Worry

Verb

 * 1)  To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
 * Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.
 * 1)  To harass; to irritate or distress.
 * The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.
 * 1)  Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
 * Your tone of voice worries me.
 * 1)  To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.
 * Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine.
 * 1)  To strangle.

Noun

 * 1) A strong feeling of anxiety.
 * I'm afflicted by worry throughout the night.
 * 1) An instance or cause of such a feeling.
 * My main worry is that I'll miss the train.

Derived terms

 * worried
 * worrisome

Adjectives for Worry
manifold (pi); mental; faint; territorial; eternal; death-dealing.

Verbs for Worry
afflict with—; allay—; bear—; beset with —; betray—; dispel—; drown—; experience——; immerse in—; induce—; occasion—; plunge into—; relieve of—; submerge in—; imburden—; —harasses; —harrows; — haunts; —hounds; —lashes; —oppresses; —plagues; —preys upon; —racks; —rends; —retards; —rings; —shatters; —weighs upon.

Adverbs for Worry
morbidly; miserably; neurotically; perpetually; abnormally; needlessly; desperately.

Thesaurus
ado, afflict, aggravate, aggravation, aggrieve, agitate, ail, anguish, annoy, annoyance, anxiety, bad news, badger, bait, be at, be the matter, bedevil, bedevilment, beleaguer, beset, besetment, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, can of worms, care, carry on, chafe, chivy, complicate matters, concern, concernment, crashing bore, despair, devil, devilment, difficulty, disadvantage, discommode, discompose, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, distress, disturb, dog, dogging, doubt, downer, drag, dun, evil, exasperate, exasperation, exercise, fash, fret, fret and fume, fretting, fuss, get, give up, gnaw, goad, great ado, gripe, harass, harassment, harry, harrying, haunt, headache, heartache, heckle, hector, hound, hounding, inconvenience, irk, matter, miff, mistrust, molest, molestation, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, nuisance, oppress, peck of troubles, peeve, pelt, perplex, persecute, persecution, perturb, pest, pester, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, presentiment, problem, provoke, put out, put to it, puzzle, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, sea of troubles, solicitude, stew, take on, tantalize, tease, test, torment, torture, trial, trouble, try, try the patience, tweak the nose, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, upset, vex, vexation, vexatiousness, woe, worriedness, worries and cares, worriment, worrying, wrong

Etymology
wyrġan. Cognate with German würgen ‘strangle’.

Verb

 * Bosnian: daviti, gušiti
 * French:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: давити, гушити
 * Roman: daviti, gušiti


 * Swedish: sätta tänderna i


 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Japanese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air
 * Swedish: hetsa, ansätta, trakassera


 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: preocupar, amoinar
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הדאיג
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 心配
 * Jèrriais: ouothinner


 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian: uroe
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: бринути
 * Roman: brinuti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: kaygılandırmak,,  endişelendirmek


 * Arabic: قلق
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: preocupar-se, amoinar-se
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: zijn, zich  maken
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Ewe: tsi dzi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: s'inquiéter
 * German: besorgt sein
 * Greek: ανησυχώ
 * Hebrew: דאג


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 心配
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Portuguese: preocupar-se
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: бринути
 * Roman: brinuti
 * Spanish: inquietarse, preocuparse, estar preocupado
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: oroa sig
 * Telugu: చింతించు (chimtimchu)
 * Thai: (tóok rón)

Noun

 * Anglo-Norman:
 * Catalan: preocupació, angoixa
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Ewe: dzitsitsi
 * Finnish: huoli (1,2), harmi (1,2)
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew: דאגה (de'aga)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 心配 (shinpai)
 * Korean:, 근심


 * Kurdish:
 * Luxembourgish: Suerg
 * Macedonian:, гајле
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: iomagain
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: చింత (chinta), దిగులు (digulu)
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Welsh: pryder

Verb
worry


 * 1)  To strangle.