Delicate
Delicate adjective - Satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness.
Upsetting and delicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upsetting" instead an adjective "Delicate".
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
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Aliens have begun to explore the world of Cersi, upsetting the delicate balance between the Clan and the two other powerful races who coexist by set rules.
Source: Literature / The Clan Chronicles -
This is to avoid upsetting the delicate sensibilities of the robots supposedly translating this story so it can be published on Earth, who oddly enough don't censor all the murder, rape, murder-then-rape, torture, underage sex, etc.
Source: Sound Effect Bleep - Worse, Hessa's father increases the meds of his other children to address the mysterious outbreak, upsetting the delicate balance between the disease and the treatment and sending them into death spirals.
Source: Deadly Prank
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