worrying

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: badgeringtormentbedevilmentdistressingdistressfuldisturbingperturbingtroublingworrisome

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the act of harassing someoneSynonyms: badgeringtormentbedevilment
  2. the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes“vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw”

Adjective (1)

  1. causing distress or worry or anxiety“distressing (or disturbing) news”“lived in heroic if something distressful isolation”“a disturbing amount of crime”“a revelation that was most perturbing”“a new and troubling thought”“in a particularly worrisome predicament”“a worrying situation”“a worrying time”Synonyms: distressingdistressfuldisturbingperturbingtroublingworrisome
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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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