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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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The building includes another apartment, so we would have rental income, but that seemed to worry them.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“What we needed is the innovation and the expanded growth opportunity… So now the worry is gone, you can give us back the market cap.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

We’ve been hearing dire warnings about it for years, with little impact on interest rates or investor returns, so why worry now?

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

But did she ever worry that taking a break from music, and coming back with a brand new sound, would jeopardise her career?

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

I didn’t have to worry about Mama paying me a visit because she was really put out with me.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls