Definitions for worry

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worry wor·ry

Spelling: [wur-ee, wuhr-ee]

IPA: /ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr i/

Worry is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in worry (orrwy).

Definitions for worry

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 worry

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

Examples for worry

This is a well-documented phenomenon which does not worry specialists.

It doesn't seem to bother him any, so I don't see why it should worry me.

Tell Mrs. Drummond he was in good spirits, and that she's not to worry.

And I worry that the world will have very mixed feelings about him.

Still, I worry that a simple traffic stop could have tragic consequences.

I wish this was the last time I had to worry about hunger and bombs.

He began to worry seriously about keeping Mr. Hichens out of his house.

I can't remember when I haven't awakened to doubt, and worry, and heart-sickness.

And the authorities also worry that the December fires are just the beginning.

By George, he'd fool her, for once: he'd go away, and let her worry.