worry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyryȝen (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyrġan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Sanskrit वृहति (vṛhati, “to tear out, pluck”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, New Zealand, Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwʌ.ɹi/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): [ˈwʌɹɪj] (General American) (hurry–furry merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɝ.i/ (without the hurry–furry merger) IPA(key): /ˈwʌ.ɹi/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈwɝ.i/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈwʊ.ɹi/ (New Zealand, Australian, UK, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈwɒ.ɹi/ (West Country, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈwəʊ.ɹi/ Rhymes: -ʌɹi === Verb === worry (third-person singular simple present worries, present participle worrying, simple past and past participle worried) (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf. (transitive) To touch repeatedly; to fiddle with. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To strangle. ==== Synonyms ==== (be troubled mentally): fret, stress, fuss (trouble someone mentally): concern, fret, preoccupy, vex, gnaw ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === worry (countable and uncountable, plural worries) A strong feeling of anxiety. Synonym: care An instance or cause of such a feeling. Synonym: care A person who causes worry. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English worien, from Old English wyrġan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). === Verb === worry (transitive) To strangle.