Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WORRYING

ppr. Teasing; troubling; harassing; fatiguing; tearing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WORRYINGLY

WORRYINGLY Wor "ry *ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a worrying manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

worrying

wor ry ing |ˈwərē -iNG ˈwɜːriɪŋ | ▶adjective causing anxiety about actual or potential problems; alarming: a worrying health risk. DERIVATIVES wor ry ing ly adverb [ as submodifier ] : trade deficits are worryingly large

 

Oxford Dictionary

worrying

worry |ing |ˈwʌrɪɪŋ | ▶adjective causing anxiety about actual or potential problems; alarming: a worrying health risk. DERIVATIVES worryingly adverb [ as submodifier ] : trade deficits are worryingly large

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

worrying

worrying adjective See worrisome.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

worrying

worrying adjective their financial situation was very worrying: alarming, worrisome, daunting, perturbing, trying, taxing, vexatious, niggling, bothersome, troublesome, unsettling, harassing, harrying, harrowing, nerve-racking; distressing, dismaying, disquieting, upsetting, traumatic, unpleasant, awkward, difficult, tricky, thorny, problematic, grave; informal scary, hairy, sticky, prickly, anxious-making.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

worrying

w ó r ry ing 形容詞 ｟主に英 ｠心配させる, 気がかりな 〈傾向 時など 〉; やっかいな (｟主に米 ｠worrisome ).～ly 副詞