worry
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (6)worried, worries, worrying
- be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy“I worry about my job”More general feel, experienceMore specific fear, fuss, fret, obsessSimilar vex
- be concerned with“I worry about my grades”Synonyms: careMore general mindMore specific brood, dwell
- disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress“I cannot sleep — my daughter's health is worrying me”Synonyms: vexMore general perturb, unhingeMore specific eat, nag, misgive
- be on the mind of“I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift”Synonyms: concerninterestoccupyMore general think, cogitateMore specific hang
- lacerate by biting“the dog worried his bone”More general incise
- touch or rub constantly“The old man worried his beads”More general rub
Noun (2)worries
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness“New York traffic is a constant concern”“it's a major worry”Synonyms: concernheadachevexationType of negative stimulusKinds business, burden, bugaboo
- a strong feeling of anxiety“his worry over the prospect of being fired”“it is not work but worry that kills”“he wanted to die and end his troubles”Synonyms: troubleType of anxiety
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Translations
Verb to be troubled
- French
- s'inquiéter
- Italian
- preoccuparsi
- Turkish
- endişelenmek
- Russian
- беспоко́иться bespokóitʹsja
- Arabic
- قَلِقَ qaliqa
- Chinese
- 担心 dānxīn
- Dutch
- zorgen maken
- Swedish
- bekymra
- Greek
- ανησυχώ anisychó
- Korean
- 걱정하다 geokjeonghada
Noun strong feeling of anxiety
- Spanish
- preocupación
- French
- souci
- German
- Sorge
- Italian
- preoccupazione
- Portuguese
- preocupação
- Turkish
- kaygı
- Russian
- беспоко́йство bespokójstvo
- Arabic
- قَلَق qalaq
- Chinese
- 担心 dānxīn
- Japanese
- 心配 shinpai
22 more languages
- Dutch
- zorg
- Polish
- zmartwienie
- Swedish
- bekymmer
- Greek
- ανησυχία anisychía
- Korean
- 걱정 geokjeong
- Hungarian
- aggodalom
- Portuguese (PT)
- preocupação
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 擔心 dānxīn
- Catalan
- preocupació
- Czech
- starost
- Danish
- bekymring
- Esperanto
- ĉagreno
- Estonian
- mure
- Finnish
- huoli
- Hebrew
- דאגה de'aga
- Norwegian
- bekymring
- Romanian
- grijă
- Scottish Gaelic
- iomagain
- Serbo-Croatian
- briga
- Swahili
- dukuduku
- Welsh
- pryder
- Yiddish
- זאָרג zorg
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in āwyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. würgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.
1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
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.— William Shakespeare
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.” Robert South
Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure.— Nicholas Rowe
Worry him out till he gives consent.— Jonathan Swift
3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. colloquial
To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry. “The whir and worry of spindle and of loom.” Sir Thomas Browne
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54