Worrisome

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Worrisome \Wor"ri*some\, a.
     Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  worrisome
       adj 1: not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety [syn: {unreassuring}]
              [ant: {reassuring}]
       2: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or
          disturbing) news"; "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" [syn: {distressing},
           {distressful}, {disturbing}, {perturbing}, {troubling}, {worrying}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "worrisome":
     aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, chafing, disquieting,
     distressful, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, fretting,
     galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome,
     irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential,
     plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing, tiresome,
     tormenting, troublesome, troubling, upsetting, vexatious, vexing,
     wearisome, worrying