WORRY (worried)
Dictionary entry overview: What does worry mean?
• WORRY (noun)
The noun WORRY has 2 senses:
1. something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
2. a strong feeling of anxiety
Familiarity information: WORRY used as a noun is rare.
• WORRY (verb)
The verb WORRY has 6 senses:
1. be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
2. be concerned with
3. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
4. be on the mind of
5. lacerate by biting
6. touch or rub constantly
Familiarity information: WORRY used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• WORRY (noun)
Meaning:
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
headache; worry; vexation; concern
Context examples:
New York traffic is a constant concern / it's a major worry
Hypernyms ("worry" is a kind of...):
negative stimulus (a stimulus with undesirable consequences)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worry"):
bugaboo (a source of concern)
burden; encumbrance; incumbrance; load; onus (an onerous or difficult concern)
business (a rightful concern or responsibility)
Meaning:
A strong feeling of anxiety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
worry; trouble
Context examples:
his worry over the prospect of being fired / it is not work but worry that kills / he wanted to die and end his troubles
Hypernyms ("worry" is a kind of...):
anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)
• WORRY (verb)
Meaning:
Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
I worry about my job
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "worry"):
fret (be agitated or irritated)
fear (be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event)
fret; fuss; niggle (worry unnecessarily or excessively)
obsess (be preoccupied with something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They worry that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Be concerned with
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
worry; care
Context example:
I worry about my grades
Hypernyms (to "worry" is one way to...):
mind (be concerned with or about something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "worry"):
brood; dwell (think moodily or anxiously about something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
vex; worry
Context example:
I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me
Hypernyms (to "worry" is one way to...):
cark; disorder; disquiet; distract; perturb; trouble; unhinge (disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed)
Cause:
worry (be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "worry"):
nag (worry persistently)
eat; eat on (worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way)
misgive (suggest fear or doubt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will worry him
Antonym:
reassure (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to)
Meaning:
Be on the mind of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
concern; interest; worry; occupy
Context example:
I worry about the second Germanic consonant
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will worry him
Meaning:
Lacerate by biting
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
the dog worried his bone
Hypernyms (to "worry" is one way to...):
incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Touch or rub constantly
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The old man worried his beads
Hypernyms (to "worry" is one way to...):
rub (move over something with pressure)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
