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WORRISOME
unreassuring, worrisome
(adjective) not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
worrisome (comparative more worrisome, superlative most worrisome)
Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
(of a, person) Inclined to worry.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Wor"ri*some, a.
Definition: Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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