worried

wor·ry  (wûr, wr)

v. wor·ried (wûrd, wr-), wor·ry·ing, wor·ries (wûrz, wr-)

v.intr.

1. To feel uneasy or concerned about something; be troubled. See Synonyms at brood.

2. To pull or tear at something with or as if with the teeth.

3. To proceed doggedly in the face of difficulty or hardship; struggle: worried along at the problem.

v.tr.

1. To cause to feel anxious, distressed, or troubled. See Synonyms at trouble.

2. To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.

3.

a. To seize with the teeth and shake or tug at repeatedly: a dog worrying a bone.

b. To attack roughly and repeatedly; harass.

c. To touch, move, or handle idly; toy with: worrying the loose tooth with his tongue.

n. pl. wor·ries

1. The act of worrying or the condition of being worried; persistent mental uneasiness. See Synonyms at anxiety.

2. A source of nagging concern or uneasiness.

Idiom:

not to worry Informal

There is nothing to worry about; there is no need to be concerned: "But not to worry: it all...falls into place in the book's second half, where the language is plainer" (Hallowell Bowser).

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[Middle English werien, worien, to strangle, from Old English wyrgan; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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worri·er n.

Word History: Worrying may shorten one's life, but not as quickly as it once did. The ancestor of our word, Old English wyrgan, meant "to strangle." Its Middle English descendant, worien, kept this sense and developed the new sense "to grasp by the throat with the teeth and lacerate" or "to kill or injure by biting and shaking." This is the way wolves or dogs might attack sheep, for example. In the 16th century worry began to be used in the sense "to harass, as by rough treatment or attack," or "to assault verbally," and in the 17th century the word took on the sense "to bother, distress, or persecute." It was a small step from this sense to the main modern senses "to cause to feel anxious or distressed" and "to feel troubled or uneasy," first recorded in the 19th century.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	worried - 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" disquieted, upset, disturbed, distressed troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"
	2.	worried - 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" apprehensive uneasy - lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"; "uneasy about his health"; "gave an uneasy laugh"; "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"; "an uneasy coalition government"; "an uneasy calm"; "an uneasy silence fell on the group"

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worried

adjective anxious, concerned, troubled, upset, afraid, bothered, frightened, wired (slang), nervous, disturbed, distressed, tense, distracted, uneasy, fearful, tormented, distraught, apprehensive, perturbed, on edge, ill at ease, overwrought, fretful, hot and bothered, unquiet, antsy (informal) I'm not worried about the future.
quiet, calm, peaceful, fearless, tranquil, unconcerned, unfazed (informal), unafraid, unworried

Translations

worried [ˈwʌrɪd] ADJ

1. (= anxious) [person] → preocupado; [look] → de preocupación
to be worried → estar preocupado
to be worried about sth → estar preocupado por algo
if I'm late he gets worried → si llego tarde se preocupa
I was getting worried → estaba empezando a preocuparme
you had me worried → me tenías preocupado
to be worried sick or to death (about sth) → estar preocupadísimo or muy preocupado(por algo)
he was worried that she would report him to the police → tenía miedo de que ella lo delatase a la policía

2. (= bothered) I'm not worried → me da igual, me tiene sin cuidado
I'm not worried either way → me da igual una cosa que otra

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worried [ˈwʌrid] adj → inquiet/iète
She's very worried → Elle est très inquiète.
to be worried about sth → se faire du souci pour qch
I'm worried about the exams → Je me fais du souci pour les examens.
His parents were worried about his progress → Ses parents s'inquiétaient de ses progrès.
to be worried about sb → se faire du souci pour qn
to look worried → avoir l'air inquiet
She looks a bit worried → Elle a l'air un peu inquiète.
to be worried that ... → s'inquiéter de ce que ...

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worried

adj → besorgt (about, by wegen); (= anxious also) → beunruhigt; to be worried sick → krank vor Sorge(n) sein (inf)

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worried [ˈwʌrɪd] adj → preoccupato/a
to be worried about sth → essere preoccupato per qc
to be worried sick (fam) → essere preoccupatissimo/a
to be worried to death about sth/sb (fam) → essere molto ansioso/a per qc/qn

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