worrisome Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
    unreassuring.
  2. adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
    distressing; distressful; perturbing; troubling; disturbing; worrying.
    • 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

WordNet


Wor"ri*some adjective
Definitions
  1. Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.

Webster 1913