adj
Meaning 1
Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: worryful
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
worrisome
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwʌɹisəm/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈwʌɹisəm/ without the hurry–furry merger
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/ˈwɜɹisəm/ US, hurry–furry merger
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Northern-England: /ˈwʊɹisəm/
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[ˈwɜː(ə)səm] African-American Vernacular
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rhymes with -ʌɹisəm
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adj
Meaning 2
Inclined to worry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unreassuring
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
causing distress or worry or anxiety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrying
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From worry + -some.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обезпокоителен (obezpokoitelen) — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Danish: bekymringsfuld — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Danish: urovækkende — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Danish: foruroligende — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Dutch: verontrustend — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Dutch: zorgelijk — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Dutch: zorgwekkend — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Esperanto: maltrankviliga — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Finnish: huolestuttava — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- French: anxiogène — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- French: inquiétant — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- German: besorgniserregend — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Hungarian: nyugtalanító — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Indonesian: mengkhawatirkan — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Indonesian: mencemaskan — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Italian: preoccupante — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Norwegian Bokmål: bekymringsfull — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Portuguese: preocupante — causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- Bulgarian: неспокоен (nespokoen) — of a person: inclined to worry
- Dutch: ongerust — of a person: inclined to worry
- Dutch: ongeruste — of a person: inclined to worry
- Esperanto: maltrankvilema — of a person: inclined to worry
- Finnish: huolestuvainen — of a person: inclined to worry
- Norwegian Bokmål: bekymringsfull — of a person: inclined to worry