concern, worry, headache, vexation
(noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; “New York traffic is a constant concern”; “it’s a major worry”
worry, trouble
(noun) a strong feeling of anxiety; “his worry over the prospect of being fired”; “it is not work but worry that kills”; “he wanted to die and end his troubles”
worry
(verb) touch or rub constantly; “The old man worried his beads”
worry
(verb) lacerate by biting; “the dog worried his bone”
worry, vex
(verb) disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; “I cannot sleep--my daughter’s health is worrying me”
worry
(verb) be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; “I worry about my job”
concern, interest, occupy, worry
(verb) be on the mind of; “I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
worry (third-person singular simple present worries, present participle worrying, simple past and past participle worried)
(intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
(transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
(transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
(transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
(transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To strangle.
• (trouble mentally): fret
worry (countable and uncountable, plural worries)
A strong feeling of anxiety.
An instance or cause of such a feeling.
Source: Wiktionary
Wor"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worried; p. pr. & vb. n. Worrying.] Etym: [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in awyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. wĂĽrgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.]
1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth. 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.
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. Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure. Rowe. Worry him out till he gives consent. Swift.
3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]
Wor"ry, v. i.
Definition: To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
Wor"ry, n.; pl. Worries (.
Definition: A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry. "The whir and worry of spindle and of loom." Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 May 2025
(noun) a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
