different between worrisome vs doubtful

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

English

Alternative forms

• doubtfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English doutfull, douteful, equivalent to doubt +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?tf?l/
• Hyphenation: doubt?ful

Adjective

doubtful (comparative more doubtful, superlative most doubtful)

1. Subject to, or causing doubt.
2. Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical.
3. Undecided or of uncertain outcome.
4. (obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
5. Improbable or unlikely.
6. Suspicious, or of dubious character.
7. Unclear or unreliable.

Derived terms

• doubtfully
• doubtfulness

Translations

Noun

doubtful (plural doubtfuls)

1. A doubtful person or thing.
   • 1976, Kenneth Gibbons, Donald Cameron Rowat, Political Corruption in Canada: Cases, Causes and Cures (page 45)

     They had their lists of Liberals and of the doubtfuls who still remained doubtful. As the election drew near, the force of the whole organization was turned upon these unrepentant doubtfuls.