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worrying en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈwʊɹi.ɪŋ/ NG-coalescence
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwʊɹi.ɪŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
• /ˈwʌɾe.ɪŋ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈwʌɹi.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈwɐɹi.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈwʌɹi.ɪŋ/ without the hurry–furry merger
• /ˈwɝ.i.ɪŋ/ hurry–furry merger

Etymology

From worry + -ing.

Meanings

1. Inducing worry.
   • Redundancies accounted for a smaller proportion of the change, although no less significant to those affected. Rail News, BR's staff magazine, included a coda to its August 1964 assessment of the Beeching cuts: "For the individuals involved it is a worrying time [...] Rail News feels deeply for those affected and expresses the sympathy of its readers with them." 2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 39:
   • Moldova did give England's under-employed keeper Joe Hart a worrying moment when Igor Armas sent a free header wide but otherwise it was an easy night. 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:

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Synonyms

disquieting

Translations (29)

be хвалю́ючы (inducing worry) · cs znepokojující (inducing worry) · it preoccupante (inducing worry) · hu nyugtalanító (inducing worry) · sv oroande (inducing worry) · fi huolestuttava (inducing worry) · pt preocupante (inducing worry) · nl verontrustend (inducing worry) · pl niepokojący (inducing worry) · gd iomagaineach (inducing worry) · uk хвилю́ючий (inducing worry) · nb alarmerende (inducing worry) · el ανησυχητικός (inducing worry) · ro alarmant (inducing worry) · ca preocupant (inducing worry) · rsk застаруюци (inducing worry) · da foruroligende (inducing worry) · ru волну́ющий (inducing worry) · fr préoccupant (inducing worry) · rsk бриґуюци (inducing worry) · nb bekymringsfull (inducing worry) · ca inquietant (inducing worry) · nb foruroligende (inducing worry) · de beunruhigend (inducing worry) · cs znepokojivý (inducing worry) · es inquietante (inducing worry) · ro îngrijorător (inducing worry) · es preocupante (inducing worry) · fr inquiétant (inducing worry)

worrying en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈwʊɹi.ɪŋ/ NG-coalescence
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwʊɹi.ɪŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
• /ˈwʌɾe.ɪŋ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈwʌɹi.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈwɐɹi.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈwʌɹi.ɪŋ/ without the hurry–furry merger
• /ˈwɝ.i.ɪŋ/ hurry–furry merger

Etymology

From worry + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of worry
   form of worry

worrying en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈwʊɹi.ɪŋ/ NG-coalescence
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwʊɹi.ɪŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
• /ˈwʌɾe.ɪŋ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈwʌɹi.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈwɐɹi.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈwʌɹi.ɪŋ/ without the hurry–furry merger
• /ˈwɝ.i.ɪŋ/ hurry–furry merger

Etymology

From Middle English werying, equivalent to worry + -ing.

Meanings

1. The act of worrying or harassing somebody.
   • There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle. 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Retribution”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 594:

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