adjective
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causing worry; vexing
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tending to worry
Other Word Forms
- worrisomely adverb
Etymology
Origin of worrisome
Example Sentences
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What seems like recklessness to parents and grandparents is actually a worrisome form of economic adaptation.
Inflation remains one of the most worrisome issues for American households, as prices for many groceries and other goods have services have risen sharply since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Barron's
And to make it all the more worrisome the sector now faces the ‘front cover curse’ after Time Magazine named a group of AI proponents as its Persons of the Year.
From MarketWatch
And even some worrisome signs about the economy shouldn’t upset the market’s momentum into year end, said Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.
From Barron's
It’s less worrisome, apparently, to someone like Mr. Lawton, who knows that the robbery of the “Loove” was engineered by someone who at the time of filming was still among the missing.
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