Worrisome — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety

causing distress or worry or anxiety

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈʌɹisˌʌm/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈʌɹisˌʌm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈʌɹisˌʌm/

3 syllables Say it as /wˈʌɹisˌʌm/.

Examples

distressing (or disturbing) news
lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
a disturbing amount of crime

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

perturbing distressful worrying troubling distressing disturbing unreassuring

Antonyms

reassuring

Parts of Speech

adjective	not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
adjective	causing distress or worry or anxiety “distressing (or disturbing) news”

Word Forms

distressfulness

noun

the quality of arousing fear or distress

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

besorgniserregend

nicht beruhigend; neigt dazu, Angst auszulösen

🇫🇷French

inquiétant

pas rassurant ; tendant à provoquer de l'anxiété

🇪🇸Spanish

inquietante

no tranquilizador; tiende a causar ansiedad

🇮🇹Italian

preoccupante

non rassicurante; tendente a provocare ansia

🇳🇱Dutch

zorgelijk

niet geruststellend; de neiging om angst te veroorzaken

🇵🇹Portuguese

preocupante

não é tranquilizador; tendendo a causar ansiedade

🇷🇺Russian

тревожный

не обнадеживает; имеет тенденцию вызывать беспокойство

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चिंताजनक

आश्वस्त नहीं; चिंता पैदा करने की प्रवृत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

উদ্বেগজনক

আশ্বস্ত নয়; উদ্বেগ সৃষ্টি করার প্রবণতা

🇮🇳Tamil

கவலைக்குரியது

உறுதியளிக்கவில்லை; கவலையை ஏற்படுத்த முனைகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

చింతించే

భరోసా లేదు; ఆందోళన కలిగిస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

चिंताजनक

आश्वस्त नाही; चिंता निर्माण करण्याची प्रवृत्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચિંતાજનક

આશ્વાસન આપતું નથી; ચિંતા પેદા કરવાનું વલણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಿಂತಾಜನಕ

ಆಶ್ವಾಸನೆ ನೀಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಆತಂಕವನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುವ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആശങ്കാജനകമായ

ആശ്വസിപ്പിക്കുന്നതല്ല; ഉത്കണ്ഠ ഉണ്ടാക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਿੰਤਾਜਨਕ

ਭਰੋਸਾ ਨਹੀਂ; ਚਿੰਤਾ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

تشویشناک

یقین دلانے والا نہیں؛ اضطراب پیدا کرنے کا رجحان

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

令人担忧的

不让人放心；容易引起焦虑

🇯🇵Japanese

心配な

安心できるものではありません。不安を引き起こしやすい

🇰🇷Korean

꺼림칙한

안심할 수 없습니다. 불안을 유발하는 경향이 있음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đáng lo ngại

không yên tâm; có xu hướng gây lo lắng

🇹🇭Thai

น่าเป็นห่วง

ไม่มั่นใจ; มีแนวโน้มจะทำให้เกิดความวิตกกังวล

🇮🇩Indonesian

mencemaskan

tidak meyakinkan; cenderung menimbulkan kecemasan

🇵🇭Filipino

nakakabahala

hindi nakakatiyak; may posibilidad na magdulot ng pagkabalisa

🇲🇾Malay

membimbangkan

tidak meyakinkan; cenderung menimbulkan kebimbangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مثير للقلق

لا يطمئن؛ تميل إلى إثارة القلق

🇮🇷Persian

نگران کننده

اطمینان بخش نیست؛ تمایل به ایجاد اضطراب

🇹🇷Turkish

endişe verici

güven verici değil; kaygıya neden olma eğiliminde

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַדְאִיג

לא מרגיע; נוטה לגרום לחרדה

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