Vocabulary
Worrisome
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
causing anxiety or concern.
Urdu meaning
تشویشناک، پریشان کن
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The impact on downstream communities is equally worrisome as the country`sirrigation needs depend on a canal network attached to its glacial sources.
- Moreover, the fact that 40pc of children under five suffer from stunting (a condition linked not only to malnutrition but also to long-term cognitive delays and impaired decision-making in adulthood) is worrisome.
- Most worrisome is the return of militancy in the merged districts with the weakening of the administration and justice system.
- With one in two Pakistanis now below the poverty line, and nearly one in four unemployed, the state of Pakistan`s economy has never been as dismal and worrisome as over the past three years.
- The recent surge in attacks on Chinese nationals working on various CPEC projects in Balochistan has been most worrisome.
Synonyms
worrying, daunting, alarming, perturbing, trying, taxing, vexatious, niggling, bothersome
Antonyms
encourage, hearten
Curator example
“a worrisome problem”
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