worriment
Americannoun
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the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.
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a source or cause of trouble or annoyance.
noun
Etymology
Origin of worriment
Example Sentences
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Judge Yule paced from one to another in solemn worriment, arms hang ing, fingers outstretched like a house guest looking for a towel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The corporal's last order, "be ready to form here at reveille," is a source of much worriment to the plebe.
From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Upton Sinclair
For if I once went, they should never discover a trace of worriment or suspense.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Surely we need not go through much more worriment.
From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Thelma Gooch
So Neale took the old scrap-book home under his arm, neither he nor Agnes suspecting what trouble and worriment would arise from this simple act.
From The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to by Grace Brooks Hill
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