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worry
noun as in anxiety, trouble
Strongest matches
anguish, apprehension, concern, doubt, fear, headache, misery, misgiving, pain, problem, uncertainty, uneasiness, woe
Strong matches
annoyance, care, disquiet, distress, disturbance, heartache, irritation, nag, perplexity, pest, plague, presentiment, torment, torture, trial, vexation, worriment
Weak match
verb as in be or make anxious, troubled
Strongest matches
annoy, bother, depress, disturb, fret, irritate, perturb, plague, trouble, try, unsettle, upset
Strong matches
afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, attack, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, brood, bug, chafe, despair, disquiet, distress, dun, goad, harass, harry, hassle, hector, importune, needle, oppress, persecute, pester, stew, tantalize, tear, tease, test, torment, torture, vex, wince, writhe, wrong
Weak matches
bite one's nails, concern oneself, feel uneasy, gnaw at, go for, have qualms, sweat out, take on
Example Sentences
They were all particularly worried about their 15-year-old brother because the RSF suspected that fleeing men had fought with the army.
So far, worries of a widespread boycott of U.S. assets appears overblown.
William, worried about the growing antagonism between English and Scots over the affair, pushed for a political union between the two countries.
An undocumented mother worried more for her son, a college graduate whose deportation protection feels under threat.
He worried if he would have enough time.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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