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1 preocuparse con
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2 preocupante
adj.1 worrying.2 worrisome, afflictive, afflicting, distressing.* * *► adjetivo1 worrying* * *ADJ worrying* * *adjetivo worrying* * *= alarming, disturbing, worrying, worrisome, troubling.Ex. 71 exhibitors and visitors were interviewed and results showed an alarming ignorance of the library's potential.Ex. For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex. For archivists, automation's power to change the ways people look at, treat, and communicate information is inescapable and worrisome.Ex. A troubling finding is that reference staff seem to regard the Internet as an external resource that users can search independently.----* de manera preocupante = disturbingly.* lo que es aun más preocupante = more disturbingly.* * *adjetivo worrying* * *= alarming, disturbing, worrying, worrisome, troubling.Ex: 71 exhibitors and visitors were interviewed and results showed an alarming ignorance of the library's potential.
Ex: For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex: For archivists, automation's power to change the ways people look at, treat, and communicate information is inescapable and worrisome.Ex: A troubling finding is that reference staff seem to regard the Internet as an external resource that users can search independently.* de manera preocupante = disturbingly.* lo que es aun más preocupante = more disturbingly.* * *worrying* * *
preocupante adjetivo
worrying
' preocupante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
turbador
- turbadora
English:
distressing
- frequency
- worrying
* * *preocupante adjworrying;lo preocupante es que no haya llamado todavía the worrying thing is that she still hasn't phoned* * *adj worrying* * *preocupante adj: worrisome -
3 inquietante
adj.1 worrying.2 disquieting, distressing, distressful, alarming.* * *► adjetivo1 disturbing* * *ADJ worrying, disturbing* * ** * *= disquieting, worrisome, unsettling, disturbing, unnerving, enervating.Ex. A girl strokes its keys languidly and looks about the room and sometimes at the speaker with a disquieting gaze.Ex. For archivists, automation's power to change the ways people look at, treat, and communicate information is inescapable and worrisome.Ex. These two fondly remembered programs often presented speculative and unsettling political visions of American society.Ex. For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.Ex. Librarians have an unnerving habit of assuming that all libraries and all patrons are the same.Ex. Plato warned that too much music of any kind was enervating to personal will and would `make a soft warrior'.----* de manera inquietante = eerily.* evocador e inquietante = haunting.* lo que es aun más inquietante = more disturbingly.* * ** * *= disquieting, worrisome, unsettling, disturbing, unnerving, enervating.Ex: A girl strokes its keys languidly and looks about the room and sometimes at the speaker with a disquieting gaze.
Ex: For archivists, automation's power to change the ways people look at, treat, and communicate information is inescapable and worrisome.Ex: These two fondly remembered programs often presented speculative and unsettling political visions of American society.Ex: For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.Ex: Librarians have an unnerving habit of assuming that all libraries and all patrons are the same.Ex: Plato warned that too much music of any kind was enervating to personal will and would `make a soft warrior'.* de manera inquietante = eerily.* evocador e inquietante = haunting.* lo que es aun más inquietante = more disturbingly.* * *‹noticia/cifras› disturbing, worrying; ‹síntoma› worrying* * *
inquietante adjetivo ‹noticia/cifras› disturbing, worrying;
‹ síntoma› worrying
inquietante adjetivo worrying
' inquietante' also found in these entries:
English:
disquieting
- distressing
- disturbing
- perturbing
- unsettling
- worrying
- eerie
- haunting
* * *inquietante adjworrying* * *adj worrying* * *inquietante adj: disturbing, worrisome -
4 angustioso
adj.distressful, anguished, agonizing, distressing.* * *► adjetivo1 (situación) distressing, worrying; (mirada) anguished* * *(f. - angustiosa)adj.1) anguished, distressed2) distressing* * *ADJ1) (=angustiado) [sensación] distressed, anguished; [voz, mirada] anguished2) (=agobiante) [habitación, espacio] oppressive; [problema, recuerdo, situación] distressing3) (=doloroso) (lit) agonizing; (fig) heartbreaking* * ** * *= harrowing, agonising [agonizing, -USA], agonised [agonized, -USA], distressing, gut-wrenching, nightmarish.Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.Ex. Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an ' agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.Ex. He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.Ex. In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.* * ** * *= harrowing, agonising [agonizing, -USA], agonised [agonized, -USA], distressing, gut-wrenching, nightmarish.Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
Ex: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an ' agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.Ex: He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.Ex: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.* * *angustioso -sa‹situación› distressing; ‹mirada/grito› anguished* * *
angustioso◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ situación› distressing;
‹mirada/grito› anguished
angustioso,-a adjetivo distressing
' angustioso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
angustiosa
- desesperante
English:
distressing
- nerve-racking
- agonizing
- harrowing
* * *angustioso, -a adj[espera] anxious; [situación, noticia] distressing* * *adj agonizing* * *angustioso, -sa adj1) : anguished, distressed2) : distressing, worrisome -
5 aprensivo
adj.1 apprehensive, anxious, worrisome, fearful.2 scrupulous, squeamish, too fussy.m.worrier.* * *► adjetivo1 apprehensive► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 apprehensive* * *ADJ (=preocupado) apprehensive, worried; (=escrupuloso) squeamish* * *- va adjetivo* * *= apprehensive, sinking.Ex. The author makes recommendations encouraging a less apprehensive and more integrative and developmental view of the social effects of children's computer use.Ex. He was overcome by the sinking realization that he was going to have to work day and night to prepare something he could be proud of by next Friday.* * *- va adjetivo* * *= apprehensive, sinking.Ex: The author makes recommendations encouraging a less apprehensive and more integrative and developmental view of the social effects of children's computer use.
Ex: He was overcome by the sinking realization that he was going to have to work day and night to prepare something he could be proud of by next Friday.* * *aprensivo -vaoveranxiouses muy aprensivo he worries a lot, he's such a worrier* * *
aprensivo◊ -va adjetivo: es muy aprensivo he's such a worrier
aprensivo,-a adjetivo apprehensive
' aprensivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aprensiva
- escrupulosa
- escrupuloso
English:
apprehensive
- nervous
- overanxious
- squeamish
* * *aprensivo, -a adj1. [miedoso] apprehensive2. [escrupuloso] squeamish3. [hipocondríaco] hypochondriac* * *adj apprehensive* * *aprensivo, -va adj: apprehensive, worried -
6 inseguro
adj.1 insecure, in the air, dubious, groping.2 doubtful, worrisome.3 uncertain, doubtful, unlikely, improbable.4 unsafe, precarious.5 unsteady, waggling, waggly.* * *► adjetivo1 (sin confianza) insecure2 (que duda) uncertain3 (peligroso) unsafe* * *(f. - insegura)adj.1) insecure2) unsafe* * *ADJ1) (=peligroso) [zona, negocio, conducción] unsafe2) (=sin confianza) insecure3) (=sin estabilidad) [paso, estructura] unsteady4) (=incierto) [clima] unpredictable; [persona] uncertain, unsure (de about, of)[futuro] insecure* * *- ra adjetivoa) ( falto de confianza) insecureb) (falto de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteadyc) <situación/futuro> insecured) <ciudad/barrio> unsafe, dangerous* * *= insecure, uncertainly, faltering, unsecured, unsafe, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.].Ex. The public library, then, faces the future from a somewhat insecure position.Ex. 'Look, you want to do this, don't you?' he coaxed her and she nodded uncertainly.Ex. In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.Ex. This will leave you with the choice of locking out a bunch of users or leaving your network unsecured.Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.Ex. The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.* * *- ra adjetivoa) ( falto de confianza) insecureb) (falto de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteadyc) <situación/futuro> insecured) <ciudad/barrio> unsafe, dangerous* * *= insecure, uncertainly, faltering, unsecured, unsafe, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.].Ex: The public library, then, faces the future from a somewhat insecure position.
Ex: 'Look, you want to do this, don't you?' he coaxed her and she nodded uncertainly.Ex: In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.Ex: This will leave you with the choice of locking out a bunch of users or leaving your network unsecured.Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.Ex: The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.* * *inseguro -ra1 (falto de confianza) insecure, unconfident2 (falto de firmeza, estabilidad) ‹persona› unsteady; ‹estructura› unsteady, unstable3 ‹situación/futuro› insecure4 ‹ciudad/barrio› unsafe, dangerous* * *
inseguro◊ -ra adjetivo
inseguro,-a adjetivo
1 (sin confianza) insecure
2 (vacilante) uncertain
3 (peligroso) unsafe
' inseguro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bambolearse
- insegura
- incierto
English:
insecure
- rocky
- shaky
- uneasy
- unsafe
- unsure
- hesitant
- unsteadily
- unsteady
* * *inseguro, -a adj1. [sin confianza] insecure3. [no estable] unsafe, unstable4. [peligroso] unsafe* * *adj1 persona insecure2 estructura unsteady3 ( peligroso) dangerous, unsafe* * *inseguro, -ra adj1) : insecure2) : unsafe3) : uncertain* * *inseguro adj1. (persona, trabajo) insecure2. (lugar, coche) unsafe / not safe4. (tiempo, futuro) uncertain -
7 atosigador
adj.1 poisonous.2 (fig.) Pestering, harassing, harrying (que apremia).m.1 poisoner.2 harasser, tormentor.* * *► adjetivo1 harassing, pressing► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 oppressor, tormentor* * *ADJ1) (=venenoso) poisonous2) (=que importuna) pestering, worrisome; (=que presiona) pressing -
8 angustioso
• agonizing• anguished• distressed• distressful• distressing• harrier eagle• harrowing experience• nerve impulse• nerve specialist• worrier• worrisome issue -
9 aprensivo
• apprehensive• squeamish• worried-sick• worrier• worriment• worrisome issue -
10 concernirse acerca de
• care about• have command over• have confidence in• worrisome issue• worry about trifles -
11 cuidarse de
• care about• worrisome issue• worry about trifles -
12 dolor de cabeza
• cephalalgia• cephalea• head wind• headband• preoccupation• worrisome• worry about -
13 inseguro
• doubtful• dubious• grope one's way• gropingly• improbable• in the afternoon• in the arms of Morpheus• insectivorous• insecurely• precarious• uncertain• unlikely• unsure• up in the air• waggle• waggon• worrier• worrisome issue -
14 preocupación
• anxious care• concern• fretfulness• preoccupancy• preoccupation• worriedly• worrisome• worry about• worry oneself to death• worryingly -
15 preocupado
• concerned• distressed• fretful• ill at ease• preoccupied• trouble solving• troubled countries• uneasy• worn spot• worried-sick• worrier• worrisome issue -
16 preocupante
• afflicting• afflictive• distressing• disturbing• troubleshooting• troublous• worrier• worrisome issue -
17 preocuparse acerca de
• anguish over• fuss over• worrisome issue• worry about trifles -
18 preocuparse de
• have on hand• have on the brain• worrisome issue• worry about trifles -
19 preocuparse por
• be bothered with• bother about• bother one's head about• care about• concern about• reck about• worrisome issue• worry about trifles -
20 quebradero de cabeza
• preoccupation• worrisome• worry about
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См. также в других словарях:
Worrisome — Wor ri*some, a. Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
worrisome — index problematic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
worrisome — 1845, from WORRY (Cf. worry) + SOME (Cf. some). Related: Worrisomely … Etymology dictionary
worrisome — [adj] troublesome agonizing, alarming, annoying, anxious, apprehensive, bothersome, burdensome, disquieting, disturbing, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, nervous, taxing, tiresome, trying, uneasy, unnerving, upsetting, vexing, wearisome,… … New thesaurus
worrisome — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing anxiety or concern … English terms dictionary
worrisome — [wʉr′isəm] adj. 1. causing worry or anxiety 2. having a tendency to worry worrisomely adv … English World dictionary
worrisome — adjective Date: 1833 1. causing distress or worry < worrisome news > 2. inclined to worry or fret < investors feeling worrisome > • worrisomely adverb • worrisomeness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
worrisome — worrisomely, adv. /werr ee seuhm, wur /, adj. 1. worrying, annoying, or disturbing; causing worry: a worrisome problem. 2. inclined to worry. [1835 45; WORRY + SOME1] Syn. 1. vexing, troublesome, trying, irksome. * * * … Universalium
worrisome — wor|ri|some [ˈwʌrisəm US ˈwə:ri ] adj formal making you anxious ▪ a worrisome problem … Dictionary of contemporary English
worrisome — wor|ri|some [ wʌrisəm ] adjective causing you to feel worried: WORRYING: a worrisome rise in inflation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
worrisome — [[t]wʌ̱rɪsəm, AM wɜ͟ːr [/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is worrisome causes people to worry. [mainly AM] Syn: worrying (in BRIT, usually use worrying) … English dictionary
