worrying

adjective

wor·ry·ing ˈwər-ē-iŋ

ˈwə-rē-

Synonyms of worrying next

: causing worry : creating reason for worry : troubling

a worrying trend/development

a worrying question

The presence of the knife on the stage of the murder was a worrying circumstance for Wilson.—

Mark Twain

worryingly adverb

When the secretary returned, she handed us an envelope that looked worryingly official … —

Caroline Alexander

… money held by households has risen at a worryingly slow rate over the past year … —

The Economist

Examples of worrying in a Sentence

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The murky information was a worrying sign in a country in the grip of widespread gang violence. —

Evens Sanon and Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024 That's a worrying sign to anyone who may have been banking on zombies starving to death in the intervening years. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 Tens of thousands of people have expressed support on social media for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, or sympathized with it, in what at least one researcher is calling a worrying sign of radicalization among segments of the U.S. population. —

Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024 What Biden can do Meanwhile, worrying signs keep cropping up. —

Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for worrying