Worrisome

//ˈwʌɹisəm// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 1
    not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety wordnet
  2. 2
    causing distress or worry or anxiety wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
distressfulanxiousaggravatingalarmingannoyingbothering

Example

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"That cough of yours is worrisome."

Etymology

From worry + -some.

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