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Worrisome   /wˈərisəm/   Listen
Worrisome

adjective
1.
Not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety.  Synonym: unreassuring.
2.
Causing distress or worry or anxiety.  Synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrying.  "Lived in heroic if something distressful isolation" , "A disturbing amount of crime" , "A revelation that was most perturbing" , "A new and troubling thought" , "In a particularly worrisome predicament" , "A worrying situation" , "A worrying time"





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"Worrisome" Quotes from Famous Books



... night and a worrisome forenoon the doctor told me that father was himself again and wanted to see me at once. "I've said all I can against it," said the doctor. "I don't know what sort of rumpus you two had yesterday, but it came dangerously near being the finish for him. And it must not be repeated; I'm ...
— Mary-'Gusta • Joseph C. Lincoln


Words linked to "Worrisome" :   reassurance, heavy, reassuring


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