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

That’s almost eight months of talking, worrying and dreaming about the Bears. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

The news, which prompted Treasury yields to fall, came after days of headlines worrying about a global sell-off in government bonds. — Matt Peterson,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

The novel invites and shrouds and protects, then presses on him for years in recollection, worrying the edges of imagination. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

All over Reddit, my favorite repository for human drama, people are worrying about human drama that has a nonhuman interloper. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

While the sports industrial complex has largely been immune from America’s trust crisis, new concerns over betting’s influence on game integrity are not only worrying fans like Brannock, but also league officials. — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Then the bear quit worrying about the rifle barrel and directed her attention to McCoy’s head. — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

Counsell said the players aren’t worrying about postseason positioning right now. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

Scientists now are spending an increasing amount of time worrying about keeping the lights on and people employed, which ultimately distracts from time spent doing research. — Abdullah Shihipar, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026