Worriment — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a difficulty that causes anxiety

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈʌɹɪmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈʌɹɪmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈʌɹɪmənt/

3 syllables Say it as /wˈʌɹɪmənt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

troublesomeness inconvenience

Word Forms

troublesome	adjective	difficult to deal with
worry	verb	be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sorge

eine Schwierigkeit, die Angst verursacht

🇫🇷French

inquiétude

une difficulté qui provoque de l'anxiété

🇪🇸Spanish

preocupación

una dificultad que causa ansiedad

🇮🇹Italian

preoccupazione

una difficoltà che provoca ansia

🇳🇱Dutch

zorgen

een moeilijkheid die angst veroorzaakt

🇵🇹Portuguese

preocupação

uma dificuldade que causa ansiedade

🇷🇺Russian

беспокойство

трудность, вызывающая беспокойство

India

🇮🇳Hindi

परेशानी

एक कठिनाई जो चिंता का कारण बनती है

🇧🇩Bengali

উদ্বেগ

একটি অসুবিধা যা উদ্বেগ সৃষ্টি করে

🇮🇳Tamil

கவலை

கவலையை ஏற்படுத்தும் ஒரு சிரமம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆందోళన

ఆందోళన కలిగించే ఒక కష్టం

🇮🇳Marathi

चिंता

एक अडचण ज्यामुळे चिंता निर्माण होते

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચિંતા

એક મુશ્કેલી જે ચિંતાનું કારણ બને છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಿಂತೆ

ಆತಂಕವನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುವ ತೊಂದರೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആശങ്ക

ഉത്കണ്ഠ ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന ഒരു ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਿੰਤਾ

ਇੱਕ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਜੋ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

پریشانی

ایک مشکل جو اضطراب کا باعث بنتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

忧虑

导致焦虑的困难

🇯🇵Japanese

経緯

不安を引き起こす困難

🇰🇷Korean

걱정거리

불안을 야기하는 어려움

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lo lắng

một khó khăn gây ra lo lắng

🇹🇭Thai

ความกังวล

ความยากลำบากที่ทำให้เกิดความวิตกกังวล

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekhawatiran

suatu kesulitan yang menimbulkan kecemasan

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-aalala

isang kahirapan na nagdudulot ng pagkabalisa

🇲🇾Malay

kerisauan

kesukaran yang menyebabkan kebimbangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القلق

صعوبة تسبب القلق

🇮🇷Persian

نگرانی

مشکلی که باعث اضطراب می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

endişe

kaygıya neden olan bir zorluk

🇮🇱Hebrew

דאגה

קושי שגורם לחרדה

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