worryingly

wor·ry

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Definitions of worryingly word

verb without object worryingly to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret. 1
verb without object worryingly to move with effort: an old car worrying uphill. 1
verb with object worryingly to torment with cares, anxieties, etc.; trouble; plague. 1
verb with object worryingly to seize, especially by the throat, with the teeth and shake or mangle, as one animal does another. 1
verb with object worryingly to harass by repeated biting, snapping, etc. 1
noun plural worryingly a worried condition or feeling; uneasiness or anxiety. 1

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English weryen, werwen, wyrwyn to strangle, bite, harass, Old English wyrgan to strangle; cognate with German würgen

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

over-trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.