worryingly
adverb
uk/ˈwʌr.i.ɪŋ.li/us/ˈwɝː.i.ɪŋ.li/in a way that makes youfeelworried:
Worryingly, thegunwas neverfound.
Theexamhas a worryingly highfailurerate.
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worrying
- Worryingly,deathfromlungcanceris stillincreasing.
- Theplantslookedworryinglydryandyellow.
- More worryingly, there werereportsthat thediseasehadspread.
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- alarmingly
- bite
- catch up withsomeone
- come back/home to roostidiom
- disturb
- dread
- frighten
- frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
- get/go beyond a jokeidiom
- givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
- givesomeonethe jittersidiom
- rattle
- roost
- stresssomeoneout
- stressful
- suspenseful
- swatting
- tense
- tenseness