worriment

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noun

The act of worrying; anxiety.

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Meanings

nounworriment (countable and uncountable, plural worriments)

plural worriments · alternative worryment

  1. countableuncountableThe act of worrying; anxiety.

    Maybe he feared that himself, John Guthrie, his rage was his worriment with the night […].

    1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 46
  2. countableuncountableA worrying situation or thing.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna difficulty that causes anxiety

Similar
troublesomenessinconvenience
Broader
difficultydifficultness
Also see
inconveniencetroublesomeness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From worry + -ment.

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APA

worriment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worriment

MLA

“worriment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worriment. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worriment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worriment.

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