WORRY meaning: Anxiety about potential future problems

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word worry:

General (28 matching dictionaries)

worry: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
worry: Merriam-Webster
worry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
worry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
worry: Collins English Dictionary
worry: Vocabulary.com
Worry, worry: Wordnik
worry: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
worry: Wiktionary
worry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
worry: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
worry: Infoplease Dictionary
worry: Dictionary.com
worry (n.), worry (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
worry: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Worry. (album), Worry (disambiguation), Worry (emotion), Worry: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Worry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
worry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
worry: Rhymezone
worry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
worry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WORRY: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
worry: FreeDictionary.org
worry: Mnemonic Dictionary
worry: TheFreeDictionary.com
worry: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)

worry: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

worry: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

Worry: Merck Manuals
online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

worry: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

worry, worry: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
worry: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
▸ verb:  (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To strangle.
▸ noun:  A strong feeling of anxiety.
▸ noun:  An instance or cause of such a feeling.
▸ noun:  A person who causes worry.

Similar:

vexation, trouble, care, distress, headache, concern, mind, dwell, occupy, interest, more...

Opposite:

calm, peace, serenity, tranquility, confidence

Types:

anxiety, concern, fear, stress, unease, apprehension, doubt, panic, paranoia, more...

Phrases:

worry about, worry lines, worry beads, dont worry, not to worry, more...

Adjectives:

constant, much, only, great, main, biggest, real, excessive, least, major, financial

Colors:

gray, dark blue, charcoal, black, deep purple, more...