Overview of verb worry

The verb worry has 6 senses

• worry -- (be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job")


• worry, care -- (be concerned with; "I worry about my grades")


• worry, vex -- (disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me")


• concern, interest, occupy, worry -- (be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift")


• worry -- (lacerate by biting; "the dog worried his bone")


• worry -- (touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads")

Overview of adj worried

The adj worried has 2 senses

• disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried -- (afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children")


• apprehensive, worried -- (mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences")