worrisome

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. not reassuring; tending to cause anxietySynonyms: unreassuring
  2. causing distress or worry or anxiety“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”Synonyms: distressingdistressfuldisturbingperturbingtroublingworrying
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Worrisome \Wor"ri*some\, a. Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance. [1913 Webster]
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