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adjective

ˈwər-ēd How to pronounce worried (audio)
Definition of worriednext
as in upset
feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty the soldier's father had a worried expression as he listened to the news

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verb

past tense of worry
1
as in feared
to experience concern or anxiety they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved

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2
as in alarmed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy those strange noises outside the house worry me

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Recent Examples of worried
Adjective
Many families with limited resources are worried about spending more money to prepare for another storm, Hunt said Thursday. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Safety, meaning an environment where students are not worried about being hurt or caught up in frequent conflict, was similarly linked to notable declines in chronic absence. — Jerome A. Graham, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
Analysts had long worried that a collapse of Evergrande could trigger wider risks for China’s property market, hurting homeowners and the broader global financial system. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 The Port of Los Angeles forklift driver was wearing a life vest and was floating away, out to sea -- cold, worried about sharks and drowning. — Michele Gile, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for worried
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worried
  1. upset
  2. feared
  3. alarmed
  4. nervous
  5. fretted
  6. concerned
  7. anxious
  8. stressed
Adjective
  • Pasadena residents are upset after a bloodied peacock was found in their neighborhood last week after what appeared to be a violent encounter with a mail carrier.
    — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Improved Digestion Bloating, constipation, acid reflux, upset stomach—all are uncomfortable signs of indigestion after eating.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of upset
Verb
  • Rescuers were still searching for villagers feared buried beneath landslides triggered by the quake across six regencies on Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in Muslim-majority Indonesia.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Knight, the West Coast hip-hop mogul who was once one of the most important and most feared men in music, is the only surviving eyewitness other than the defendant.
    — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of feared
Verb
  • Garcia said that before the attack, residents were already alarmed by a May news release from the city manager of neighboring Rio Vista, who warned that the project and potential annexation could open the door to a giant data center being built.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Terrified Jewish voters—alarmed by progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s anti-Zionist rhetoric—are fleeing to Republican Mike Rogers for self-preservation.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of alarmed
Adjective
  • Until Bezos, or any of his new partners, speak publicly, the conversation about what comes next will be nervous.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In a nervous market full of geopolitical tension, IPOs have attracted a lot of investor attention, with AI darlings Anthropic and OpenAI preparing for their own debuts.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of nervous
Verb
  • Republicans have fretted that Miller’s scandals could make the district Trump won by 11 points in 2024 vulnerable in what’s expected to be a strong year for Democrats.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Other European politicians fretted about national infrastructure and defense, with one comparing the loss of Mythos to Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of fretted
Verb
  • Is his business mostly done as far as incomings are concerned?
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Washington doesn’t seem overly concerned by the arrangement for now, said Umair Jamal on The Diplomat (Washington DC).
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of concerned
Adjective
  • Fortunately for the anxious among us, and less fortunately for those still loyal to the dying rituals of interpersonal correspondence, Cynthia has recently moved to online reservations.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Yet even the president’s die-hard supporters are becoming more anxious about the costs associated with the war.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of anxious
Verb
  • The researchers stressed that the work represents a material-design strategy rather than a finished commercial battery.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Diamantas, who has been leading the investigation into the health outbreaks, has been touted as the driving force behind the administration's food policy and stressed that America's food supply is safe despite consumers' health concerns.
    — Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
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