What is another word for worry?
Synonyms for worry
ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr iwor·ry
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
worry
Anxiety is, according to its derivation, a choking disquiet, akin to anguish; anxiety is mental; anguish may be mental or physical; anguish is in regard to the known, anxiety in regard to the unknown; anguish is because of what has happened, anxiety because of what may happen. Anxiety refers to some future event, always suggesting hopeful possibility, and thus differing from apprehension, fear, dread, foreboding, terror, all of which may be quite despairing. In matters within our reach, anxiety always stirs the question whether something can not be done, and is thus a valuable spur to doing; in this respect it is allied to care. Foreboding, dread, etc., commonly incapacitate for all helpful thought or endeavor. Worry is a more petty, restless, and manifest anxiety; anxiety may be quiet and silent; worry is communicated to all around. Solicitude is a milder anxiety. Fretting or fretfulness is a weak complaining without thought of accomplishing or changing anything, but merely as a relief to one's own disquiet. Perplexity often involves anxiety, but may be quite free from it. A student may be perplexed regarding a translation, yet, if he has time enough, not at all anxious regarding it.
Synonyms:
anguish, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disturbance, dread, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, fretting, misgiving, perplexity, solicitude, troubleAntonyms:
apathy, assurance, calmness, carelessness, confidence, ease, light-heartedness, nonchalance, satisfaction, tranquillityPreposition:
Anxiety for a friend's return; anxiety about, in regard to, or concerning the future.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
concern, worry, headache, vexationnoun
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
"New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
Synonyms:
headache, business concern, annoying, cephalalgia, business organisation, botheration, trouble, business organization, chafe, head ache, care, irritation, business, vexation, annoyance, concern, fearworry, troubleverb
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"
Synonyms:
fuss, trouble, hassle, concern, difficulty, problem, headache, vexation, botherworryverb
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
"I worry about my job"
worry, careverb
be concerned with
"I worry about my grades"
Synonyms:
deal, wish, like, care, concern, vex, give care, handle, manage, occupy, interestworry, vexverb
disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
"I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"
Synonyms:
shake up, baffle, stick, perplex, raise up, get, nark, mystify, flummox, commove, bother, agitate, care, rile, concern, gravel, nonplus, occupy, get to, dumbfound, nettle, chafe, get at, beat, irritate, amaze, annoy, puzzle, bewilder, rag, vex, stupefy, interest, stir up, disturb, pose, devilconcern, interest, occupy, worryverb
be on the mind of
"I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
Synonyms:
lodge in, invade, occupy, touch, engross, care, use up, matter to, have-to doe with, touch on, absorb, engage, busy, fill, come to, relate, refer, reside, interest, take, pertain, bear on, vex, concernworryverb
lacerate by biting
"the dog worried his bone"
worryverb
touch or rub constantly
"The old man worried his beads"
Editors Contribution
stress
a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
"he's obviously under a lot of stress"
Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
worryverb
Synonyms:
tease, vex, plague, pain, harass, annoy, trouble, torment, pester, bother, bore, persecute, molest, harry, irritate, badger, fret, chafe, hector, infest, gall, disturb, disquietworryverb
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] fret, chafe, fidget, be vexed, be troubled, worry one's selfworrynoun
Synonyms:
anxiety, vexation, trouble, perplexity, solicitude, care, disquiet, concern, uneasiness, fear, apprehension, misgiving, alarm
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
worryadjective
Synonyms:
anxiety, fretting, apprehension, concern, solicitudeAntonyms:
unconcernworryverb
Synonyms:
harass, vex, annoy, torment, tease, fret, trouble, pester, badger, harry, importune, be anxious, be solicitous, fret
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#71 | business | |
#77 | get | |
#96 | like | |
#246 | take | |
#309 | care | |
#553 | problem | |
#653 | interest | |
#1089 | wish | |
#1274 | deal | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2217 | manage | |
#2291 | fill | |
#2465 | handle | |
#2824 | fear | |
#2851 | beat | |
#2884 | refer | |
#3115 | concern | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3387 | stick | |
#4087 | busy | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#5005 | worry | |
#5117 | devil | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#6220 | engage | |
#6386 | anxiety | |
#6843 | relate | |
#9416 | annoying | |
#9747 | pose | |
#9936 | bother | |
#11228 | headache | |
#12207 | hassle | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#14374 | disturbance | |
#14382 | reside | |
#15784 | plague | |
#15810 | rag | |
#15816 | absorb | |
#15899 | occupy | |
#17420 | tease | |
#18131 | irritation | |
#19676 | dread | |
#20785 | annoy | |
#20976 | fuss | |
#21460 | invade | |
#23336 | disturb | |
#27042 | pertain | |
#27090 | fret | |
#27991 | anguish | |
#28022 | annoyance | |
#29210 | torment | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#30578 | apprehension | |
#34128 | harass | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#42240 | nettle | |
#47688 | irritate | |
#54523 | vex | |
#71424 | foreboding | |
#74722 | fretting | |
#77127 | perplexity | |
#85386 | molest | |
#86407 | agitate | |
#90291 | chafe | |
#93318 | disquiet | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#100265 | vexation | |
#102610 | solicitude | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#127183 | rile | |
#148246 | tantalize | |
#187910 | misgiving | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#231498 | nark | |
#233923 | engross | |
#266833 | cephalalgia |
How to use worry in a sentence?
When I talk to friends in Canada, the U.K., Australia and elsewhere, people express concern about the United States in terms of our ability and our institutions to thrive and continue after what happened with the election of 2020. They worry that democracy is on life support in the United States.
I hope that Chairman Xi looks at the difficulties that Russia is having — maybe it is not such a great idea, however, I worry because China’s capabilities far outweigh Taiwan’s, that we need to learn from the lessons and mistakes we made in Ukraine and start heavily arming Taiwan.
I worry that it will sort of get to a point where there will be so much fake, highly realistic content online that most people will just go with their tribal instincts as a guide to what they think is real, more than actually informed opinions based on verified evidence.
Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.
I thought, well then, I don’t have anything to worry about because I’m a significant contributor.
Translations for worry
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- قلقArabic
- amoinar-se, angoixa, preocupar-se, preocupació, preocupar, amoinarCatalan, Valencian
- starost, znepokojovat, dělat starostiCzech
- пєштиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- pryderWelsh
- Sorge, besorgen, besorgt, sich Sorgen machenGerman
- dzitsitsi, tsi dziEwe
- ανησυχία, ανησυχώ, έγνοια, έννοιαGreek
- ĉagreni, ĉagreniĝi, ĉagreno, zorgo, zorgiEsperanto
- preocupación, preocupar, estar preocupado, zozobra, inquietar, inquietarse, preocuparseSpanish
- tehdä, harmi, huolia, huolestuttaa, huolestunut, huoli, huolehtia, ärsyttääFinnish
- souci, angoisse, harceler, inquiéter, s'inquiéterFrench
- cuir dragh air, iomagainScottish Gaelic
- הדאיג, דאגה, דאגHebrew
- aggodalom, aggódikHungarian
- disturbare, preoccupazione, preoccuparsiItalian
- לדאוגHebrew
- 噛む, 振り回す, せがむ, 困らす, 気にする, 心配, じらす, 悩ますJapanese
- 근심, 걱정, 걱정하다Korean
- ترساندن, ترسKurdish
- sollicitorLatin
- SuergLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- гри́жа, га́јлеMacedonian
- risau, ريساو, بيمبڠ, رونسيڠ, bimbang, runsingMalay
- ပူBurmese
- bezorgd, zorgenDutch
- uroeNorwegian
- tʼáadoo leʼé iʼdiiłʼá, yínííł naʼadáNavajo, Navaho
- zmartwieniePolish
- preocupação, preocupar, preocupar-sePortuguese
- grijăRomanian
- забо́та, волне́ние, волнова́ться, беспоко́йство, трево́га, беспоко́иться, пережива́тьRussian
- давити, гушити, бринути, brinuti, daviti, gušitiSerbo-Croatian
- sätta tänderna i, trakassera, ängslan, hetsa, ansätta, oroa, oroa sig, oro, bekymmerSwedish
- dukudukuSwahili
- கவலைப்படTamil
- దిగులు, చింతించు, చింతTelugu
- ทุกข์ร้อนThai
- endişe, tasa, endişelendirmek, kaygı, korkutmak, kaygılandırmakTurkish
- lo, lo lắng, lo ngạiVietnamese
- 忧Chinese
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