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worrisome, a.|ˈwʌrɪsəm|
[f. worry n. or v. + -some1.]
Apt to cause worry or distress; given to worrying.
1845W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 1st Ser. viii. 107, I..followed the old man into the house, with my feelings getting more and more strange and worrisome at every moment. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. xlv, I must give orders..that you come in at once, with that worrisome cough of yours. 1882H. C. Merivale Faucit of B. II. i. xix. 43 Which is likely..to become before long the highest good of these worrisome days. 1893Harper's Mag. Dec. 61/1 The best an' the most worrisome woman thet God ever made.
So ˈworrisomely adv.
a1699J. Beaumont Psyche xix. vii, How worrisomly cross and peevish were Thy feeble years. 1973Newsweek 23 Apr. 22/1 Three simultaneous crises..that seemed worrisomely different from those of the past. 1981G. McDonald Fletch & Widow Bradley xiii. 51 Charley is a worrisomely tight man... Anything out of the ordinary rattles him. |