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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
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              Worry him out till he gives consent.  --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.]
     1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly;
        also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
  
              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.
  
     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.
  
              Let them rail, And worry one another at their
              pleasure.                             --Rowe.
  
              Worry him out till he gives consent.  --Swift.
  
     3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  worrying
       adj : causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or
             disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something
             distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime";
             "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and
             troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome
             predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
             [syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing,
              troubling, worrisome]
       n 1: the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, torment, bedevilment]
       2: the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes;
          "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  worrying
     Αγγλικά a.
     ανησυχητικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  worrying
     a.
     induce worry.
     vb.
     (present participle of en worry nocat=1)
     n.
     The act#Noun of worry#Verb or harassing somebody.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  worrying
     a.
     induce worry.
     vb.
     (present participle of en worry nocat=1)
     n.
     The act#Noun of worry#Verb or harassing somebody.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  worrying
     a.
     induce worry.
     vb.
     (present participle of en worry nocat=1)
     n.
     The act#Noun of worry#Verb or harassing somebody.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  worrying
     a.
     induce worry.
     vb.
     (present participle of en worry nocat=1)
     n.
     The act#Noun of worry#Verb or harassing somebody.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  worrying
     Englanti a.
     huolestuttava
     Englanti n.
     hätäily

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  worrying
     Engelska a.
     1 oroande
     2 (avledning en worry ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb worry)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/
  القلق

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/ 
  zneklidňující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/ 
  znepokojující

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/
  besorgniserregend 
        "a worrying signal"  - ein besorgniserregendes Signal
     Synonym: alarming
  
   see: more alarming, most alarming
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/
  beunruhigend, Sorgen machend, bekümmernd
     Synonyms: concerning, being concerned
  
   see: worry sb., concern sb., be concerned at sth., worried, concerned, been concerned, There is no need to worry her unnecessarily., The roof concerns me because eventually it will fall in.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/
  störend, belästigend
   see: worry sb. with sth., worried
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/
  sorglich 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  worrying //ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ// 
  huolestuttava
  inducing worry

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/ 
  1. चिन्ताकारक
        "His behaviour is worrying."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/
  1. aggódás
  2. nyugtalankodás
  3. gyötrô
  4. idegeskedés
  5. nyugtalanító

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  worrying /ˈwʌrɪŋ/
    niepokojący

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  worrying //ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ// 
  oroande
  inducing worry

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈwɝiɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "worrying":
     aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, chafing, disquieting,
     distressful, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, fretting,
     galling, harassing, harassment, importunate, importune, irking,
     irksome, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,
     pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing,
     tiresome, torment, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, upsetting,
     vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worriedness, worries and cares,
     worriment, worrisome, worry
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 麻烦的;忧虑的

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