| Main Entry: | worrisome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome |
Synonyms: |
agonizing, alarming, annoying, anxious, apprehensive, bothersome, burdensome, disquieting, disturbing, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, nervous, taxing, tiresome, trying, uneasy, unnerving, upsetting, vexing, wearisome, worrying |
| Main Entry: | embarrassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating, shaming |
Synonyms: |
awkward, bewildering, compromising, confusing, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, discomfiting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, exasperating, impossible, incommodious, inconvenient, inopportune, mortifying, perplexing, puzzling, rattling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, troubling, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, upsetting, worrisome |
Antonyms: |
comfortable, unshameful |
| Main Entry: | tight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, troublesome |
Synonyms: |
arduous, close, critical, dangerous, distressing, disturbing, exacting, hazardous, near, perilous, precarious, punishing, rough, sticky, tense, ticklish, tough, tricky, trying, upsetting, worrisome |
| Notes: | the choice of 'tight' or 'tightly' depends on whether it is the result or the application that is emphasized; if it is an enduring state, you would use 'tight' |
Antonyms: |
easy, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | vexatious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing, bothersome |
Synonyms: |
afflicting, aggravating, annoying, burdensome, disagreeable, disappointing, disturbing, exasperating, irksome, irritating, mean, nagging, pesky, provoking, teasing, tormenting, troublesome, troublous, trying, ugly, unpleasant, upsetting, wicked, worrisome, worrying |
Antonyms: |
aiding, assisting, helpful, pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | weighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome, difficult |
Synonyms: |
backbreaking, burdensome, crushing, demanding, exacting, exigent, grievous, onerous, oppressive, superincumbent, taxing, tough, worrisome, worrying |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile, solvable |
| Main Entry: | disturbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disquieting |
Synonyms: |
aggravating, agitating, alarming, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, consequential, creepy, depressing, difficult, disagreeable, discomforting, discommoding, discomposing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, distressing, embarrassing, foreboding, frightening, gloomy, harassing, hard, impeding, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, laborious, ominous, onerous, painful, perplexing, perturbing, pessimistic, prophetic, provoking, severe, sinister, startling, threatening, tiresome, toilsome, troublesome, troubling, trying, uncertain, unpleasant, unsettling, upsetting, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying |
| Main Entry: | worrying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troubling |
Synonyms: |
bothersome, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, unsettling, worrisome |
| Main Entry: | distressful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disturbing |
Synonyms: |
anxious, disquieting, disruptive, distressing, nervous, perturbing, troublesome, unsettling, upsetting, worrisome, worrying |
| Main Entry: | perturbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disturbing |
Synonyms: |
aggravating, agitating, alarming, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, consequential, creepy, depressing, difficult, disagreeable, discomforting, discommoding, discomposing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, disruptive, distressful, distressing, embarrassing, foreboding, frightening, gloomy, harassing, hard, impeding, inconvenient, intrusive, irksome, irritating, laborious, ominous, onerous, painful, perplexing, pessimistic, prophetic, provoking, severe, sinister, startling, threatening, tiresome, toilsome, troublesome, troubling, troublous, trying, uncertain, unpleasant, unsettling, upsetting, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying |
| Main Entry: | plaguy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vexatious |
Synonyms: |
afflicting, aggravating, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, disagreeable, disappointing, disturbing, exasperating, galling, irksome, irritating, mean, nagging, nettlesome, pesky, provoking, teasing, tormenting, troublesome, troublous, trying, ugly*, unpleasant, upsetting, wicked, worrisome, worrying |