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verb-intransitive. To feel uneasy or concerned about something; be troubled. See Synonyms at brood.

verb-intransitive. To pull or tear at something with or as if with the teeth.

verb-intransitive. To proceed doggedly in the face of difficulty or hardship; struggle: worried along at the problem.

v. To cause to feel anxious, distressed, or troubled. See Synonyms at trouble.

v. To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.

v. To seize with the teeth and shake or tug at repeatedly: a dog worrying a bone.

v. To attack roughly and repeatedly; harass.

v. To touch, move, or handle idly; toy with: worrying the loose tooth with his tongue.

n. The act of worrying or the condition of being worried; persistent mental uneasiness. See Synonyms at anxiety.

n. A source of nagging concern or uneasiness.

idiom. not to worry Informal There is nothing to worry about; there is no need to be concerned: "But not to worry: it all...falls into place in the book's second half, where the language is plainer” ( Hallowell Bowser).

v. To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.

v. To harass; to irritate or distress.

v. Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.

v. To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.

v. To strangle.

n. A strong feeling of anxiety.

n. An instance or cause of such a feeling.

v. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

v. 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.

v. To harass with labor; to fatigue.

verb-intransitive. To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe

n. A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret.

To choke; suffocate.

To seize by the throat with the teeth; bite at or tear with the teeth, as dogs when fighting; kill or injure badly by repeated biting, tearing, shaking, etc.: as, a dog that worries sheep; a terrier worries rats.

To tease; trouble; harass with importunity or with care and anxiety; plague; bother; vex; persecute.

Synonyms Pester, Plague, etc. (see tease), disturb, disquiet.

To choke; be suffocated, as by something stopping the windpipe.

To fight, as dogs, by seizing and biting at each other; be engaged in biting, shaking, or mangling with the teeth.

To be unduly anxious and careful; give way to anxiety; be over-solicitous or disquieted about things; borrow trouble; fret.

n. The act of worrying or biting and mangling with the teeth; the act of killing by biting and shaking.

n. Harassing anxiety, solicitude, or turmoil; perplexity arising from over-anxiety or petty annoyances and cares; trouble: as, it is not work but worry that kills; the worries of housekeeping.

v. touch or rub constantly

v. lacerate by biting

v. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

n. something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

v. be concerned with

v. be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy

n. a strong feeling of anxiety

v. be on the mind of

";; And a black and white sweetheart of a kitten followed us halfway home .. * worry worry*"

worried    worries    worrying   

rub    incise    anxiety   

fret    disturbance    to worry the sword    to worry down    to worry along   

worried   

obsess    niggle    fret    fuss    fear   

worrisome    worried   

vex    annoy    torment    tease    fret    trouble    plague    fatigue    chafe    vexation   

Curry    Murray    Murree    Surrey    Urey    Uri    blurry    burry    currie    curry   

anxiety    annoyance    frustration    concern    apprehension    uncertainty    sadness    anger    guilt    remorse