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Worry
ˈwʌri
Worry definitions
verb
worries
worrying
worried
worry
- feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems
"he worried about his soldier sons in the war"
alarming concerning worrisome daunting perturbing trying taxing vexatious niggling bothersome troublesome unsettling harassing harrying harrowing nerve-racking fret be worried be concerned be anxious agonize brood dwell on panic get in a panic lose sleep get worked up get in a fluster get overwrought be on tenterhooks- cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems
"there was no need to worry her"
- annoy or disturb
"the noise never really stops, but it doesn't worry me"
- (of a dog or other carnivorous animal) tear at or pull about with the teeth
"I found my dog contentedly worrying a bone"
- (of a dog) chase and attack (livestock, especially sheep)
"a farmer shot a dog that had been worrying sheep"
noun
worries
worry
- the state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems
"he's demented with worry"
anxiety disturbance perturbation trouble bother distress concern care upset uneasiness unease disquiet disquietude disconcertment fretfulness restlessness nervousness nerves agitation edginess tension tenseness stress strain- a source of anxiety
"he's got financial worries"