to worry oneself

  • 1worry — v. & n. v. ( ies, ied) 1 intr. give way to anxiety or unease; allow one s mind to dwell on difficulty or troubles. 2 tr. harass, importune; be a trouble or anxiety to. 3 tr. a (of a dog etc.) shake or pull about with the teeth. b attack… …

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  • 2worry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. care, anxiety, mental anguish, uneasiness, fear, apprehension; concern, misgiving. v. tease, plague, vex; disturb, fret, upset; torment, torture, trouble, bait, badger; maul, chew, mangle; get gray… …

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  • 3worry — [n] anxiety, trouble anguish, annoyance, apprehension, bad news*, care, concern, disquiet, distress, disturbance, doubt, fear, headache*, heartache*, irritation, misery, misgiving, nag*, pain*, perplexity, pest, plague, presentiment, problem,… …

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  • 4worry beads — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ a string of beads that one fingers so as to calm oneself …

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  • 5worry — worrier, n. worriless, adj. worryingly, adv. /werr ee, wur ee/, v., worried, worrying, n., pl. worries. v.i. 1. to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret. 2. to move with effort: an old car worrying uphill. v.t. 3. to… …

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  • 6worry — [c]/ˈwʌri / (say wuree), /ˈwɒri/ (say woree) verb (worried, worrying) –verb (i) 1. to feel uneasy or anxious; fret; torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts. –verb (t) 2. to cause to feel uneasy or anxious; trouble; torment with… …

  • 7worry — 1. verb 1) she worries about his health Syn: fret, be concerned, be anxious, agonize, brood, panic, lose sleep, get worked up, get stressed, get in a state, stew, torment oneself 2) is something worrying you? Syn …

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  • 8worry beads — plural noun a string of beads that one fingers so as to calm oneself …

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  • 9worry — wor•ry [[t]ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr i[/t]] v. ried, ry•ing, 1) cvb to feel uneasy or anxious; torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret 2) to move with effort: an old car worrying uphill[/ex] 3) cvb to make uneasy or anxious; cause… …

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  • 10beside oneself — DISTRAUGHT, overcome, out of one s mind, frantic, desperate, distracted, at one s wits end, frenzied, wound up, worked up; hysterical, unhinged, mad, crazed, berserk, demented. → beside * * * phrasal : carried out of oneself (as through extreme… …

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