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   worry

   /ˈwʌri/

   verb

   • 1. feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems: "he worried about his soldier sons in the war" Similar fretbe worriedbe concernedbe anxiousagonizebrooddwell onpanicget in a paniclose sleepget worked upget in a flusterget overwroughtbe on tenterhooksinformal:have butterflies in one's stomachget stressedget in a flapget in a stateget in a tizz/tizzyget in a sweatsweatget steamed upget in a latherstewtorture oneselftorment oneselfbe in a blue funk
   • ▪ annoy or disturb: "the noise never really stops, but it doesn't worry me" Similar troublebothercause anxietymake anxiousdisturbdistressupsetconcerndisquietdiscomposefretagitateunsettleperturbfrightenalarmscareflusterflurrystressstraintaxharasstormentplaguebedevilbesiegeirkvexprey on one's mindweigh heavily on one's mindweigh downoppressburdenbe a great weight onlie heavy ongnaw atinformal:hasslegive someone a hard timethrowfazerattlebugget todo someone's head indiscombobulatemess with someone's head
   • 2. (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" Similar attacksavagemaulmutilatemanglego fortear attear to piecesclawbitegnaw atlacerateshakepull atmolesttormentpersecute

   noun

   • 1. the state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems: "he's demented with worry" Similar anxietydisturbanceperturbationtroublebotherdistressconcerncareupsetuneasinessuneasedisquietdisquietudedisconcertmentfretfulnessrestlessnessnervousnessnervesagitationedginesstensiontensenessstressstrainapprehensionfearfearfulnessdreadforebodingtrepidationmisgivingangstinformal:butterflies (in the stomach)the williesthe heebie-jeebiesthe shakesthe jumpsjitterinesstwitchiness
   • ▪ a source of anxiety: "he's got financial worries" Similar problemcause for concernnuisancepestplaguetrialtribulationtroubleirritationirritantvexationbanebugbearthorn in one's flesh/sideburdencrosscross to bearinformal:painpain in the neckheadachehasslestress

   Word Origin Old Englishwyrgan ‘strangle’, of West Germanic origin. In Middle English the original sense of the verb gave rise to the meaning ‘seize by the throat and tear’, later figuratively ‘harass’, whence ‘cause anxiety to’ (early 19th century, the date also of the noun).

   Derivatives

   • 1. worrier noun

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