Synonyms of worrying

worrying

verb

present participle of worry

1

as in fretting

to experience concern or anxiety

they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fretting
• stressing
• fearing
• sweating
• fussing
• troubling
• bothering
• stewing
• agonizing
• giving a hang
• sweating blood
• longing
• yearning
• pining
• despairing
• chafing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• taking
• tolerating
• sustaining
• enduring
• bearing
• abiding
• sticking out
• stomaching

2

as in bothering

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

those strange noises outside the house worry me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothering
• alarming
• disturbing
• distracting
• concerning
• unsettling
• upsetting
• distressing
• angering
• agitating
• annoying
• haunting
• plaguing
• dismaying
• disquieting
• discomforting
• irritating
• perturbing
• fussing
• confusing
• undoing
• exercising
• ailing
• embarrassing
• bugging
• derailing
• rattling
• unhinging
• freaking (out)
• aggravating
• exasperating
• flurrying
• fretting
• discomposing
• discouraging
• frazzling
• harassing
• irking
• vexing
• distempering
• hagriding
• weirding out
• pestering
• disconcerting
• harrying
• galling
• chafing
• nettling
• getting
• grating
• riling
• discomfiting
• mortifying
• unnerving
• putting off
• jarring
• bedeviling
• piquing
• peeving
• putting out
• confounding
• disheartening
• flustering
• chivying
• daunting
• demoralizing
• discountenancing
• dispiriting
• shaking up
• nonplussing
• fazing
• abashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• composing
• settling
• calming
• soothing
• quieting
• alleviating
• allaying
• tranquilizing
• appeasing
• placating
• assuaging
• pacifying
• conciliating
• mollifying
• propitiating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of worrying

Ready to take on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and a December full of holiday parties without worrying if your wardrobe will still fit in 2027? — Patricia Neligan, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Another theory is that with the fall harvest nearly complete, now is a relatively safe time to deport farmworkers in the countryside without immediately worrying about empty shelves in supermarkets, Mejia said. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

The people who worry that AI will end humanity are worrying about the least likely outcome of the technology. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

NemoClaw operates in an isolated sandbox, so users can leverage its ability to write code, consult the web, and use apps without worrying a malfunction will compromise live systems. — Shubham Agarwal, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

The most important thing is to speak about managing money without worrying your children. — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026

But in the United States, rates of colorectal cancer among younger adults have been on the rise, worrying experts. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Oct. 2026

That’s also worrying Western agencies like the CIA, which share intel with Germany. — Greg Dixon, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

The idea of going back with my father — worrying even more about his safety in addition to my own — sounded like a lot. — Daniel Duane, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026