worry

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
2. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise.
3. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
4. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
5. (transitive) To touch repeatedly; to fiddle with.
6. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To strangle.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A strong feeling of anxiety.
2. (countable, uncountable) An instance or cause of such a feeling.
3. (countable, uncountable) A person who causes worry.

Synonyms

trouble

anxiety

concern

bother

care

disturb

distress

anxious

annoy

concerned

fret

be anxious

alarm

upset

fear

😨

worried

😟

torment

uneasiness

pester

be worried

anguish

be concerned

worry about

disquiet

grieve

vexation

afflict

fuss

sorrow

harass

vex

alarmed

tease

agitate

apprehension

feel uneasy

brood

weary

😩

inconvenience

grief

restlessness

perplex

distract

thought

💭

bore

mind

take care

irritate

agony

problem

Translations

Sorge

souci

inquiétude

preoccupazione

inquietudine

Angst

😨

preocupação

preocupación

Kummer

preoccupare

inquiéter

anxiété

Besorgnis

angoisse

preoccuparsi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwʌɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: worien

Inherited from Old English: wyrġan

Cognate with Dutch: worgen

Cognate with German: würgen

Cognate with Latin: urgeo

Cognate with Sanskrit: वृहति

Cognate with Lithuanian: ver̃žti

In summary

From Middle English worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyryȝen (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyrġan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”).
Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Sanskrit वृहति (vṛhati, “to tear out, pluck”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring.