1
as in to fret
to experience concern or anxiety
they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved
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2
as in to bother
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
those strange noises outside the house worry me
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as in fear
an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble
she can only concentrate on something when she is free of worry
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1
as in fretting
to experience concern or anxiety
they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved
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2
as in bothering
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
those strange noises outside the house worry me
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Recent Examples of worry
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Customers with existing TiVo products, however, shouldn’t worry.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
The commercialization of high school sports is arguably more of a worry given that the athletes are younger and less mature.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2025
NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Canva/Cisco While everyone else is anxiously worrying about AI replacing jobs, Katsoudas—who leads the AI Workforce Consortium—thinks that AI could be the thing that gives workers the chance to have a longer career within a single organization.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Does that kind of intervention worry Moore, a famously libertarian economist?
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Customers with existing TiVo products, however, shouldn’t worry.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
Despite growing worries about its side effects, finasteride remains just a few clicks away.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
The commercialization of high school sports is arguably more of a worry given that the athletes are younger and less mature.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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The economic and political struggles are worrying financial markets, ratings agencies and the European Commission, which has been pushing France to comply with EU rules limiting debt.
—NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Canva/Cisco While everyone else is anxiously worrying about AI replacing jobs, Katsoudas—who leads the AI Workforce Consortium—thinks that AI could be the thing that gives workers the chance to have a longer career within a single organization.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worry
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Last week, the VIX—Wall Street’s fear gauge—spiked to its highest level since April before easing, amid new trade policy uncertainties.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Amazon Web Services suffers widespread outage MAJOR HEADLINES BAYOU MYSTERY – Democrat mayor's 'gaslighting' amid serial killer fears called out by grieving family.—
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FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, the European Union opted to not renew its approval for Sulfuryl Fluoride citing concerns over risks to human health and the environment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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Duan says this practice is increasingly prevalent within China’s CAE industry, partly to allay clients’ concerns about data security.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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But last week saw an observable upwelling of anxiety, reflecting a break of the preceding low-volatility climb and some possible pent-up selling from historically elevated equity allocations.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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That anxiety is reflected in the polling.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Dekoda’s appeal will depend on how much users value real-time health insights over the unease of allowing AI into their most private space.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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Adding to the unease, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned of rising credit risk during the earnings call, citing the recent bankruptcies of Tricolor Holdings, a subprime auto lender, and First Brands, an auto parts manufacturer.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Worry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worry. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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