Synonyms for worrisome
ˈwɜr i səm, ˈwʌr-wor·ri·some

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1. unreassuring, worrisomeadjective

   not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety

   Synonyms:
   distressing, worrying, perturbing, disturbing, distressful, troubling, unreassuring

   Antonyms:
   light

2. distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worryingadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   perturbing, unreassuring, worrying, deplorable, sorry, sad, disturbing, lamentable, distressful, troubling, distressing, pitiful

   Antonyms:
   light

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1. List of paraphrases for "worrisome":

   worrying, disturbing, troubling, alarming, disquieting, distressing, ominous, preoccupying, unsettling

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1. Gus Faucher:

   It's very worrisome — not only for these individuals, but for what it says about the recovery.

2. Scott Bechtel:

   Being a parent is hard enough, the last thing you ever want is to see your child sick or different from other kids. Over the years, we’ve seen the faces of so many parents brightened when they place that custom-wrapped helmet on their child’s head. A little color andfuncan really bring light to an otherwise worrisome situation.

3. Juan Mendez:

   It's hard to tell only from the video or the press coverage but I do think that it's a very worrisome development that can amount to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under any circumstance....

4. Carrie Sauer:

   We are going to do everything we can to make sure it doesn’t happen again, but I feel like...the frauds are getting better and better and better, they’re harder to spot and that’s quite worrisome.

5. Bob Corker:

   They are in a downward spiral right now and have got to figure out a way to come to grips with all that's happening, you know the shame of it is there's a really good national security team in place, there's good productive things that are underway through them, and through others. But the chaos that is being created by the lack of discipline is creating an environment that I think — it creates a worrisome environment.