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as in disturbing
causing worry or anxiety
the patient's erratic behavior has become increasingly worrisome
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as in uneasy
marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings
worrisome looks passed between the two coworkers as the personnel manager began to enumerate the company's financial woes
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Recent Examples of worrisome
Less studied, but no less worrisome, is what long-duration space flight can do to an astronaut’s cognitive abilities.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Incoming Falling Back Under North Korean Assault, A Ukrainian Brigade Turned A River Into A Natural Barrier
More worrisome is the cinematography.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Extra rare is another temperature category and means a steak is only cooked to 115 degrees - which isn't as worrisome as eating raw beef, but is still far from being considered safe to eat.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
So, bird flu, is this report out of Louisiana worrisome?
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Incoming Falling Back Under North Korean Assault, A Ukrainian Brigade Turned A River Into A Natural Barrier
More worrisome is the cinematography.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Extra rare is another temperature category and means a steak is only cooked to 115 degrees - which isn't as worrisome as eating raw beef, but is still far from being considered safe to eat.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
So, bird flu, is this report out of Louisiana worrisome?
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worrisome
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While the Eagles triumphed 22-10, advancing to the NFC Divisional Round, the victory was overshadowed by the disturbing exchange in the stands.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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The disturbing new figures are inching close to the same number of people — 1.5 million— who were internally displaced by Haiti’s cataclysmic earthquake, which struck 15 years ago on Jan. 12, 2010.Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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The addition of such real-life clips—including that of the anchor Jim McKay—gives September 5 a documentary-like feel, cleverly immersing viewers into the uneasy headspace of those inside the studio.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Congress passed the law that would force a sale in April with bipartisan support as lawmakers from both parties have been uneasy over the app’s ties to China.Nik Popli, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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The unsettling echo of the book’s title struck me and many others.Jay Feinman, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ben Stiller directs six of those entries (notably, the first and final three) with an unsettling symmetry; balancing and unbalancing compositions in order to undercut the inherent comforts of routine and uniformity.Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
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Beyond those under mandatory evacuation, many more, including many families and anxious pet owners, have left because of poor air quality or general wariness of the county’s precarious state.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Interview Crush on the Cross: An Interview with Anthony Oliveira Jason Kirk The author of Dayspring discusses queerness, Christianity, and the anxious sense that history is over.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Naval News' reporting paints a troubling image of China's new potential capabilities of bypassing Taipei's defenses and landing in Taiwan with heavy military equipment.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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While the possible deployment of a cell-site simulator at the DNC has raised more questions than answers, for privacy and civil liberties advocates, the implications are troubling nonetheless.Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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The week’s biggest stories (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) A flare-up of the Palisades fire forced more evacuations as L.A. reels from staggering losses Los Angeles faced another tense night as the Palisades fire moved northeast, prompting new mandatory evacuations.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The Palestinian Authority is engaged in a tense standoff with a coalition of militants based in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank.Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
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The glorious few who still worry about the decline of Palm Beach society speculated wildly that Trump was planning to legalize gambling and build a casino, or — the truly frightening possibility — subdivide his acreage and sell houses.Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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In a cast full of mothers, the women are naturally sympathetic, triggered by the idea that something that frightening could happen to them too – only to be a little flummoxed at the full picture as more details started to come out.Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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But that didn’t stop Greenbaum from being a little nervous about screening the film for Harper and Will.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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During this time, his nervous pacing was broken by fits of crying and sobbing.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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