worry

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈwʌri/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /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. Worry means to feel troubled by, anxious, or uneasy about specific problems or the possibility of unpleasant things happening in the future.

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

Related words

• worried

Emotions or feelings (edit)

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