worry

English

Etymology

Old English wyrġan. Cognate with German würgen ‘strangle’.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈwʌri/
• (US) IPA: /ˈwɜːri/

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  Rhymes: -ʌri

Verb

worry (third-person singular simple present worries, present participle worrying, simple past and past participle worried)

1. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.

   Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.

2. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.

   The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.

3. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.

   Your tone of voice worries me.

4. (intransitive) To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.

   Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine.

5. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.

Translations

seize or shake by the throat

Bosnian: daviti, gušiti French: harceler (fr) Serbian: Cyrillic: давити, гушити Roman: daviti, gušiti

Swedish: sätta tänderna i

harass, irritate

Esperanto: ĉagreni (eo) Finnish: ärsyttää (fi) French: harceler (fr)

Japanese: じらす (ja) (jirasu) Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air (gd) Swedish: hetsa, ansätta, trakassera

disturb the peace of mind of

Bosnian: brinuti (bs) Catalan: preocupar, amoinar Czech: znepokojovat (cs) Esperanto: ĉagreni (eo) Finnish: huolestuttaa (fi), tehdä (fi) huolestuneeksi (fi) French: inquiéter (fr) German: besorgen (de) Hebrew: הדאיג (he) (hid'íg) Italian: disturbare (it) Japanese: 心配する (ja) (しんぱいする, shinpai-suru) Jèrriais: ouothinner

Kurdish: ترساندن Norwegian: uroe (no) Portuguese: preocupar (pt) Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air (gd) Serbian: Cyrillic: бринути Roman: brinuti Spanish: inquietar (es), preocupar (es) Swedish: oroa (sv) Turkish: kaygılandırmak (tr), korkutmak (tr), endişelendirmek (tr)

be troubled

Arabic: قلق (ar) (qaliqa) Bosnian: brinuti (bs) Catalan: preocupar-se, amoinar-se Chinese: Mandarin: 著急 (cmn), 着急 (cmn) (zháojí) Czech: dělat si starosti (cs) Dutch: bezorgd (nl) zijn, zich zorgen (nl) maken Esperanto: zorgi (eo), ĉagreniĝi (eo) Ewe: tsi dzi Finnish: huolehtia (fi) , huolia (fi) French: s'inquiéter German: besorgt sein Greek: ανησυχώ (el) (anisychó) Hebrew: דאג (he) (da'ág)

Italian: preoccuparsi (it) Japanese: 心配する (ja) (しんぱいする, shinpai-suru) Old Church Slavonic: пєшти сѧ (pešti sę) Portuguese: preocupar-se (pt) Russian: беспокоиться (ru) (bespokóit’s’a) Serbian: Cyrillic: бринути Roman: brinuti Spanish: inquietarse, preocuparse, estar preocupado Swahili: dukuduku (sw) Swedish: oroa sig Telugu: చింతించు (chimtimchu) Thai: ทุกข์ร้อน (tóok rón) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

strangle — see strangle

Noun

worry (plural worries)

1. A strong feeling of anxiety.

   I'm afflicted by worry throughout the night.

2. An instance or cause of such a feeling.

   My main worry is that I'll miss the train.

Derived terms

• worried
• worrisome

Translations

worry

Anglo-Norman: anguise Catalan: preocupació, angoixa Czech: starost (cs) f. Esperanto: ĉagreno (eo), zorgo (eo) Ewe: dzitsitsi Finnish: huoli (1,2), harmi (1,2) French: souci (fr) m., angoisse (fr) f. German: Sorge (de) f. Greek: ανησυχία (el) f., έγνοια (el) f., έννοια (el) f. Hebrew: דאגה (de'aga) f. Hungarian: aggodalom (hu) Italian: preoccupazione (it) f. Japanese: 心配 (shinpai) Korean: 걱정 (ko) (geokjeong), 근심 (ko) (geunsim)

Kurdish: ترس (ku) Luxembourgish: Suerg (lb) f. Macedonian: грижа (mk) (gríža) f., гајле (mk) (gájle) n. Polish: zmartwienie (pl) n. Portuguese: preocupação (pt) f. Romanian: grijă (ro) f. Russian: беспокойство (ru) (bespokójstvo) n. Scottish Gaelic: iomagain (gd) f. Spanish: preocupación (es) f., zozobra (es) f. Swedish: oro (sv) c., bekymmer (sv) n., ängslan (sv) c. Telugu: చింత (chinta), దిగులు (digulu) Turkish: kaygı (tr), endişe (tr), tasa (tr) Welsh: pryder (cy)

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Scots

Verb

worry

1. (transitive) To strangle.