1
as in disturbing
causing worry or anxiety
the patient's erratic behavior has become increasingly worrisome
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as in uneasy
marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings
worrisome looks passed between the two coworkers as the personnel manager began to enumerate the company's financial woes
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Recent Examples of worrisome
Points per game Matt Savoie is off the pace and is especially worrisome at five-on-five.
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The most worrisome downpours arrive around the stroke of midnight and will last through noon on New Year’s Day.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
American students are struggling ‘across the board’ The increasing number of homeless students mirrors other worrisome trends.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Adesnik told Fox News Digital that mortality figures, while worrisome, did not reach levels expected during famine conditions.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The most worrisome downpours arrive around the stroke of midnight and will last through noon on New Year’s Day.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
American students are struggling ‘across the board’ The increasing number of homeless students mirrors other worrisome trends.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Adesnik told Fox News Digital that mortality figures, while worrisome, did not reach levels expected during famine conditions.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worrisome
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According to The Marshall Project, federal officers fired on at least nine people in their vehicles over a four-month period, evidence of a disturbing pattern.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Zhang was quickly identified as a suspect based on her allegedly increasingly disturbing behavior, according to authorities.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Neighbors fear rising violence Residents said the shooting has left them uneasy.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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But by evening, an uneasy calm had settled across the city.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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Sharing the road with a vehicle controlled by software can feel unsettling, especially when headlines often focus on what could go wrong.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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That’s in keeping with the album’s overall vibe; even at its most placid, there’s an unsettling undercurrent.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
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In Clayton’s and Josephson’s hands, though, the fawn response becomes something more pliable, less a sign of acute threat than a broadly anxious orientation to the world.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Six-year-old Lucas Kincaid of Molalla, Oregon stood with his family to take a final peek in the hulking main telescope beneath the dome in anxious anticipation, snug in his furry hooded jacket like a hibernating bear cub about to meet the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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But advocates argued that merely checking a box to satisfy an audit does not necessarily mean improvements in animal welfare, as evidenced by several troubling incidents that occurred last year, which is why advocates want greater transparency into how the city is fulfilling its obligations.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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That same enforcement vacuum enabled an even more troubling revelation weeks later.—
Bobby Block,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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Yet the competitive reality hit hardest during a tense FIBA break.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Davis became the director of CPW in April 2023 and has overseen the state’s controversial and often-tense wolf reintroduction program.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Experts immediately pointed out that Hassett had used a misleading method known as a cubic fit to make the mortality data appear less frightening.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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When the sun went down, the Santa Anas began to blow, and the fire shifted into the familiar, frightening rhythm of inevitability.—
Jonathan Taplin,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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Naturally, Duff was a little nervous for her return to performing.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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And Caroline Renee has a nervous, heartbroken energy as the granddaughter Lucy, who longs to end the family drama before her grandpa dies.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Worrisome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worrisome. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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