Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Causing worry or anxiety.
- adjective Tending to worry; anxious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing worry or annoyance; troublesome.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Causing
worry ;perturbing orvexing . - adjective Said of a person: inclined to
worry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
- adjective causing distress or worry or anxiety
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Examples
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Sherzad stood at the screen door, his expression worrisome.
Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008
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Sherzad stood at the screen door, his expression worrisome.
Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008
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Read his report on what he calls a worrisome complacency.
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In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway's Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud's activities after what he described as a worrisome change in the
The Seattle Times 2010
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In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway's Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud's activities after what he described as a worrisome change in the
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In late 2009, Jakobsen went to Norway's Police Security Service and began providing information on Davud's activities after what he described as a worrisome change in the
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Human Rights Watch has cited what it calls a worrisome sign of targeting people based on their ethnicity in Guinea.
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Human Rights Watch has cited what it calls a worrisome sign of targeting people based on their ethnicity in Guinea.
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Human Rights Watch has cited what it calls a worrisome sign of targeting people based on their ethnicity in Guinea.
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It is part of what he calls a worrisome decline in the offerings of music education in general.
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