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worry
noun as in anxiety, trouble
Strongest matches
anguish, apprehension, concern, doubt, fear, headache, misery, misgiving, pain, problem, uncertainty, uneasiness, woe
Strong matches
annoyance, care, disquiet, distress, disturbance, heartache, irritation, nag, perplexity, pest, plague, presentiment, torment, torture, trial, vexation, worriment
Weak match
verb as in be or make anxious, troubled
Strongest matches
annoy, bother, depress, disturb, fret, irritate, perturb, plague, trouble, try, unsettle, upset
Strong matches
afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, attack, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, brood, bug, chafe, despair, disquiet, distress, dun, goad, harass, harry, hassle, hector, importune, needle, oppress, persecute, pester, stew, tantalize, tear, tease, test, torment, torture, vex, wince, writhe, wrong
Weak matches
bite one's nails, concern oneself, feel uneasy, gnaw at, go for, have qualms, sweat out, take on
Example Sentences
They also worried that the U.S. would alter its tax policies to encourage those businesses to declare more of their profits in the U.S., and less in Ireland.
Some smaller rural schools are worried about how they will manage the paperwork.
However, a mixed day on Wall Street highlighted ongoing worries about elevated tech valuations following a breathtaking AI-fuelled rally this year.
However, "the day they manage to produce commercial products -- and it won't be long -- it will be too late to worry about it," he cautioned.
Doves worried about labor-market softness but lacked new evidence that would maintain a strong case for cutting.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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