Synonyms of worried

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adjective

as in upset

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

the soldier's father had a worried expression as he listened to the news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• upset
• nervous
• anxious
• uneasy
• troubled
• apprehensive
• concerned
• bothered
• hesitant
• disturbed
• perturbed
• uptight
• tense
• flustered
• freaked
• distraught
• queasy
• jittery
• ill at ease
• obsessed
• insecure
• preoccupied
• jumpy
• queazy
• antsy
• on edge
• goosey
• on pins and needles
• on tenterhooks
• unquiet
• restless
• het up
• distressed
• dithery
• nervy
• edgy
• hinky
• aggrieved
• disquieted
• vexed
• aflutter
• fretful
• atwitter
• hung up
• fretting
• keyed up
• foreboding
• unnerved
• shook-up
• freaked-out
• misgiving
• fidgety
• qualmish
• unstrung
• high-strung
• undone
• qualmy
• stewing
• fluttery
• skittish
• spooky
• twittered
• flighty
• hypertense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• easy
• collected
• sure
• calm
• cool
• relaxed
• confident
• nerveless
• happy-go-lucky
• controlled
• self-assured
• self-confident
• self-controlled

worried

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• feared
• fretted
• stressed
• sweated
• fussed
• troubled
• sweat
• bothered
• stewed
• agonized
• cared a hang
• sweated blood
• sweat blood
• gave a hang
• longed
• despaired
• yearned
• pined
• chafed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepted
• took
• tolerated
• bore
• sustained
• endured
• stuck out
• abided
• stomached
• abode

2

as in alarmed

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

those strange noises outside the house worry me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alarmed
• concerned
• disturbed
• bothered
• distracted
• upset
• angered
• agitated
• annoyed
• unsettled
• distressed
• dismayed
• plagued
• haunted
• perturbed
• irritated
• disquieted
• confused
• discomforted
• embarrassed
• frazzled
• rattled
• unhinged
• flurried
• fussed
• derailed
• discomposed
• ailed
• freaked (out)
• weirded out
• exercised
• bugged
• exasperated
• undid
• distempered
• irked
• peeved
• discouraged
• aggravated
• harassed
• vexed
• fretted
• flustered
• hagrode
• harried
• riled
• pestered
• nettled
• alarumed
• chivvied
• disconcerted
• piqued
• chafed
• mortified
• nonplussed
• galled
• bedeviled
• put off
• fazed
• nonplused
• got
• put out
• unnerved
• grated
• discomfited
• confounded
• disheartened
• daunted
• abashed
• jarred
• dispirited
• demoralized
• vext
• chivied
• discountenanced
• shook up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmed
• soothed
• quieted
• settled
• composed
• alleviated
• allayed
• assuaged
• tranquilized
• tranquillized
• mollified
• appeased
• placated
• pacified
• propitiated
• conciliated