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Synonyms & Antonyms of worried
(Entry 1 of 2)
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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worried
verb
past tense of worry
Synonyms & Antonyms of worried (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to experience concern or anxiety
- they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved
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- gave a hang
- (or cared a hang),
- sweat blood
- (or sweated blood)
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2
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
- those strange noises outside the house worry me
Synonyms for worried
- agitated,
- ailed,
- alarmed
- (also alarumed),
- bothered,
- concerned,
- derailed,
- discomforted,
- discomposed,
- dismayed,
- disquieted,
- distempered,
- distracted,
- distressed,
- disturbed,
- exercised,
- flurried,
- frazzled,
- freaked (out),
- fussed,
- hagrode,
- perturbed,
- undid,
- unhinged,
- unsettled,
- upset,
- weirded out
Words Related to worried
- aggravated,
- angered,
- annoyed,
- bugged,
- chafed,
- chivied
- (or chivvied),
- exasperated,
- fretted,
- galled,
- got,
- grated,
- harassed,
- harried,
- irked,
- irritated,
- nettled,
- peeved,
- pestered,
- piqued,
- put off,
- put out,
- riled,
- vexed
- (also vext)
Near Antonyms for worried
Antonyms for worried
- calmed,
- composed,
- quieted,
- settled,
- soothed,
- tranquilized
- (also tranquillized)
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The first known use of worried was in 1624
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