worry

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwʌri/
• (US) IPA: /ˈwɜːri/
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Verb

Plain form worry

Third-person singular worries

Past tense worried

Past participle worried

Present participle worrying

A girl who is worrying about something

1. To have many thoughts, with some fear, but not good thoughts. To use much time with thoughts about something but no decisions about it and no actions about it.

   While she cooked the food, she worried about her son who was writing an important test at school.

Emotions or feelings (edit)

anger - confusion - embarrassment - envy - fear - happiness - hate - love - regret - sadness - shame - surprise - worry