worrisome meaning and definition

WORRISOME adjective

Definition of worrisome (adjective)

1. not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
   • synonyms: unreassuring
   • antonym: 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"
   • synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrying