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say it: WUR-ee-suhm
worrisome is an adjective meaning "not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety". It is pronounced /ˈwɝisəm/ — WUR-ee-suhm. It carries 2 recorded senses.
not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for worrisome come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.