English Dictionary
◊ WORRISOME
worrisome
adj 1: not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety [syn: {unreassuring}]
[ant: {reassuring}]
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" [syn: {distressing},
{distressful}, {disturbing}, {perturbing}, {troubling}, {worrying}]