Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with worrying in American Collocation
worrying
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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- One-star words are commonly used
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈwʌriɪŋ/
very
deeply
extremely
particularly
very
It is a deeply worrying situation.
rather
quite
rather
In 2018 she faced a rather worrying time when her son Thomas became ill.
slightly
a bit
a little
slightly
It was getting a little worrying.
change or development
decline
development
increase
rise
tendency
trend
The latest figures show a worrying rise in reported cases of the life-threatening MRSA bug.
The number of deaths of motorcyclists in our region has increased for the last three years, a worrying trend.
sign of something
sign
symptom
Children involved in domestic accidents or who show worrying symptoms of illness are very often taken by parents to their local hospital.
fact
aspect
fact
figures
findings
statistic
The survey revealed the worrying statistic that 47 per cent of respondents had made no provision at all for their retirement.