verb: worry; 3rd person present: worries; past tense: worried; past participle: worried; gerund or present participle: worrying
  1. 1.
    give way to anxiety or unease; allow one's mind to dwell on difficulty or troubles.
    "he worried about his soldier sons in the war"
    synonyms:fret, be worried, be concerned, be anxious, agonize, brood, dwell on, panic, get in a panic, lose sleep, get worked up, get in a fluster, get overwrought, be on tenterhooks; More
    informalhave butterflies in one's stomach, get stressed, get in a flap, get in a state, get in a tizz/tizzy, get in a sweat, sweat, get steamed up, get in a lather, stew, torture oneself, torment oneself;
    informalbe in a blue funk
    "she worries about his blood pressure"
    alarming, concerning, worrisome, daunting, perturbing, trying, taxing, vexatious, niggling, bothersome, troublesome, unsettling, harassing, harrying, harrowing, nerve-racking;
    distressing, dismaying, disquieting, upsetting, traumatic, unpleasant, awkward, difficult, tricky, thorny, problematic, grave;
    informalscary, hairy, sticky, prickly, anxious-making
    "their financial situation was very worrying"
    • cause annoyance to.
      "the noise never really stops, but it doesn't worry me"
      synonyms:trouble, bother, cause anxiety, make anxious, disturb, distress, upset, concern, disquiet, discompose, fret, agitate, unsettle, perturb, frighten, alarm, scare, fluster, flurry, stress, strain, tax, harass, torment, plague, bedevil, besiege, irk, vex; More
      prey on one's mind, weigh heavily on one's mind, weigh down, oppress, burden, be a great weight on, lie heavy on, gnaw at;
      informalhassle, give someone a hard time, throw, faze, rattle, bug, get to, do someone's head in, discombobulate;
      informalmess with someone's head
      "I can see that something is worrying you"
    • cause to feel anxiety or concern.
      "there was no need to worry her"
noun: worry
1.
a state of anxiety and uncertainty over actual or potential problems.
"they are in constant worry, for themselves as well as for their children"
synonyms:anxiety, disturbance, perturbation, trouble, bother, distress, concern, care, upset, uneasiness, unease, disquiet, disquietude, disconcertment, fretfulness, restlessness, nervousness, nerves, agitation, edginess, tension, tenseness, stress, strain;
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