Worrisome
/ˈwʌɹisəm/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
"He ’s got a cow, too; she ’s got the worrisomest horns ever was. I believe she ’s a steer anyway."
- 2 Inclined to worry.
"I use to would perform that song when I was singin in Chance’s band. We had a real sweet, dreamy, Dinah Washington-kinda arrangement of it that’d make even the worrisomest drunk pipe down and listen."
Adjective
- 1 not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety wordnet
- 2 causing distress or worry or anxiety wordnet
Example
More examples"That cough of yours is worrisome."
Etymology
From worry + -some.