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Worried   /wˈərid/   Listen
Worried

adjective
1.
Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief.  Synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset.  "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"
2.
Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc.  Synonym: apprehensive.  "Not used to a city and worried about small things" , "Felt apprehensive about the consequences"


Worry

verb
(past & past part. worried; pres. part. worrying)
1.
Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.
2.
Be concerned with.  Synonym: care.
3.
Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.  Synonym: vex.
4.
Be on the mind of.  Synonyms: concern, interest, occupy.
5.
Lacerate by biting.
6.
Touch or rub constantly.



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"Worried" Quotes from Famous Books



... remembered what 'twas I wanted to ask you, Mr. Bangs. Me and Zach was talkin' about Miss Martha. I said it seemed to me she had somethin' on her mind, was sort of worried and troubled about ...
— Galusha the Magnificent • Joseph C. Lincoln
... necessary. The servant of Don Camillo hesitated a single instant, but having seen that his half-meditated project of escaping by the use of another boat could not be accomplished for want of means, he took his worried place in the stern, and began to ply ...
— The Bravo • J. Fenimore Cooper
... opportunity, and at the instant when the animal lowered his head to rip me up, I seized him by the horns and drew him within reach, and seized his lip with my teeth, and would no more let go than an English bulldog, while my dogs worried his sides.'" ...
— A Romance of the West Indies • Eugene Sue
... terms of these outlaws all, And be thankful that things have fallen out Exactly as you would have had them fall— You may save the one that you care about; Otherwise, how did you hope to gain Access to her—on what pretence? What were the schemes that worried your brain To tempt her there or to lure her thence? You must have bungled, and raised a scandal About your ears, that might well have shamed The rudest Hun, the veriest Vandal, Long or ever the ...
— Poems • Adam Lindsay Gordon
... later Philip was back in camp. He did not see Thorpe again until after dinner, and then the gang-foreman hunted him up. His face wore a worried look. ...
— Flower of the North • James Oliver Curwood


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