WORRYING
Dictionary entry overview: What does worrying mean?
• WORRYING (noun)
The noun WORRYING has 2 senses:
1. the act of harassing someone
2. the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes
Familiarity information: WORRYING used as a noun is rare.
• WORRYING (adjective)
The adjective WORRYING has 1 sense:
1. causing distress or worry or anxiety
Familiarity information: WORRYING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WORRYING (noun)
Meaning:
The act of harassing someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
badgering; bedevilment; worrying; torment
Hypernyms ("worrying" is a kind of...):
harassment; molestation (the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism)
Meaning:
The act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw
Hypernyms ("worrying" is a kind of...):
agitation (the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously))
• WORRYING (adjective)
Meaning:
Causing distress or worry or anxiety
Synonyms:
troubling; perturbing; disturbing; distressing; distressful; worrying; worrisome
Context examples:
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
Similar:
heavy (marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness)
