: causing worry : creating reason for worry : troubling
a worrying trend/development
a worrying question
The presence of the knife on the stage of the murder was a worrying circumstance for Wilson.—
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
worryingly
adverb
When the secretary returned, she handed us an envelope that looked worryingly official …
—Caroline Alexander
Caroline Alexander
… money held by households has risen at a worryingly slow rate over the past year …
—The Economist
The Economist
Examples of worrying in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Speaking of which, another worrying trend is the rise in politically motivated property crimes targeting Tesla.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
The Workforce Of The Future will be Enhanced By AI, Not Necessarily Replaced By It
One of the most worrying and pressing issues that many in the business world will be faced with is the potential of job loss caused by AI.
—Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The worrying outlook matched similar warnings from Walmart last month.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
The worrying hack managed to get around protections built into large language models that are supposed to provide guardrails against just this kind of malicious behavior by employing something known as the immersive world jailbreak.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worrying
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
The Workforce Of The Future will be Enhanced By AI, Not Necessarily Replaced By It
One of the most worrying and pressing issues that many in the business world will be faced with is the potential of job loss caused by AI.
—Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The worrying outlook matched similar warnings from Walmart last month.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
The worrying hack managed to get around protections built into large language models that are supposed to provide guardrails against just this kind of malicious behavior by employing something known as the immersive world jailbreak.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worrying
Cite this Entry
“Worrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worrying. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share