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WORRYING
distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying
(adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety; “distressing (or disturbing) news”; “lived in heroic if something distressful isolation”; “a disturbing amount of crime”; “a revelation that was most perturbing”; “a new and troubling thought”; “in a particularly worrisome predicament”; “a worrying situation”; “a worrying time”
worrying
(noun) the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes; “vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw”
badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment
(noun) the act of harassing someone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
worrying (comparative more worrying, superlative most worrying)
Inducing worry.
Verb
worrying
present participle of worry
Etymology 2
Noun
worrying (plural worryings)
The act of worrying or harassing somebody.
Source: Wiktionary
WORRY
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
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