worried
Meaning of worried
adjective
- anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.
Michelle knew that her friends were very worried about her
there was a worried frown on his face
he is worried that we are not sustaining high employment
- feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.
he worried about his soldier sons in the war
I began to worry whether I had done the right thing
there was no need to worry her
- (of a dog or other carnivorous animal) tear at or pull about with the teeth.
I found my dog contentedly worrying a bone
Old English wyrgan ‘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).
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Hyphenation of worried
wor-ried
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- worried is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
worried synonyms
Meaning disquieted:
disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset
Meaning apprehensive:
Meaning feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome:
Meaning feeling anxiety or concern; unsettled:
Meaning showing distress or anxiety:
Meaning concerned about something:
Meaning worried, troubled, or anxious:
Meaning very worried and upset:
Meaning causing or feeling anxiety; troubled or uncomfortable:
Meaning feeling or expressing distress or irritation:
Meaning be constantly or visibly anxious:
Meaning feeling or appearing troubled or nervous:
Meaning anxious or apprehensive:
Meaning tense, nervous, or irritable:
Meaning causing or characterized by anxiety and nervousness:
Meaning in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety:
Meaning (of a person) anxious and uneasy:
Meaning experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension:
Meaning unable to concentrate because one is preoccupied by something worrying or unpleasant:
Meaning feeling or showing fear or anxiety:
Meaning feeling fear or anxiety; frightened:
Meaning afraid or anxious:
Meaning fearful; frightened:
Meaning (especially of the earth) shake or tremble:
Meaning shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty:
Meaning anxious or angry in a tense and overly controlled way:
Meaning harass; pester:
Meaning nervous or unable to relax:
Meaning nervous; anxious:
Meaning making use of computers to transfer or receive information, especially by means of the internet:
Meaning make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds:
Meaning (of a person) nervous or anxious about something:
Meaning agitated, impatient, or restless:
Meaning sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease:
Meaning frighten; unnerve:
Meaning relating to or resembling a squirrel:
Meaning on edge; ill at ease:
Meaning (of a piano) having strings in sets crossing each other obliquely:
Meaning unable to be still; restless:
Meaning undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something:
Meaning think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried:
Meaning feel or cause to feel panic:
Meaning worry about (something):
Meaning worry about something, especially on one's own:
Meaning worrying or disturbing:
Meaning on the subject of or in connection with; about:
Meaning causing anxiety or concern:
Meaning seeming difficult to deal with in prospect; intimidating:
Meaning causing anxiety or concern; unsettling:
Meaning difficult or annoying; hard to endure:
Meaning physically or mentally demanding:
Meaning causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry:
Meaning causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety:
Meaning annoying; troublesome:
Meaning causing difficulty or annoyance:
Meaning causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing:
Meaning the action of subjecting someone to aggressive pressure or intimidation:
Meaning persistently harass:
Meaning acutely distressing:
Meaning causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting:
Meaning causing concern and distress:
Meaning inducing feelings of anxiety or worry:
Meaning causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry:
Meaning deeply disturbing or distressing:
Meaning causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable:
Meaning causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with:
Meaning needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand:
Meaning (of a task, problem, etc.) requiring care and skill because difficult or awkward:
Meaning having many thorns or thorn bushes:
Meaning constituting or presenting a problem:
Meaning a hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or mound:
Meaning frightening; causing fear:
Meaning covered with hair:
Meaning tending or designed to stick to things on contact:
Meaning covered in prickles:
worried antonyms
Meaning free from anxiety or responsibility:
Meaning not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions:
Meaning showing a lack of worry or interest, especially when this is surprising or callous:
Translation of worried
- Italian: preoccupato, inquieto, ansioso, apprensivo
Anagrams of worried
Words that rhyme with worried
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