different between uncertain vs worrisome

English

Etymology

un- +? certain

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s??t?n/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t?n

Adjective

uncertain (comparative more uncertain, superlative most uncertain)

1. Not certain; unsure.
   • 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious

     Man, without the protection of a superior Being, […] is […] uncertain of everything that he hopes for.

2. Not known for certain; questionable.

3. Not yet determined; undecided.
4. Variable and subject to change.
5. Fitful or unsteady.

   • Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

6. Unpredictable or capricious.

Antonyms

• certain

Related terms

• uncertainly, uncertainty

Translations

Noun

uncertain pl (plural only)

1. (with "the") Something uncertain.

Anagrams

• N Centauri, centaurin, encurtain, runcinate

English

Etymology

From worry +? -some.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??is?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w??is?m/, /?w??is?m/
• (AAVE) IPA^(key): [?w??(?)s?m]
• (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Adjective

worrisome (comparative more worrisome, superlative most worrisome)

1. Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
   • 2000, Lee Baer, Getting Control (Revised Edition) ?ISBN:

     “Doesn't everyone call his doctor every week or two for reassurance about some worrisome symptom?”

2. (of a person) Inclined to worry.

Translations

Anagrams

• wirerooms