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worry
Synonyms and Antonyms of worry
an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble
alarm (also alarum), anguish, consternation, desperateness, desperation, discomfort, discomposure, dismay, distraction, distress, disturbance, edginess, franticness, hand-wringing, jitters, jumpiness, panic, tremor
angst, fearfulness, torment, upset, vexation
cold feet, doubt, dread, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, suspense, uncertainty
Synonym Discussion of worry
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- a face worn by years of care
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- crimes caused concern in the neighborhood
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- acted with typical maternal solicitude
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- plagued by anxiety and self-doubt
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- financial worries
worry
Synonyms and Antonyms of worry
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to experience concern or anxiety
give a hang (or care a hang), sweat blood
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to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
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
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up
daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve
calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)
Synonym Discussion of worry
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- pursued a policy of worrying the enemy
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- you're doing that just to annoy me
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- harassed on all sides by creditors
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- the strikers had been harried by thugs
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- plagued all her life by poverty
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- constantly pestered with trivial complaints
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- children teased the dog
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