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US
/ˈwɝisəm/
]
[ UK /wˈʌɹisˌʌm/ ]
[ UK /wˈʌɹisˌʌm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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causing distress or worry or anxiety
a worrying time
a new and troubling thought
distressing (or disturbing) news
a disturbing amount of crime
a revelation that was most perturbing
lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
a worrying situation
in a particularly worrisome predicament - not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
How To Use worrisome In A Sentence
- What remains ultimately worrisome is the way theological liberalism has congealed into an ideology, an ideology that will brook no opposition to the party line.
- Any escalation in the war of words is clearly worrisome, of course.
- The end of the universe should have been a splendid challenge for a gifted worrier like me, but mostly it upset me in a new and worrisome way, because it made me realize that I was spread too thin.
- I just don't think "collectibility" is one of the more worrisome ones. Slash Print | Following the digital evolution | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
- Sullivan produced a long list of people who had gotten jobs in Washington through such connections, and concluded, "All this nepotism is a worrisome sign that America's political class is becoming increasingly insular. In Praise of Nepotism
- But problems in the nation's baseball development due to a lack of systematic cultivation and training is more worrisome.
- Alcohol and tobacco consumption by young people is especially worrisome because habits formed early are likely to persist.
- Most representative, as well as most worrisome, is the fact that the state's monopoly on weapons is being seriously challenged.
- However, a more worrisome pattern of disease can be attributed more to vaccine failure than a failure to vaccinate.
- Let's move on to another worrisome thing in the economy and that's oil prices.