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worry

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of worry

an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble
  • She can only concentrate on something when she is free of worry.
Synonyms of worry

agitation, anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, care, concern, concernment, disquiet, disquietude, fear, nervousness, solicitude, sweat, unease, uneasiness
Words Related to worry

strain, stress, tension

alarm (also alarum), anguish, consternation, desperateness, desperation, discomfort, discomposure, dismay, distraction, distress, disturbance, edginess, hand-wringing, jitters, jumpiness, panic, tremor

angst, fearfulness, torment, upset, vexation

cold feet, doubt, dread, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, suspense, uncertainty

compunction, qualm, scruple
Near Antonyms of worry

calm, calmness, content, contentment, ease, easiness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietude, sereneness, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility), tranquilness

comfort, consolation, relief, solace
Antonyms of worry

unconcern

Synonym Discussion of worry

care, concern, solicitude, anxiety, worry mean a troubled or engrossed state of mind or the thing that causes this. care implies oppression of the mind weighed down by responsibility or disquieted by apprehension.
    • a face worn by years of care
concern implies a troubled state of mind because of personal interest, relation, or affection.
    • crimes caused concern in the neighborhood
solicitude implies great concern and connotes either thoughtful or hovering attentiveness toward another.
    • acted with typical maternal solicitude
anxiety stresses anguished uncertainty or fear of misfortune or failure.
    • plagued by anxiety and self-doubt
worry suggests fretting over matters that may or may not be real cause for anxiety.
    • financial worries

worry

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of worry

1 to experience concern or anxiety
  • They worried for days about whether the loan would be approved.
Synonyms of worry

bother, fear, fret, fuss, stew, stress, sweat, trouble
Words Related to worry

agonize

long, pine, yearn

chafe

despair
Phrases Synonymous with worry

give a hang (or care a hang), sweat blood
Near Antonyms of worry

accept

abide, bear, endure, stick out, stomach, sustain, take, tolerate
2 to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
  • Those strange noises outside the house worry me.
Synonyms of worry

agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, disturb, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out
Words Related to worry

aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy (or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex

bedevil, haunt, plague

abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up

daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve
Near Antonyms of worry

allay, alleviate, assuage

appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate
Antonyms of worry

calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)

Synonym Discussion of worry

worry, annoy, harass, harry, plague, pester, tease mean to disturb or irritate by persistent acts. worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation.
    • pursued a policy of worrying the enemy
annoy implies disturbing one's composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty attacks.
    • you're doing that just to annoy me
harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous or mental power.
    • harassed on all sides by creditors
harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment.
    • the strikers had been harried by thugs
plague implies a painful and persistent affliction.
    • plagued all her life by poverty
pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks.
    • constantly pestered with trivial complaints
tease suggests an attempt to break down one's resistance or rouse to wrath.
    • children teased the dog

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