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Definition worry

Etymology

From Middle English worien, werien, wirwen, wyry?en (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyr?an, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *wer??- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Lithuanian ver?žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) ?????????? (otverzát?, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring.

Verb

worry (third-person singular simple present worries, present participle worrying, simple past and past participle worried)

1. (intransitive) To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.
2. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
3. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
4. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
5. (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
6. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To strangle.

Noun

worry (countable and uncountable, plural worries)

1. A strong feeling of anxiety.
2. An instance or cause of such a feeling.

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