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21Worried — Worry Wor ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worrying}.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in [=a]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. w[ u]rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.]… …
22worried — worriedly, adv. /werr eed, wur /, adj. 1. having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police. 2. indicating, expressing, or attended by worry: worried looks. [1550 60; WORRY + ED2] * * * …
23worried — Synonyms and related words: annoyed, anxious, badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bothered, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled, distracted, distrait, distressed, dogged, embarrassed, fretted, harassed, harried, haunted, heckled, hectored,… …
24worried sick — very worried, extremely anxious Velma is worried sick about her son. He s using cocaine …
25worried — un·worried; worried; …
26worried sick — informal extremely worried Your father and I are worried sick about you …
27worried stiff — bored/scared/worried/stiff phrase extremely bored frightened worried Thesaurus: feeling or expressing strong emotionssynonym Main entry: stiff …
28worried well — noun Users of medical or psychiatric services who are not suffering from any diagnosable disease. In cities with a high and more visible number of men becoming sick and dying from AIDS, the worried well report panic attacks, somatic… …
29worried thinking — concerned thinking, worried meditation …
30worried — adjective Father Douglas came to sit with the worried parents Syn: anxious, perturbed, troubled, bothered, concerned, upset, distressed, distraught, disquieted, uneasy, fretful, agitated, nervous, edgy, on edge, tense, overwrought, worked up …
