worried

English

A worried girl.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌɹ.id/
• (General American, without the hurry–furry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌɹ.id/
• (General American, Canada, hurry–furry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝ.id/

• Audio (US):

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɹ.id/
• (New Zealand, General Australian, UK, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹ.id/
• (West Country, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈwəʊɹ.id/

Adjective

worried (comparative more worried, superlative most worried)

1. Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

   She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.

Derived terms

• be worried
• I'm worried
• unworried
• worried well

Translations

thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen

• Arabic: قَلِق (ar) (qaliq)

  Hijazi Arabic: قَلْقان (galgān)

• Azerbaijani: narahat (az), nigaran, qayğılı
• Belarusian: занепако́ены (zanjepakójeny)
• Bulgarian: разтрево́жен (bg) (raztrevóžen), загрижен (bg) (zagrižen)
• Catalan: preocupat
• Cherokee: ᎤᏪᎵᎯᏍᏗ (uwelihisdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擔心 / 担心 (zh) (dānxīn), 著急 (zh) (zháojí), 憂慮 / 忧虑 (zh) (yōulǜ), 煩惱 / 烦恼 (zh) (fánnǎo), 焦急 (zh) (jiāojí)

• Czech: znepokojený m
• Dutch: ongerust (nl), bezorgd (nl)
• Esperanto: maltrankvila, alarmita
• Finnish: huolestunut (fi)
• French: inquiet (fr)

  Old French: angousseus

  Old French: anguissous

• German: besorgt (de), beunruhigt (de)
• Greek: ανήσυχος (el) (anísychos)
• Hindi: परेशान (hi) (pareśān)
• Hungarian: gondterhelt (hu), aggódó (hu)
• Indonesian: khawatir (id)
• Ingrian: hoolekas
• Irish: imníoch, imní a bheith ort (to be worried)
• Italian: preoccupato (it)
• Japanese: 心配した (ja) (しんぱいした, shinpai shita)
• Khmer: ខ្វល់ (km) (khvɑl)
• Korean: 걱정되다 (ko) (geokjeongdoeda)
• Latin: anxius (la), sollicitus (la)
• Luxembourgish: besuergt
• Malay: bimbang, risau
• Manx: boirit
• Marathi: चिंताग्रस्त (cintāgrasta)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bekymret (no), urolig (no)

• Persian: نگران (fa) (negarân)
• Plautdietsch: besorcht, beduat
• Portuguese: preocupado (pt)
• Punjabi: ਫ਼ਿਕਰਮੰਦ (fikramand)
• Romanian: îngrijorat (ro), anxios (ro), neliniștit (ro)
• Russian: обеспоко́енный (ru) (obespokójennyj), беспоко́йный (ru) (bespokójnyj), озабо́ченный (ru) (ozabóčennyj), встрево́женный (ru) (vstrevóžennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: iomagaineach
• Spanish: inquieto (es), preocupado (es), desasosegado (es) m
• Sundanese: hariwang (su)
• Swedish: bekymrad (sv), oroad (sv)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: مشغول (meşgul)

• Ukrainian: стурбо́ваний (sturbóvanyj), занепоко́єний (zanepokójenyj)
• Vietnamese: lo lắng (vi)
• Welsh: pryderus (cy)

Verb

worried

1. simple past and past participle of worry

Derived terms

• worriedly
• worriedness

Anagrams

• rowdier, wordier