'Worried' definitions:
Definition of 'worried'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" [syn: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried]
adjective
Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences" [syn: apprehensive, worried]
Definition of 'Worried'
From: GCIDE
- Worry \Wor"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worried; p. pr. & vb. n. Worrying.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in [=a]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. w["u]rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth. [1913 Webster]
- A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that had his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. "A church worried with reformation." --South. [1913 Webster]
- Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]
- Worry him out till he gives consent. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'worried'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annoyed,
- anxious,
- badgered,
- baited,
- bedeviled,
- beset,
- bothered,
- bugged,
- bullyragged,
- chivied,
- deviled,
- distracted,
- distrait,
- distressed,
- dogged,
- embarrassed,
- fretted,
- harassed,
- harried,
- haunted,
- heckled,
- hectored,
- hounded,
- inconvenienced,
- irked,
- needled,
- nipped at,
- persecuted,
- perturbed,
- pestered,
- picked on,
- plagued,
- put to it,
- puzzled,
- ragged,
- sore beset,
- teased,
- tormented,
- troubled,
- vexed,
- worried sick,
- worried stiff