"worrying" meaning in English

See worrying in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɝijˌɪŋ/ [General-American] Forms: more worrying [comparative], most worrying [superlative]
Etymology: From worry + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|worry|ing}} worry + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} worrying (comparative more worrying, superlative most worrying)
  1. Inducing worry. Translations (inducing worry): хвалю́ючы (xvaljújučy) (Belarusian), preocupant (Catalan), inquietant (Catalan), znepokojivý (Czech), znepokojující (Czech), foruroligende (Danish), verontrustend (Dutch), huolestuttava (Finnish), inquiétant (French), beunruhigend (German), nyugtalanító (Hungarian), preoccupante (Italian), foruroligende (Norwegian Bokmål), alarmerende (Norwegian Bokmål), bekymringsfull (Norwegian Bokmål), niepokojący (Polish), preocupante (Portuguese), волну́ющий (volnújuščij) (Russian), iomagaineach (Scottish Gaelic), preocupante (Spanish), inquietante (Spanish), oroande (Swedish), хвилю́ючий (xvyljújučyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-worrying-en-adj--LFIfPWs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 29 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 56 23 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 13 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 84 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɝijˌɪŋ/ [General-American] Forms: worryings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English werying, equivalent to worry + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|werying}} Middle English werying, {{suffix|en|worry|ing}} worry + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} worrying (plural worryings)
  1. The act of worrying or harassing somebody.
    Sense id: en-worrying-en-noun-oSOa4ycP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɝijˌɪŋ/ [General-American]
Etymology: From worry + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|worry|ing}} worry + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} worrying
  1. present participle and gerund of worry Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: worry
    Sense id: en-worrying-en-verb-aoExU1td
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Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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