worrisome
wor·ri·some
adjective
1.
not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
2.
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”
Origin
From worry + -some.
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