worry🔊

To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise.

To harass; to irritate or distress.

To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.

To touch repeatedly; to fiddle with.

(obsolete, Scotland) To strangle.

A strong feeling of anxiety. +

An instance or cause of such a feeling. +

A person who causes worry.