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What (who) is worry - definition
THOUGHTS, IMAGES, EMOTIONS, AND ACTIONS OF A NEGATIVE NATURE IN A REPETITIVE, UNCONTROLLABLE MANNER THAT RESULTS FROM A PROACTIVE COGNITIVE RISK ANALYSIS MADE TO AVOID OR SOLVE ANTICIPATED POTENTIAL THREATS AND THEIR POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES
Worrying; Worried; Worry (emotion); Worries; Worrier; Worriers; Worrisome; Worrywart; 😟; 😰
worry
I. v. a.
Tease, vex, plague, pain, harass, annoy, trouble, torment, pester, bother, bore, persecute, molest, harry, irritate, badger, fret, chafe, hector, infest, beset, gall, disturb, disquiet.
II. v. n.
(Colloq.) Fret, chafe, fidget, be vexed, be troubled, worry one's self.
III. n.
Anxiety, vexation, trouble, annoyance, perplexity, solicitude, care, disquiet, concern, uneasiness, fear, apprehension, misgiving.
worry
I
n.
1) to cause worry
2) deep, serious worry
3) financial worries
4) worry about, over
II
v.
1) (D; intr.) to worry about, over (they worry about you; I worried about them working so hard; to worry over trifles)
2) (R) it worried me that they did not answer the telephone
worry
(worries, worrying, worried)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you worry, you keep thinking about problems that you have or about unpleasant things that might happen.
Don't worry, your luggage will come on afterwards by taxi...
I worry about her constantly...
They worry that extremists might gain control.
VERB: V, V about n/-ing, V that
2.
If someone or something worries you, they make you anxious because you keep thinking about problems or unpleasant things that might be connected with them.
I'm still in the early days of my recovery and that worries me...
'Why didn't you tell us?'-'I didn't want to worry you.'...
VERB: V n, V n
3.
If someone or something does not worry you, you do not dislike them or you are not annoyed by them. (SPOKEN)
The cold doesn't worry me...
= bother
VERB: oft with neg, V n
4.
Worry is the state or feeling of anxiety and unhappiness caused by the problems that you have or by thinking about unpleasant things that might happen.
His last years were overshadowed by financial worry.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
A worry is a problem that you keep thinking about and that makes you unhappy.
My main worry was that Madeleine Johnson would still be there...
His wife Cheryl said she had no worries about his health.
N-COUNT
Wikipedia
Worry
Worry refers to the thoughts, images, emotions, and actions of a negative nature in a repetitive, uncontrollable manner that results from a proactive cognitive risk analysis made to avoid or solve anticipated potential threats and their potential consequences.
Examples of use of worry
1. I have lived for worry worry, work, and worry only.
2. They worry about terrorism, they worry about hooliganism, they worry about people taking their things," said Rochelle Sobel, president of the Association for Safe International Road Travel.
3. "It doesn‘t worry me at all because things like that don‘t worry me.
4. That‘s why I can‘t worry about it and I don‘t worry about it.
5. SECRETARY RICE÷ No, you don‘t worry about such things. You don‘t worry about such things.