worried
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Feeling or showing anxiety or concern about actual or potential problems: The state of being mentally troubled or uneasy, often about something that might happen or about a current difficulty.
- Afflicted with anxious uneasiness or distress: Marked by persistent, troubling thoughts that cause mental agitation.
Usage
- The adjective "worried" describes a person's emotional state. It is often followed by the preposition "about" to specify the cause of concern (e.g., ). It can also be used before a noun (e.g., ) or after a linking verb like "be," "feel," or "look" (e.g., ).
Examples
- As a predicate adjective (after a linking verb):
- She felt worried about her job security after the company merger.
- The parents were worried when their child was late coming home.
- As an attributive adjective (before a noun):
- He had a worried expression on his face.
- After the storm, we made a worried check of the property for damage.
Advanced Usage
- "Worried sick": An idiom meaning extremely anxious.
- She was worried sick when she couldn't reach her son.
- "Worried that...": Used to introduce a clause specifying the nature of the concern.
- I'm worried that we might miss our flight.
Variants and Related Words
- Worry (verb/noun): The action or state from which the adjective is derived.
- Verb: Don't worry about it.
- Noun: Financial worry kept him awake.
- Worrying (adjective): Causing worry.
- The worrying news spread quickly.
- Worrisome (adjective): Causing worry; similar to "worrying."
- It was a worrisome development.
Synonyms
- Anxious: Experiencing worry or nervousness, often about an uncertain outcome.
- Apprehensive: Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
- Concerned: Interested and involved, or troubled and anxious.
- Distressed: Suffering from anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
- Uneasy: Feeling or causing anxiety; troubled or uncomfortable.
Antonyms
- Calm: Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.
- Untroubled: Not feeling, showing, or affected by anxiety or problems.
- Unconcerned: Showing a lack of worry or interest, especially when perhaps expected.
Related Phrases
- Worried to death: An idiom similar to "worried sick," meaning extremely anxious.
- He'll be worried to death until he hears the news.
- Worried frown: A common collocation describing a facial expression showing worry.
- A worried frown crossed her brow.
Adjective
- 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
- 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