worries

verb

present tense third-person singular of worry
1
as in fears
to experience concern or anxiety they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved

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

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Recent Examples of worries Ortega worries about what happens to the children left behind. — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 While her family loves the sport, the Baldwin City resident often worries about her kids playing in high temperatures. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026 Midland Democrat Kathleen Curell worries some of those persuadable voters may be scared off by some of El-Sayed's positions. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 Still, even in California, who worries about being savaged by an otter? — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Now worries about visa costs and the uncertainties are causing some to think twice. — Christine Miyawaki, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 Kurt's key takeaways What worries me about the FBI's nearly $21 billion figure goes beyond the size of the number. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 As notifications go out to people living on small properties around the territory, Quadro worries that some may again threaten the Indigenous community. — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026 Instead, the market worries whether such high growth has already been fully priced into stock values or is approaching a growth inflection point. — CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worries
  1. fears
  2. concerns
  3. stresses
  4. bothers
  5. frets
  6. alarms
  7. troubles
  8. disturbs
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  • Everyone who actually works in this business wants this resolved, except for the writer who fears David Ellison will never buy their screenplay Luigi Mangione in Love.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
  • For now, however, fears that public opinion has tilted toward China are overblown.
    — Adam Y. Liu, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of fears
Verb
  • The impact of food recalls The FDA issued 26 food recall notices in August, and 94% of Americans say the frequency of recalls concerns them.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Cao’s deeper subject here concerns the wagers people make on their futures and, by extension, the ways risk is deferred and abstracted in our gamified, appified, casino-like present.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of concerns
Verb
  • The report stresses how Kansas City is a relatively small sports market compared to the rest of the country.
    — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This test places stresses on the edge far beyond typical EDC tasks.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of stresses
Verb
  • That sequencing bothers people who’ve spent careers being told that data systems need privacy protections designed in, not bolted on after a scandal.
    — Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Kurt's key takeaways What bothers me most about this scam is that criminals are going after people who may have the fewest options to protect themselves.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bothers
Verb
  • As the industry frets about consolidation, the slow decline of entertainment on broadcast TV in favor of live sports is yet another way Hollywood’s creative class is getting squeezed.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Kate, for her part, frets that her grieving husband is lacking male companionship.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of frets
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  • That prospect alarms those in Europe, who fear FIFA could increasingly challenge their competitions for space on an already overcrowded calendar.
    — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • He becomes increasingly consumed by the otherworldly dimension, which alarms his therapist, Mary (Renate Reinsve).
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Definition of alarms
Verb
  • The aspect of the painting that troubles me most, though, is the sleeve of Amélie’s dress.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This moment troubles me not only as a historian, but also as a longtime mentor for college-age student-athletes.
    — Emily Harrison, STAT, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of troubles
Verb
  • That disturbs Masters, an auto mechanic who moved out of the mobile home park before the 2021 floods.
    — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Traffic between somebody else's router and somebody else's laptop, say in a random coffee shop or an airport, can provide the radio field that your body disturbs to create your specific signature.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of disturbs

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“Worries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worries. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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