worrisome
Syllables: wor·ri·some/ˈwʌɹisəm/US/ˈwʌɹisəm/
worrisome adjective: causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
Adjective
worrisome (comparative more worrisome or (rare, nonstandard) worrisomer, superlative most worrisome or (rare, nonstandard) worrisomest)
- Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
- He ’s got a cow, too; she ’s got the worrisomest horns ever was. I believe she ’s a steer anyway.1909 February 6, Frances Boyd Calhoun, “Sweetheart and Partner”, in Miss Minerva and William Green Hill, Chicago, Ill.: The Reilly & Britton Co., published 16 February 1909, page 35
- OUR “WORRISOMEST” WEEDS / Johnson grass and Bermuda grass will be growing fast by late May.1960 May, Glenn C. Klingman, R. P. Upchurch, “Our ‘worrisomest’ weeds”, in Joe Elliott, editor, The Progressive Farmer, Carolinas-Virginia edition, volume 75, number 5, Birminham, Ala.: The...
- Synonyms:
- worryful
- Inclined to worry.
- I use to would perform that song when I was singin in Chance’s band. We had a real sweet, dreamy, Dinah Washington-kinda arrangement of it that’d make even the worrisomest drunk pipe down and listen.1988, Al Young, chapter 14, in Seduction by Light, New York, N.Y.: Delta Fiction, →ISBN, page 128
worrisome meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Indonesian
worrisome in Urdu
- آزار کن, پریشان کن
worrisome in Malayalam
- worrying, alarming, daunting
- ക്ലേശിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, വിഷമിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, ആശങ്കപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന, ആശ്ചര്യവും ഉത്കണ്ഠയും ജനിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, ഭയജനകമായ, ആപൽസൂചകമായ
worrisome in Indonesian
- causing worry; perturbing or vexing
- mengkhawatirkan, mencemaskan
Examples of worrisome in a sentence
- Hacey, you do ask me the worrisomest questions.1971, James Sherburne, “Spring in the Bluegrass”, in Hacey Miller: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 4–5:
- “Doesn't everyone call his doctor every week or two for reassurance about some worrisome symptom?”2000, Lee Baer, Getting Control (Revised Edition), →ISBN:
- Very, very worrisome. / It gets worrisomer when he leans towards me and asks very quietly and calmly, “Why?”2014, Bridie Hall, “Chloe” (chapter 7), in My Summer Roommate, Evernight Teen, →ISBN:
- New details add context to the story that make it both curiouser and curiouser and muckier and muckier — not to mention worrisomer.2017 June 30, Keith Boag, “Could Trump spike a story in the Enquirer? Almost certainly: Keith Boag”, in CBC.ca, Ottawa, Ont....
Synonyms of worrisome
Forms of worrisome
| comparative | more worrisome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most worrisome |
| comparative (nonstandard, rare) | worrisomer |
| superlative (nonstandard, rare) | worrisomest |
Origin of worrisome
From worry + -some.
Words formed from worrisome
Words that rhyme with worrisome
Questions about worrisome
- What does worrisome mean?
- Worrisome means causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
- What is worrisome in Urdu?
- Worrisome in Urdu is آزار کن, پریشان کن. See Worrisome meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use worrisome in a sentence?
- Hacey, you do ask me the worrisomest questions.
- What part of speech is worrisome?
- Worrisome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce worrisome?
- Worrisome is pronounced /ˈwʌɹisəm/ (UK).
Words near worrisome in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: worrisome (page history and authors); worrisome (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); worrisome (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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