right now, people seeking abortion across Texas are panicking — they have no idea where or when they will be able to get an abortion, if ever. Texas politicians have succeeded for the moment in making a mockery of the rule of law, upending abortion care in Texas, and forcing patients to leave the state — if they have the means — to get constitutionally protected healthcare. This should send chills down the spine of everyone in this country who cares about the constitution.

5. Bob Menendez:

   With this decision President Trump is risking U.S. national security, recklessly upending foundational partnerships with key U.S. allies in Europe and gambling with Israel's security.