Definitions for worries

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worries wor·ry

Spelling: [wur-ee, wuhr-ee]

IPA: /ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr i/

Worries is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in worries (eiorrsw).

Definitions for worries

noun

1. a worried condition or feeling; uneasiness or anxiety.
2. a cause of uneasiness or anxiety; trouble.
3. act of worrying.
4. Fox Hunting. the action of the hounds in tearing to pieces the carcass of a fox.

Idioms

1. no worries, Informal. Don’t be troubled; it is of no concern: Also, not to worry.

Verb phrases

1. worry along/through, Informal. to progress or succeed by constant effort, despite difficulty:

verb (used with object)

1. to torment with cares, anxieties, etc.; trouble; plague.
2. to seize, especially by the throat, with the teeth and shake or mangle, as one animal does another.
3. to harass by repeated biting, snapping, etc.

verb (used without object)

1. to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
2. to move with effort:

Origin of worries

before 900; Middle English weryen, werwen, wyrwyn to strangle, bite, harass, Old English wyrgan to strangle; cognate with German würgen

Examples for worries

"You must forgive me, my dear child, for leaving you all these worries," added Abbe Rose.

As the holidays approach, Hohlfelder worries that concern will further dwindle.

Overreaction is still a concern that worries public-health experts.

But Pierre scarcely listened, absorbed as he was in his own worries.

Cyrus worries so about it (of course we know what you refer to).

And for the first time, amidst his worries, he realised the necessity of work.

He worries that pain is a front for the real issue—a devaluing of people with disabilities.

What worries me is that Bergaz should have sold himself just now.

Cereal brings back memories of lazy mornings and easy extravagance, a time when worries were few and comfort was plenty.

And when asked whether he worries about Studio Ghibli after he and Takahata retire, Miyazaki is frank.