Synonyms of the word worry


WORRYANXIETY - CARE - CARK - CONCERN - DISORDER - DISQUIET - DISTRACT - HEADACHE - INCISE - INTEREST - MIND - OCCUPY - PERTURB - RUB - TROUBLE - UNHINGE - VEX - VEXATION

worry

  • v. (intransitive) To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.
  • v. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
  • v. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
  • v. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
  • v. (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.
  • n. A strong feeling of anxiety.
  • n. An instance or cause of such a feeling.

anxiety

  • n. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some…
  • n. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
  • n. (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression…

care

  • n. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
  • n. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
  • n. Worry.
  • n. Maintenance, upkeep.
  • n. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
  • n. The state of being cared for by others.
  • n. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
  • v. (intransitive) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
  • v. (intransitive) To look after.
  • v. (intransitive) To be mindful of.
  • v. (intransitive) Polite or formal way to say want.

cark

  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
  • n. (obsolete) A noxious or corroding worry.
  • n. (obsolete) The state of being filled with worry.
  • v. Eye dialect spelling of caulk.
  • v. See cark it.

concern

  • n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before…
  • n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
  • n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
  • n. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
  • v. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of;…
  • v. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
  • v. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

disorder

  • n. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
  • n. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
  • n. (medicine, countable) A physical or psychical malfunction.
  • v. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
  • v. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

disquiet

  • n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; anxiety, disturbance, restlessness, uneasiness.
  • adj. Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.

distract

  • v. (transitive) To divert the attention of.
  • adj. (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
  • adj. (obsolete) Insane; mad.

headache

  • n. A pain or ache in the head.
  • n. (figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

incise

  • v. to cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

interest

  • n. (uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in…
  • n. (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
  • n. (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
  • n. (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other…
  • n. (countable) Something one is interested in.
  • n. (obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
  • n. (usually in the plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
  • v. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person…
  • v. (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
  • v. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.

mind

  • n. The ability for rational thought.
  • n. The ability to be aware of things.
  • n. The ability to remember things.
  • n. The ability to focus the thoughts.
  • n. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
  • n. Judgment, opinion, or view.
  • n. Desire, inclination, or intention.
  • n. A healthy mental state.
  • n. (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity,…
  • v. (now regional) To remember.
  • v. (now rare except in phrases) To concern oneself with, to pay attention to.
  • v. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered…
  • v. (now chiefly Canada, US, Ireland) To pay attention to; to listen attentively to, to obey.
  • v. To pay attention to (something); to keep one's mind on.
  • v. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
  • v. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
  • v. To be careful about.
  • v. (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend.
  • v. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind.

occupy

  • v. (transitive) To take or use time.
  • v. (transitive) To take or use space.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
  • v. (obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with.
  • v. (obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of.

perturb

  • v. To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
  • v. (physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object.
  • v. (astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.
  • v. (mathematics) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value.

rub

  • n. An act of rubbing.
  • n. A difficulty or problem.
  • n. In the game of crown green bowls: any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
  • n. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
  • v. (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure…
  • v. (transitive) To rub something against (a second thing).
  • v. (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
  • v. (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
  • v. (dated) To move or pass with difficulty.
  • v. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
  • v. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

trouble

  • n. A distressing or dangerous situation.
  • n. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
  • n. A violent occurrence or event.
  • n. Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
  • n. A malfunction.
  • n. Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
  • n. (mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
  • v. (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
  • v. (transitive) In weaker sense: to bother; to annoy, pester.
  • v. (reflexive or intransitive) To take pains to do something.

unhinge

  • v. To remove the leaf of a door or a window from its supporting hinges.
  • v. To mentally disturb.

vex

  • v. (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
  • v. (transitive) To annoy, irritate.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
  • v. (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
  • v. (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

vexation

  • n. The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
  • n. The state of being vexed or irritated.

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