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 Unemployment worries The jobs picture may be worse than official figures suggest. — Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 While her daughter has not experienced lasting health effects, VandenBerg worries about what remains unknown. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 What really worries people is the prospect that every big moment on the royal calendar ends up with a competing storyline. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 15 Aug. 2026 Prebula worries about burnout among staffers, who are handling the crisis on top of their daily workload. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Fall said, who worries that the merger will cause a disruption to access. — Addie Morfoot, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026 However, these coatings remain common in lower-temperature cooking appliances (including many name-brand rice cookers), and that worries less than high-heat applications. — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026 The group worries the structure could particularly affect workers who rely on public coverage even when they are employed. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Curtis worries the bait used to reel in these apex predators is taking them dangerously close to the beach and unsuspecting swimmers. — Tom Hanson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worries
  1. fears
  2. concerns
  3. stresses
  4. bothers
  5. frets
  6. alarms
  7. troubles
  8. disturbs
Verb
  • Now, Azmy fears, the bad old days of Guantánamo are starting to seem like the good old days.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Now Mubariz fears the same deprivation will shape the next two or three generations.
    — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of fears
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  • By identifying exactly what the frustration concerns before reacting, leaders are more likely to channel emotion toward fixing broken systems instead of attacking individuals.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Some users may not want their Twitch content used to train Amazon AI because of a lack of financial benefit, concerns that AI could cannibalize their business, or an aversion to the broader Amazon conglomerate.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of concerns
Verb
  • Imtiaz stresses that with any form of treatment, speaking up quickly about any concerns is essential.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • However, effective delivery remains a critical challenge; Junho Jung stresses that topical applications often lack the efficacy of clinical injections, as ingredient stability and form are crucial for skin absorption.
    — Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of stresses
Verb
  • My concern is what happens when the signal becomes so established that nobody bothers separating it from the qualities it was supposed to represent.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The result is a bunch of people losing their jobs, which really bothers me.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 4 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
  • But what troubles him most is not only what has disappeared from textbooks.
    — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
  • One death especially, that of his young cousin Sinon (Elliot Page), troubles him most of all.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
Definition of troubles
Verb
  • Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
  • The pier in Michigan City’s Washington Park disturbs the natural flow of sand along the lakeshore, creating new land east of the pier but starving beaches to the west, an erosion problem repeated by other manmade structures that jut out into Lake Michigan.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Definition of disturbs

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