worrisome

1. 1.

   not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety

   Synonymsunreassuring
2. 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”

   Synonymsdistressingdistressfuldisturbingperturbingtroublingworrying

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Questions about worrisome

What does worrisome mean?

worrisome means "not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in worrisome?

worrisome has 3 syllables: wor-ri-some. The stress falls on "wor". In IPA it is /ˈwɝisəm/.

What is another word for worrisome?

Close synonyms include unreassuring, distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is worrisome a common word?

worrisome is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.