: causing worry : creating reason for worry : troubling
a worrying trend/development
a worrying question
The presence of the knife on the stage of the murder was a worrying circumstance for Wilson.—
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
worryingly
adverb
When the secretary returned, she handed us an envelope that looked worryingly official …
—Caroline Alexander
Caroline Alexander
… money held by households has risen at a worryingly slow rate over the past year …
—The Economist
The Economist
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Less worrying issues and false positives – problems that are already mitigated elsewhere in the software – can then be left for a later date or even ignored altogether.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Ending the use of artificial dyes has long been a goal of Kennedy's agenda, over concerns that these colors are inflating the consumption of unhealthy foods and raising the risk of potentially worrying behavioral changes in children, among other risks.
—Paula Cohen, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Perhaps more worrying, U.S. government bonds and the value of the U.S. dollar also sank as prices retreated across U.S. markets.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Created by Charlie Brooker, the Netflix anthology Black Mirror mines our anxieties about rapid (and often worrying) technological evolutions.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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David Prosser, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Ending the use of artificial dyes has long been a goal of Kennedy's agenda, over concerns that these colors are inflating the consumption of unhealthy foods and raising the risk of potentially worrying behavioral changes in children, among other risks.
—Paula Cohen, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Perhaps more worrying, U.S. government bonds and the value of the U.S. dollar also sank as prices retreated across U.S. markets.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Created by Charlie Brooker, the Netflix anthology Black Mirror mines our anxieties about rapid (and often worrying) technological evolutions.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Worrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worrying. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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