Associations to the word «Worrisome»

Wiktionary

WORRISOME, adjective. Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
WORRISOME, adjective. Said of a person: inclined to worry.

Dictionary definition

WORRISOME, adjective. Not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety.
WORRISOME, adjective. 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".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.