worrisome
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/ˈwʌɹisəm/
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/ˈwʌɹisəm/ · /ˈwɜːɹisəm/ · [ˈwɜː(ə)səm]
Definition of worrisome
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
“He ’s got a cow, too; she ’s got the worrisomest horns ever was. I believe she ’s a steer anyway.”
“OUR “WORRISOMEST” WEEDS / Johnson grass and Bermuda grass will be growing fast by late May.”
““[…] Just supposing Emily poisoned him, why would she have done it? What could she have against a four-year-old?” / Star sighed. “Mr. Hacey, you do ask me the worrisomest questions. How I know why somebody who maybe didn’t even poison somebody come to poison that somebody?””
““Doesn't everyone call his doctor every week or two for reassurance about some worrisome symptom?””
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adj
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Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
“He ’s got a cow, too; she ’s got the worrisomest horns ever was. I believe she ’s a steer anyway.”
“OUR “WORRISOMEST” WEEDS / Johnson grass and Bermuda grass will be growing fast by late May.”
““[…] Just supposing Emily poisoned him, why would she have done it? What could she have against a four-year-old?” / Star sighed. “Mr. Hacey, you do ask me the worrisomest questions. How I know why somebody who maybe didn’t even poison somebody come to poison that somebody?””
““Doesn't everyone call his doctor every week or two for reassurance about some worrisome symptom?””
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Inclined to worry.
“I use to would perform that song when I was singin in Chance’s band. We had a real sweet, dreamy, Dinah Washington-kinda arrangement of it that’d make even the worrisomest drunk pipe down and listen.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From worry + -some.
Words you can make from worrisome
173 playable · top: MORROWS (12 pts)
Best play morrows 12 points7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
21 words5-letter words
38 words- MEOWS 10 pts
- MOWER 10 pts
- WORMS 10 pts
- OWIES 8 pts
- RESOW 8 pts
- ROWER 8 pts
- SEROW 8 pts
- SOWER 8 pts
- SWORE 8 pts
- WEIRS 8 pts
- WIRER 8 pts
- WIRES 8 pts
- WISER 8 pts
- WOOER 8 pts
- WORSE 8 pts
- WRIER 8 pts
- WRIES 8 pts
- EMIRS 7 pts
- MIRES 7 pts
- MISER 7 pts
- MOIRE 7 pts
- MOORS 7 pts
- MOOSE 7 pts
- MORES 7 pts
- MORRO 7 pts
- MORSE 7 pts
- OMERS 7 pts
- ORMER 7 pts
- RIMER 7 pts
- RIMES 7 pts
- ROMEO 7 pts
- ROOMS 7 pts
- OORIE 5 pts
- ORRIS 5 pts
- OSIER 5 pts
- RISER 5 pts
- ROOSE 5 pts
- SORER 5 pts
4-letter words
46 words- MEOW 9 pts
- MEWS 9 pts
- MOWS 9 pts
- SMEW 9 pts
- SWIM 9 pts
- WORM 9 pts
- OWES 7 pts
- OWIE 7 pts
- OWSE 7 pts
- ROWS 7 pts
- WEIR 7 pts
- WIRE 7 pts
- WISE 7 pts
- WOES 7 pts
- WOOS 7 pts
- WORE 7 pts
- EMIR 6 pts
- EMOS 6 pts
- MIRE 6 pts
- MIRS 6 pts
- MISE 6 pts
- MISO 6 pts
- MOOR 6 pts
- MOOS 6 pts
- MORE 6 pts
- MORS 6 pts
- OMER 6 pts
- REMS 6 pts
- RIME 6 pts
- RIMS 6 pts
- ROMS 6 pts
- ROOM 6 pts
- SEMI 6 pts
- SOME 6 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- ERRS 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROOS 4 pts
- ROSE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SORE 4 pts
- SORI 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- MEW 8 pts
- MOW 8 pts
- OWE 6 pts
- ROW 6 pts
- SEW 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- WIS 6 pts
- WOE 6 pts
- WOO 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- EMS 5 pts
- ISM 5 pts
- MES 5 pts
- MIR 5 pts
- MIS 5 pts
- MOI 5 pts
- MOO 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MOS 5 pts
- OMS 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- RIM 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- SIM 5 pts
- SOM 5 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
2-letter words
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