worry
/ˈwʌɹ.i/ verb A2- To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
- Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise. · Your tone of voice worries me.
- To harass; to irritate or distress. · The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.
- To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf. · Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.
- To touch repeatedly; to fiddle with.
He/she/it worries · Past worried · Past participle worried · -ing form worrying
Verb forms
- Base form
- worry
- He/she/it
- worries
- Past
- worried
- Past participle
- worried
- -ing form
- worrying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
I’d only ask you not to worry Mrs.
The only thing that worries me is how to cross the hill of the Hammer-Heads.”
“Rest your brains and do not worry about the wall,” replied the Woodman.
The Lion would have preferred a bed of dried leaves in the forest, and did not like being shut up in a room; but he had too much sense to let this worry him, so he sprang upon the bed and rolled himself up like a cat and purred himself asleep in a minute.
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