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How to pronounce worrisome in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrying


in a particularly worrisome predicament.
Type Words
Synonyms unreassuring

Examples of worrisome

worrisome
Gorman and County Manager Harry Jones both called the potential shift worrisome.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Obama's plan for the eastern Gulf was especially worrisome to environmentalists.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More worrisome are myriad other steps largely being taken out of the public eye.
From the washingtontimes.com
He relies on one pitch, a fastball, and has a worrisome strikeout-to-walk ratio.
From the washingtonpost.com
Later in the month he received worrisome quarterly sales and income tax figures.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Meanwhile, Heebner shorted some financials due to worrisome mortgage portfolios.
From the stltoday.com
There have been no worrisome discoveries yet, Johanns told The Associated Press.
From the foxnews.com
Already one can see worrisome changes in the way China deals with foreign firms.
From the newsweek.com
In most cases, the more the team finds out, the less worrisome the case becomes.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Unreassuring: not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
  • Distressing: 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 ...
  • Worry is thoughts and images of a negative nature in which mental attempts are made to avoid anticipated potential threats. ...
  • Causing worry; perturbing or vexing; Said of a person: inclined to worry
  • (worrisomeness) The property of being worrisome