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What does worried mean?

Definitions in simple English

worried Adjective

— If you are worried, you feel that something bad will happen. I'm worried about not having enough money. We've been worried sick since he disappeared.

worried

— adjective (= disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset) 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 — adjective (= apprehensive) 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

Synonyms worried synonyms

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anxious concerned worry troubled restless nervous distressed upset disturbed apprehensive uneasy afraid fearful at a loss vexed solicitous sad preoccupied be anxious alarmed agitated worrisome puzzled perturbed grieved depressed careworn bothered worries unquiet trouble oneself surprised pine for hesitant frightened fretful fidgety feelings feel uneasy feel uncomfortable disquieted be distraught be concerned anquished angry afflicted worrying woe weighed down wary

Topics worried topics

What do people use worried to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried

What words refer to feeling worried?

worry (v) feel worried be worried feel anxious be anxious be afraid feel afraid feel scared feel unsure agonize over wonder what is going to happen uneasy fret brood lose sleep not like the look of not like the sound of
What words describe someone who feels worried?

worried anxious anxiously apprehensive bothered concerned dismayed disturbed strained troubled uneasy unsettled
What words refer to being a little worried?

feel a little worried slightly worried a bit anxious not so sure
What words refer to being very worried?

anxiety attack really worried really scared really wondering despair despairing desperate desperation be worried sick be at your wits' end frantic frantically
What words refer to not being worried?

not worried unworried not concerned unconcerned unperturbed not lose sleep over don't care without a care in the world carefree philosophical

Examples worried examples

How do I use worried in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I wouldn't have worried about that.

Tom is worried because he should have heard from Mary by now.

Now I'm worried.

Tom is worried about being sued.

I'm slightly worried about Tom.

I'm not that worried.

Tom was worried that you wouldn't like his gift.

We're very worried about you.

Tom had a worried look on his face.

Aren't you worried about your grades?

Tom says he isn't worried about that.

Sami was dead worried about Layla.

Tom is worried because he should've heard from Mary by now.

We are worried about you.

The teacher was worried by Tom's frequent absence from class.

We were worried we might miss the train.

We're worried about Grandma and Grandpa.

I'm not in the least worried.

I was worried about his health.

I was very worried about her.

I'm just worried about my weight.

I'm worried she'll dehydrate.

He is worried about losing his job.

I wonder why she is so worried.

It worried me that she looked pale.

Don't be worried.

You don't know how worried I am.

Helen is very worried about her daughter.

I'm not worried about the price.

You don't understand how worried I was about you.

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I was worried.

Are you worried about something?

We were so worried!

You were worried for me?

What are you worried about?

I was worried when you left after acting strangely.

Even you don't say it out loud because you're worried if it will delay finding your mother, isn't it?

Dented, I'll take. It's broken I'm worried about.

I'm worried the bow tie's a little much.

I'm not worried.

She said she's worried I'm having personal issues.

He says I'm worried over nothing, that journalists get sued for defamation all the time.

Don't you see I'm worried about you?

Yeah I mean, I'm not too worried.

I'm worried, Hubert.

Leila wrote me that she's worried about him.

I'm just worried that if he sees it, he's gonna figure out.

We're a little worried about Ivan.

Worried because her father has been away so long.

Florence retired to her bedroom as she was suffering migraines; her father and I were worried about her condition, so we went up to her room.

At the American office everyone was worried about Mr. West's long absence.

He was lurking about, looking worried he'd be caught.

I'm so worried.

I've been kinda worried about that myself.

I was up worried.

That's very kind of you, but I'm a bit worried about my luggage.

I've been awfully worried about you.

We've been worried sick.

Be honest, kid, you were worried about her finding your porno collection.

I understand that every citizen is worried.

You're worried, aren't you?

BUT IT'S NOT YOU OR YOUR CARPET I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

DO I NEED TO BE WORRIED?

WE'VE GOT HIM SO WORRIED THIS OLIVER KID WAS TAKING HIS CASH, HE'S JUST GONNA HAND IT TO US.

YOU HEAR ME? SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

That evening Georges worried about the young girl, alone and without shelter in the rain.

Berit was very ill, and they were extremely worried at the Braathen farm.

I'm not worried about a hotel clerk.

News and current affairs

People feel uneasy and worried, especially when traveling.

This is clearly not true for those who suffer from migraines or epileptic seizures because of the new bulbs, or for those who are seriously worried about mercury, or for those who have other reasons for preferring incandescent bulbs.

Doing so would reassure American taxpayers worried about current deficits.

They were not worried, they told me, that Bush was inadequately briefed and strangely incurious for a man who sought the most powerful office in the world.

China, for example, is worried that the Fed's stimulus will increase its domestic inflation.

They worried that, if these problems emerged, they would derail reform measures and erode the public support needed to press on.

Governments are worried now, not because of capabilities, but because of America's real or imagined intentions.

It seems unlikely that not a single central bank analyst was the least bit worried about the massive growth in credit and leverage at the time.

He appears to have been worried, like the manager of a Ponzi scheme, that any hint of doubt could cause the whole movement to crash.

At the euro's creation, many worried about its long-run viability.

Financial markets, worried about this, would immediately raise interest rates on other at-risk eurozone countries, large and small.

Many international observers have been worried about the country's oversupply of housing and the related credit boom, making me wonder whether I have been overly sanguine about these risks.

In the interwar Great Depression, the economist Irving Fisher accurately described the process of debt deflation, in which lenders, worried by the deterioration of their asset quality, called in their loans, pushing borrowers to liquidate assets.

Russia instead jumped into democracy, and only then worried about replacing socialism with a market system.

And if you are really worried about that, gold might indeed be the most reliable hedge.

Japan was worried about a rising China and thus turning more confrontational.

Therefore I am worried by today's split within the EU as well as between some member countries and the US over Iraq.

The Founding Fathers worried about comparisons to the decline of the Roman republic.

In the longer term, however, the Chinese authorities have every reason to be worried: Xinjiang will grow to be a problem like Tibet.

Should Europeans be worried?

Moreover, the latest Eurobarometer poll shows that defense is the last thing that Europeans are worried about.

How worried should we be about an additional drag on the global economy?

Bankers, who may really be worried about their own bonuses, warn that higher capital requirements will force them to curtail lending, thus impeding economic growth.

Bank runs occur when people, worried that their deposits will not be honored, hastily withdraw their money, thereby creating the very bankruptcy that they feared.

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