Vocabulary
Worrisome
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
causing anxiety or concern.
Urdu meaning
تشویشناک، پریشان کن
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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What is worrisome though is the threat to `hit them extremely hard` and send Iran `back to the Stone Age`.
Dawn Editorials —
Trump`s hot air
— 2026-04-03
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The six-month cumulative picture of trade imbalance is even more worrisome.
Dawn Editorials —
Export decline
— 2026-01-05
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While the army and law-enforcement agencies made notable gains, the internal security situation remained worrisome.
Dawn Editorials —
Year of living anxiously
— 2025-12-15
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The downward momentum is particularly worrisome, as the decline in November marks the fourth consecutive monthly contraction since August this fiscal year; it exposes structural weaknesses in the fragile export sector.
Dawn Editorials —
Growing trade gap
— 2025-12-04
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The impact on downstream communities is equally worrisome as the country`sirrigation needs depend on a canal network attached to its glacial sources.
Dawn Editorials —
Melting glaciers
— 2025-09-22
Synonyms
worrying, daunting, alarming, perturbing, trying, taxing, vexatious, niggling, bothersome
Antonyms
encourage, hearten
Curator example
“a worrisome problem”
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