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From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#WORRY Category:English terms derived from Middle English#WORRY worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyryȝen (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English Category:English terms inherited from Old English#WORRY Category:English terms derived from Old English#WORRY wyrġan, from Proto-Germanic Category:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WORRY Category:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WORRY *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WORRY *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.

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(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#WORRY) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
- 1983, Ashford & Simpson, “Side Effect”, in High-Rise (album):
  So you go along for a long time / And nothing seems to worry your mind / But what it adds up to / It's the side effect / That finally gets to you
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#WORRY) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise.
Your tone of voice worries me.Category:English terms with usage examples#WORRY
- 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
  That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#WORRY) To harass; to irritate or distress.
The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.Category:English terms with usage examples#WORRY
(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#WORRY) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.Category:English terms with usage examples#WORRY
- 1784, The House that Jack Built, page 7:
  This is the Dog, that worried the Cat, that killed the Rat, that ate the Malt, that lay in the Houſe that Jack built.
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#WORRY) To touch repeatedly; to fiddle with.
- 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 58:
  Christian paced the caravan, worrying his beard.
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- 1997, David Sedaris, “A Plague of Tics”, in Naked, page 15:
  So what if I wanted to touch my nose to the windshield? Who was it hurting? Why was it that he could repeatedly worry his change and bite his lower lip without the threat of punishment?
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- 2002, Masha Hamilton, Staircase of a Thousand Steps, page 272:
  No stories, no arguments. He just worries his prayer beads.
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#WORRY, obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#WORRY, Scotland Category:Scottish English#WORRY) To strangle.
- 1891, “Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine”, in Execution of the Judgment of Death, page 397:
  We read (Law's Memor. Pref. lix.) that "one John Brugh, a notorious warlock (wizard) in the parochin of Fossoquhy, by the space of thirty-six years, was worried at a stake and burned, 1643."
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(be troubled mentally): fret, stress, fuss
(trouble someone mentally): concern, fret, preoccupy, vex, gnaw

to be troubled

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to disturb the peace of mind of

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to harass, irritate

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to seize or shake by the throat

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to strangle — see strangle

worry (countable and uncountable, plural worries)Category:English lemmas#WORRY Category:English nouns#WORRY Category:English uncountable nouns#WORRY Category:English countable nouns#WORRY Category:English countable nouns#WORRY Category:English entries with incorrect language header#WORRY Category:Pages with entries#WORRY Category:Pages with 2 entries#WORRY

A strong feeling of anxiety.
Synonym: care

I'm afflicted by worry throughout the night.Category:English terms with usage examples#WORRY
- 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 35:
  "Worry never solved any problems. Only gives you ulcers."
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An instance or cause of such a feeling.
Synonym: care

My main worry is that I'll miss the train.Category:English terms with usage examples#WORRY
A person who causes worry.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbj&oslash￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 305:
  They could never make him speak a word, although he was old enough, in short, he was a perfect worry night and day.
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strong feeling of anxiety

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