worrying

the act of harassing someone

the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes

• “vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw”

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”