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单词 worrisome
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Definition of worrisome in English:

worrisome

adjective ˈwʌrɪs(ə)mˈwəriˌsəm
North American
  • Causing anxiety or concern.

    a worrisome problem
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lost orders compounded an already worrisome situation for the group.
    • Let's move on to another worrisome thing in the economy and that's oil prices.
    • It's not a tremendously worrisome problem, but it is an area he'll likely focus on this summer.
    • Any instance of inhumane behavior is obviously worrisome and harmful to them when that occurs.
    • However, a more worrisome pattern of disease can be attributed more to vaccine failure than a failure to vaccinate.
    • His message to the White House was much more worrisome than maybe to the average person in the public.
    • That's worrisome given that contaminants pose the biggest risk to children and fetuses.
    • It's the potential for people to abuse this sort of thing that is worrisome.
    • But, the report stresses, these thoughts were not necessarily worrisome.
    • Sure, it really is worrisome, because it is clear that the situation has gotten very tense there.
    • In some ways more worrisome, though, are his shifting stands on postwar policy.
    • Aside from genetics, there can be other worrisome effects of an obsession with trophies.
    • This is a worrisome development for those of us who are enthusiastic about prediction markets.
    • When violence is added to the picture, the problem becomes worrisome.
    • More worrisome is the notion that our civil liberties are subject to cancellation in times of crisis.
    • The most worrisome aspect of this is that we are unlikely to get that proof.
    • The whole notion of bilingual education in this context becomes problematic and worrisome.
    • From now on, I better stick with less worrisome, and even more unlikely, movie plots.
    • The weak hold of the international rule of law over the world's greatest democracy is worrisome.
    • It is also worrisome that it will take 18 months to get the police force up to its required strength.
    Synonyms
    worrying, daunting, alarming, perturbing, trying, taxing, vexatious, niggling, bothersome, troublesome, unsettling, harassing, harrying, harrowing, nerve-racking, distressing, dismaying, disquieting, upsetting, traumatic, unpleasant, awkward, difficult, tricky, thorny, problematic, grave
    informal scary, hairy, sticky, prickly, anxious-making

Derivatives

  • worrisomely

  • adverb
    North American
    • as submodifier he sits on a worrisomely flimsy plastic chair
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Something silly was about to happen and Henry drifted worrisomely back into a negotiating team caucus where they were all arguing in concentric circles about something incomprehensible and foolish.
      • But as he goes on, this idea tends to take on worrisomely subversive overtones as he tries to make the case that it's essentially tricking people into learning.
      • But to longtime Portlanders, housing costs are worrisomely high.
      • Salem didn't know any of us very well, but he still seemed relatively shocked, yet worrisomely pleased.
      • During operation the cooler seemed to perform well, getting hot but not worrisomely so.
 
 

Definition of worrisome in US English:

worrisome

adjectiveˈwəriˌsəmˈwərēˌsəm
North American
  • Causing anxiety or concern.

    a worrisome problem
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whole notion of bilingual education in this context becomes problematic and worrisome.
    • The weak hold of the international rule of law over the world's greatest democracy is worrisome.
    • Lost orders compounded an already worrisome situation for the group.
    • In some ways more worrisome, though, are his shifting stands on postwar policy.
    • It's the potential for people to abuse this sort of thing that is worrisome.
    • It is also worrisome that it will take 18 months to get the police force up to its required strength.
    • It's not a tremendously worrisome problem, but it is an area he'll likely focus on this summer.
    • However, a more worrisome pattern of disease can be attributed more to vaccine failure than a failure to vaccinate.
    • More worrisome is the notion that our civil liberties are subject to cancellation in times of crisis.
    • Let's move on to another worrisome thing in the economy and that's oil prices.
    • His message to the White House was much more worrisome than maybe to the average person in the public.
    • That's worrisome given that contaminants pose the biggest risk to children and fetuses.
    • The most worrisome aspect of this is that we are unlikely to get that proof.
    • When violence is added to the picture, the problem becomes worrisome.
    • Sure, it really is worrisome, because it is clear that the situation has gotten very tense there.
    • Any instance of inhumane behavior is obviously worrisome and harmful to them when that occurs.
    • This is a worrisome development for those of us who are enthusiastic about prediction markets.
    • But, the report stresses, these thoughts were not necessarily worrisome.
    • From now on, I better stick with less worrisome, and even more unlikely, movie plots.
    • Aside from genetics, there can be other worrisome effects of an obsession with trophies.
    Synonyms
    worrying, daunting, alarming, perturbing, trying, taxing, vexatious, niggling, bothersome, troublesome, unsettling, harassing, harrying, harrowing, nerve-racking, distressing, dismaying, disquieting, upsetting, traumatic, unpleasant, awkward, difficult, tricky, thorny, problematic, grave
 
 
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