WORRIES Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

worries

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present tense third-person singular of worry

as in fears

to experience concern or anxiety they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved

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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 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 That worries Matthew Green, a cryptographer at Johns Hopkins University. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 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 Beth Hammack, who heads the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, worries the cumulative effect of these shocks could make inflation more entrenched. — Scott Horsley, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 Rosa is kind and helpful, but Kaylee worries about disappointing Fraser, who overhears her ask for Rosa’s help. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026 Shelley also worries that outsourcing to AI blunts a leader’s instincts. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 Now, as development and gentrification continue to change Bishop Arts and Oak Cliff, Contreras worries more businesses could be forced out. — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

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Europe’s trade deficit with China has sparked growing alarm on the continent, which fears Chinese goods will hollow out its industries, driving job losses and economic anxiety that ultimately fuel the rise of nationalist parties.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Security fears on the rise The aircraft reportedly departed quickly enough that aerial refueling tankers were still being organized to support their flights across the Atlantic.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of fears

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Riders without their dragons are as good as dead, and vice versa, which stresses the bond between human and beast formed on Threshing Day.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
But, Rubin stresses, the review process doesn't necessarily stop projects from happening — and that's the point of participating in it.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of stresses

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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

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Some of the sightings claim a man wearing clothing typical of the 17th or 18th centuries, a man dressed in Confederate attire in the liquor room, a ghost of a former worker Joseph Hardesty and a female who actively disturbs visitors to her home.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Vibration disturbs the natural sediments in wine, flattening the flavor and aging it prematurely.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026

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