Worried

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Worry \Wor"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Worrying}.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in
     [=a]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG.
     wurgen, G. w["u]rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E.
     wring.]
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     1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly;
        also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
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              A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
              That dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
              To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. --Shak.
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     2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an
        anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret;
        to trouble; to plague. "A church worried with
        reformation." --South.
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              Let them rail,
              And worry one another at their pleasure. --Rowe.
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              Worry him out till he gives consent.  --Swift.
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     3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  worry
       n 1: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of
            unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern";
            "it's a major worry" [syn: {concern}, {headache}, {vexation}]
       2: a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of
          being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he
          wanted to die and end his troubles" [syn: {trouble}]
       v 1: be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I
            worry about my job"
       2: be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" [syn: {care}]
       3: disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation
          or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is
          worrying me" [syn: {vex}] [ant: {reassure}]
       4: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic
          consonant" [syn: {concern}, {interest}, {occupy}]
       5: lacerate by biting; "the dog worried his bone"
       6: touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads"
       [also: {worried}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  worried
       adj : 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" [syn: {disquieted}, {distressed},
              {disturbed}, {upset}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  worried
       See {worry}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "worried":
     annoyed, anxious, badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bothered,
     bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled, distracted, distrait,
     distressed, dogged, embarrassed, fretted, harassed, harried,
     haunted, heckled, hectored, hounded, inconvenienced, irked,
     needled, nipped at, persecuted, perturbed, pestered, picked on,
     plagued, put to it, puzzled, ragged, sore beset, teased, tormented,
     troubled, vexed, worried sick, worried stiff