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English

Etymology

Old English wyrġan. Cognate with German würgen ‘strangle’.

Pronunciation

Verb

Infinitive to worry

Third person singular worries

Simple past worried

Past participle worried

Present participle worrying

to worry (third-person singular simple present worries, present participle worrying, simple past and past participle worried)

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

Noun

Singular worry

Plural worries

worry (plural worries)

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

Derived terms

Translations

worry
  • Japanese: 心配 (shinpai)
  • Kurdish: ترس ku(ku)
  • Macedonian: грижа mk(mk) (gríža) f., гајле mk(mk) (gájle) n.
  • Polish: zmartwienie pl(pl) n.
  • Portuguese: preocupação pt(pt) f.
  • Romanian: grijă ro(ro) f.
  • Russian: беспокойство ru(ru) (bespokójstvo) n.
  • Spanish: preocupación es(es) f., zozobra es(es) f.
  • Swedish: oro sv(sv) c., bekymmer sv(sv) n., ängslan sv(sv) c.
  • Telugu: చింత (chinta), దిగులు (digulu)

Scots

Verb

worry

  1. (transitive) To strangle.

 

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