{
    "term": "worrying",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "that makes you worry",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a worrying development"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It must be worrying for you not to know where he is."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is particularly worrying that nobody seems to be in charge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's been a **worrying time** for us all."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The most worrying thing is that she won’t let us help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a worrying sign/trend"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌriɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wo/worrying/worrying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɜːriɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wo/worrying/worrying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}