Synonyms of worries

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fears
• stresses
• frets
• troubles
• fusses
• sweats
• bothers
• stews
• agonizes
• gives a hang
• sweats blood
• longs
• yearns
• despairs
• pines
• chafes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepts
• takes
• endures
• bears
• sustains
• tolerates
• sticks out
• abides
• stomachs

2

as in concerns

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

those strange noises outside the house worry me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concerns
• bothers
• alarms
• disturbs
• distracts
• angers
• unsettles
• distresses
• upsets
• haunts
• plagues
• agitates
• annoys
• dismays
• disquiets
• discomforts
• ails
• freaks (out)
• confuses
• irritates
• perturbs
• derails
• unhinges
• undoes
• exercises
• discomposes
• fusses
• flurries
• rattles
• frazzles
• distempers
• bugs
• exasperates
• embarrasses
• aggravates
• weirds out
• irks
• vexes
• hagrides
• discourages
• peeves
• chafes
• riles
• harasses
• frets
• piques
• pesters
• harries
• bedevils
• flusters
• grates
• nettles
• disconcerts
• confounds
• discomfits
• puts off
• mortifies
• gets
• puts out
• galls
• fazes
• shakes up
• daunts
• discountenances
• unnerves
• abashes
• chivies
• disheartens
• jars
• demoralizes
• dispirits
• nonpluses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calms
• soothes
• quiets
• settles
• composes
• alleviates
• allays
• assuages
• tranquilizes
• appeases
• pacifies
• placates
• mollifies
• propitiates
• conciliates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of worries

Tehran fears that surrendering its maritime leverage first would invite fresh demands; Washington worries that easing pressure would reward coercion without securing lasting constraints on Iran’s nuclear program. — Ali Vaez, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

With construction expected deep into the night, Ping worries, the dust and vibrations will only worsen. — Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026

Mitchell worries that rewarding models for thinking of themselves as having identities during fine-tuning could strengthen those earlier associations, potentially encouraging behavior that developers never intended. — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2026

That worries Jonathan Jarry, a science communicator at McGill University’s Office for Science and Society in Montreal. — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Allison worries everyday fans are being conditioned to see the diamond – or the court or the field – as slot machines and the human athletes as spinning symbols that sometimes align as dollar signs. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

Making wellness accessible As holistic wellness becomes increasingly mainstream, Warren-Thomas worries that rising costs are making some services inaccessible to the communities they were originally intended to serve. — Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

China worries The initial jitters came at the start of the week after China's leading memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, announced plans to roll out a server memory product based on new architecture. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

For example, Scott Bernstein, co-founder of the environmental group Center for Neighborhood Technology, worries the agencies are basing their computer models on weather trends using only data collected from 1990 through 2024. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026