upturningEtymologyFrom Middle English upturnynge, equivalent to upturn + -ing and/or up- + turning.upturning means A turning upward. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA turning upward.“He suffered from frequent 'micro-crises' — upturnings of the eyeballs, associated with transient inability to move or respond; these lasted a few seconds only, and occurred dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of times a day.”