Synonyms for worrying
wor·ry·ing

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1. badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilmentnoun

   the act of harassing someone

   Synonyms:
   badgering, anguish, harassment, torture, bedevilment, agony, curse, torment

   Antonyms:
   light

2. worryingadjective

   the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes

   "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"

   Synonyms:
   bedevilment, torment, badgering

   Antonyms:
   light

3. distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worryingadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   perturbing, unreassuring, deplorable, sorry, sad, disturbing, lamentable, distressful, worrisome, troubling, distressing, pitiful

   Antonyms:
   light

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1. worryingadjective

   Synonyms:
   anxious, distressing, carking

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1. List of paraphrases for "worrying":

   disturbing, alarming, worrisome, troubling, disquieting, distressing, unsettling, preoccupying, disconcerting, ominous, concerned, frightening

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1. Tammy Martin:

   I pretty much cry myself to sleep every night worrying about where they are and if a police officer or any random individual tries to pull them over and isn't so nice and hurts them.

2. Milton Garland:

   Don't worry about anything. Worrying never solved anything. All it does is distort your mind.

3. Sir Winston Churchill:

   It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear; about two, nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.

4. Ivan Yordanov:

   This is worrying, these are large economic losses.

5. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz:

   There have been extremely worrying regressions in the protection of indigenous peoples' rights, through its paralysis, the Brazilian state appears to be establishing the conditions for conflict which will ultimately have a devastating impact on indigenous peoples and society as a whole.