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worried 音標拼音: [w'ɚid] a. 悶悶不樂的 悶悶不樂的 worried adj 1: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; " too upset to say anything"; " spent many disquieted moments"; " distressed about her son' s leaving home"; " lapsed into disturbed sleep"; " worried parents"; " a worried frown"; " one last worried check of the sleeping children" [ synonym: { disquieted}, { distressed}, { disturbed}, { upset}, { worried}] 2: mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; " apprehensive about her job"; " not used to a city and worried about small things"; " felt apprehensive about the consequences" [ synonym: { apprehensive}, { worried}] Worry \ Wor" ry\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Worried}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Worrying}.] [ OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in [= a] wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. w[" u] rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth. [ 1913 Webster] A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that had his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. " A church worried with reformation." -- South. [ 1913 Webster] Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure. -- Rowe. [ 1913 Webster] Worry him out till he gives consent. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 42 Moby Thesaurus words for " worried": annoyed, anxious, badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bothered, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled, distracted, distrait, distressed, dogged, embarrassed, fretted, harassed, harried, haunted, heckled, hectored, hounded, inconvenienced, irked, needled, nipped at, persecuted, perturbed, pestered, picked on, plagued, put to it, puzzled, ragged, sore beset, teased, tormented, troubled, vexed, worried sick, worried stiff
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