worrisome

3 definitions found

worrisome - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

worrisome - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  worrisome
      adj 1: not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety [syn:
             unreassuring, worrisome] [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,
         worrisome, worrying]

worrisome - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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