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worry

[wur-ee, wuhr-ee] / ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr i /




Usage

What are other ways to say worry? Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market. Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care.

Example Sentences

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It wasn’t so long ago we didn’t worry about what we needed to see or do before we died.

From MarketWatch

Cindy Burnett, 57, a book columnist and host of Thoughts from a Page podcast, has long worried about aging.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those worries have helped fuel a major selloff on AI names over the past couple of months.

From The Wall Street Journal

This holiday season, Nussen, of Wesley Hills, N.Y., ordered multiple items from a clothing store that she and her daughter love without worrying about returning some.

From The Wall Street Journal

As inflation lingers and the jobs market cools -- while worries about valuations surrounding AI persist -- investors will keep a careful eye on the health of the world's biggest economy in 2026.

From Barron's