worrying

Adjective

• causing distress or worry or anxiety
  • distressing (or disturbing) news
    
  • lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
    
  • a disturbing amount of crime
    
  • a revelation that was most perturbing
    
  • a new and troubling thought
    
  • in a particularly worrisome predicament
    
  • a worrying situation
    
  • a worrying time
    

Noun

• the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes
  • vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw
    

• the act of harassing someone

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  distressing , distressful , disturbing , perturbing , troubling , worrisome , badgering , torment , bedevilment