What does worrying mean?
Definitions for worrying
wor·ry·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word worrying.
Princeton's WordNet
badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilmentnoun
the act of harassing someone
worryingadjective
the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes
"vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"
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"
Wiktionary
worryingadjective
Inducing worry.
Webster Dictionary
Worrying
of Worry
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'worrying' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4188
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'worrying' in Adjectives Frequency: #983
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of worrying in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of worrying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of worrying in a Sentence
Some of the things that have been worrying the market have gotten pushed to the side of the table.
You can operate 24 hours a day underground, workers could come and go at any time without worrying about the noise.
He said 'That lava's underneath your house,' really it's worrying; we've been doing a lot of praying.
Those are types of things that I do not think about just because in my field, it’s just very disrespectful to the group here to be worrying about that before worrying about the team.
You know, I think that if parents would spend less time worrying about what their kids watch on TV and more time worrying about what's going on in their kids' lives, this world would be a much better place.
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Translations for worrying
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- preocupantCatalan, Valencian
- preocupanteSpanish
- inquiétant, inquiétanteFrench
- iomagaineachScottish Gaelic
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