"worrying" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɝijˌɪŋ/ [General-American] Forms: more worrying [comparative], most worrying [superlative]
Etymology: 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
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: 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 14 14 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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