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- pronunciation:
- wuhr
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
worries, worrying, worried |
| definition 1: |
to feel anxious or troubled; fret.
Don't worry, I'll take care of the problem.His wife worried about him driving on the icy streets.- synonyms:
- fret, sweat, trouble
- similar words:
- agonize, brood, care, despair, dread, fidget, fluster, stew
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| definition 2: |
to move or work with difficulty.
He worried away at his task.- synonyms:
- agonize, labor, sweat
- similar words:
- haul, plod, struggle, toil, trouble
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| related words: |
fear, nag, prey |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause to feel troubled or anxious.
His rebellious behavior worried his parents.It worried her that he hadn't come home yet.It worries me when my mother forgets to take her medicine.- synonyms:
- concern, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, trouble
- similar words:
- agitate, bother, dismay, distract, fluster, fret, fuss, nag, perplex, upset, vex
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| definition 2: |
to bother; harass.
Be quiet and stop worrying your brother.- synonyms:
- bother, disturb, harass, trouble
- similar words:
- annoy, badger, bully, harry, hassle, hector, irritate, nag, pester, plague, tease, torment, vex
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| definition 3: |
to seize and shake repeatedly, esp. with the teeth.
The dog worried the rat it had caught.- similar words:
- bite, lacerate, mangle, shake, tear
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| definition 4: |
to gently press or poke; toy with.
If you continue to worry that cut, it will never heal.- synonyms:
- toy with
- similar words:
- aggravate, disturb, fidget with, jab, poke, scratch
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| related words: |
agonize, ail, beset, burden, discomfort, exercise, gnaw, harass, hound, trouble |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the activity of worrying.
Worry won't help the situation.- synonyms:
- fretting
- similar words:
- brooding, fidgeting
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| definition 2: |
the state of being worried; anxiety.
Her worry was plain to see.His son's negative attitude filled him with worry.- synonyms:
- anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, nervousness
- antonyms:
- ease
- similar words:
- anguish, disquiet, disquietude, distress, dread, fear, foreboding, nerve, solicitude, torment, uncertainty
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| definition 3: |
a cause of troubled or anxious feelings.
Hospital bills have become a big worry for the family.- synonyms:
- anxiety, trouble
- similar words:
- bother, care, concern, difficulty, distress, dread, fear, headache, plague, problem, torment, tribulation, uncertainty, woe
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| related words: |
apprehension, bother, compunction, cross, demon, difficulty, discomfort, discouragement, disturbance, tension, travail, weight |
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| derivations: |
worried (adj.), worryingly (adv.), worrier (n.) |
In Old English, worry meant "to strangle." In the English spoken later, in the 1500s, "worry" meant "to treat roughly." The sense of "to annoy or bother" was first used in 1671.
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