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worrisomest

worrisomest is the superlative form of worrisome.

Meaning of worrisome

Adjective

worrisome (comparative more worrisome or (rare, nonstandard) worrisomer, superlative most worrisome or (rare, nonstandard) worrisomest)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    worryful
  2. 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

Questions about worrisomest

What is worrisomest the superlative form of?
Worrisomest is the superlative form of worrisome.

Words near worrisomest in the dictionary

  1. worriments
  2. worrisome
  3. worrisomely
  4. worrisomeness
  5. worrisomer
  6. worrisomest
  7. worrit
  8. worrited
  9. worriter
  10. worriters
  11. worriting

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