worried

Adjective
Synonyms: disquieteddistresseddisturbedupsetapprehensive

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief“too upset to say anything”“spent many disquieted moments”“distressed about her son's leaving home”“lapsed into disturbed sleep”“worried parents”“a worried frown”“one last worried check of the sleeping children”Synonyms: disquieteddistresseddisturbedupset
  2. mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc“apprehensive about her job”“not used to a city and worried about small things”“felt apprehensive about the consequences”Synonyms: apprehensive
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Worry \Wor"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worried; p. pr. & vb. n. Worrying.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in [=a]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. w["u]rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.] [1913 Webster]

1.To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth. [1913 Webster]

A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that had his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. "A church worried with reformation." --South. [1913 Webster]

Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure.— Rowe.[1913 Webster]
Worry him out till he gives consent.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

3.To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

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