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Adjective
/ˈwərē-iNG/,
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Causing anxiety about actual or potential problems; alarming,
  1. Causing anxiety about actual or potential problems; alarming
    • - a worrying health risk
  1. badgering: the act of harassing someone
  2. distressing: 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 ...
  3. the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes; "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"
  4. (worryingly) in a manner to cause worry
  5. (worried) disquieted: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the ...
  6. (worried) apprehensive: mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
  7. (worry) be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job"
  8. (worry) concern: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
  9. (worry) 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"
  10. (worry) disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"
  11. (worry) concern: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
  12. (worry) lacerate by biting; "the dog worried his bone"
  13. Worry is thoughts and images of a negative nature in which mental attempts are made to avoid anticipated potential threats. ...
  14. (worried) Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy
  15. (Worried) means to be afraid that something is going to go wrong. What’s the word?
  16. (worries) a cause of uneasiness or anxiety; trouble.
  17. (Worry) 2001. Vln, eight vlc
  18. (Worry) Feeling of uncertainty that one is able to prevent the occurrence of an unsatisfactory occurrence.
  19. (Worry) Ironic nurse to old bedridden Dame Care. E.g., "I should worry" - famous saying of the Infinite Nix at twelve o'clock Saturday night of the Sixth day as he threw down his tools and sent the Earth about its business.
  20. (Worry) One of the four types of disturbances that can distract a viewer from being able to address other areas of interest until the disturbance is handled.
  21. (Worry) The unwillingness to surrender. It’s a mental game of going into the future and imaginging the many “what if’s” which is a deeply unproductive and detrimental activity. ...
  22. (Worry) To bend something like a wire or a bar back and forth with the intention of breaking it apart.
  23. (Worry) from German "wurgen" = "to choke"; to strangle or choke the mind or harass the mind with anxiety.
  24. (worry) (v) elgеnirgе, ilgеnirgе, qayģırırģa
  25. (worry) a vexatious person or troublesome event, as a bit of a worry