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Worrying   /wˈəriɪŋ/   Listen
Worrying

adjective
1.
Causing distress or worry or anxiety.  Synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome.  "Lived in heroic if something distressful isolation" , "A disturbing amount of crime" , "A revelation that was most perturbing" , "A new and troubling thought" , "In a particularly worrisome predicament" , "A worrying situation" , "A worrying time"
noun
1.
The act of harassing someone.  Synonyms: badgering, bedevilment, torment.
2.
The act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes.


Worry

verb
(past & past part. worried; pres. part. worrying)
1.
Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.
2.
Be concerned with.  Synonym: care.
3.
Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.  Synonym: vex.
4.
Be on the mind of.  Synonyms: concern, interest, occupy.
5.
Lacerate by biting.
6.
Touch or rub constantly.





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"Worrying" Quotes from Famous Books



... could hear behind me a hoarse uproar from my fellow-convicts, who by this time were evidently getting out of hand. No sound could have pleased me better. The more boisterous the good fellows became the less chance would the remaining warder have of worrying about me. As for the civil guard—well, it seemed probable that his time was already pretty ...
— A Rogue by Compulsion • Victor Bridges
... had caught the body of the worker termite with ferocious eagerness, and were worrying the ...
— The Raid on the Termites • Paul Ernst
... am well enough pleased with myself. I am worrying lest General Washington ask me to dance. It will be bad enough to go out with Mr. Adams, who snaps at me every time I venture a remark, but he at least is not a giant, and I do not feel like a dwarf. When the President leads me out—that is to say, when ...
— The Conqueror • Gertrude Franklin Atherton
... President nor the Congress can properly oversee this jungle of grants-in-aid; indeed, the growth of these grants has led to the distortion in the vital functions of government. As one Democratic Governor put it recently: The National Government should be worrying about "arms control, ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... picturesque Horse Shoe Curve in the Alleghenies, and along the banks of the romantic and historic Susquehanna. A member of the party was seen to be wrapped in thought for a long time. He was finally asked what was worrying him. ...
— My Native Land • James Cox


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