| VERB | emotion | worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy |
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| emotion | worry, care | be concerned with | |
| emotion | worry, vex | disturb the peace of mind of | |
| stative | worry, concern, interest, occupy | be on the mind of | |
| contact | worry | lacerate by biting | |
| contact | worry | touch or rub constantly | |
| NOUN | cognition | worry, concern, headache, vexation | something or someone that causes anxiety |
| feeling | worry, trouble | a strong feeling of anxiety |
| Sounds | wer'iy | |
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| Rhymes | accessory ... winery: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
| Meaning | Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. | |
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| Example | "it's a major worry" | |
| Synonyms | concern, headache, vexation | |
| Narrower | bugaboo | A source of concern |
| burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus | An onerous or difficult concern | |
| business | A rightful concern or responsibility | |
| Broader | negative stimulus | A stimulus with undesirable consequences |
| Spanish | preocupación, quebradero de cabeza, quebradero | |
| Catalan | inquietud, maldecap, preocupació | |
| Verbs | worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy |
| worry | disturb the peace of mind of | |
| worry | be concerned with | |
| Meaning | A strong feeling of anxiety. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | trouble | |
| Broader | anxiety | A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
| Spanish | aflicción, cuita, inquietud, preocupación, problema, tribulación, zozobra | |
| Catalan | aflicció, preocupació, problema, tribulació | |
| Verbs | worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy |
| worry | be concerned with | |
| Meaning | Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They worry that there was a traffic accident | |
| Example | "I worry about my job" | |
| Caused by | worry, vex | disturb the peace of mind of |
| Narrower | fear | Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive / apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event |
| fret | Be agitated or irritated | |
| fuss, niggle, fret | Worry unnecessarily or excessively | |
| obsess | Be preoccupied with something | |
| Similar to | worry, vex | disturb the peace of mind of |
| Spanish | apurarse, inquietarse, molestar, preocuparse, preocupar | |
| Catalan | amoïnar-se, apurar-se, inquietar-se, molestar, preocupar-se, preocupar, sortir de polleguera | |
| Nouns | worrier | thinks about unfortunate / unfortunate things that might happen / happen / happen / happen |
| worriment | a difficulty that causes anxiety | |
| worry | something or someone that causes anxiety | |
| worry | a strong feeling of anxiety | |
| Meaning | Be concerned with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "I worry about my grades" | |
| Synonym | care | |
| Narrower | brood, dwell | Think moodily or anxiously about something |
| Broader | mind | Be concerned with or about something or somebody |
| Spanish | molestar, preocuparse, preocupar | |
| Catalan | molestar, preocupar | |
| Nouns | worry | something or someone that causes anxiety |
| worry | a strong feeling of anxiety | |
| Meaning | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will worry him | |
| Example | "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" | |
| Synonym | vex | |
| Cause to | worry | Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy |
| Narrower | eat, eat on | Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way |
| misgive | Suggest fear or doubt | |
| nag | Worry persistently | |
| Broader | perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed |
| Opposite | reassure, assure | Cause to feel sure |
| Similar to | worry | Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy |
| Spanish | apurar, disgustar, inquietarse, inquietar, molestar, preocuparse, preocupar | |
| Catalan | amoinar, amoïnar, apurar, assetjar, inquietar, molestar, preocupar | |
| Nouns | worry | something or someone that causes anxiety |
| worrying | the act of harassing someone | |
| Meaning | Be on the mind of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will worry him | |
| Example | "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" | |
| Synonyms | concern, interest, occupy | |
| Spanish | aficionar, interesar, ocupar, preocupar | |
| Catalan | aficionar, interessar, ocupar, preocupar | |
| Meaning | lacerate by biting. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | incise | make an incision / incision into by carving or cutting |
| Spanish | morder, mordisquear | |
| Meaning | touch or rub constantly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Spanish | frotar | |
| Catalan | fregar, refregar | |
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