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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. [1913 Webster] 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. ανησυχητικόςFrom 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. hätäilyFrom 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/ القلقFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zneklidňující
worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]znepokojující
worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/ besorgniserregendFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]"a worrying signal" - ein besorgniserregendes Signal Synonym: alarming see: more alarming, most alarming
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., worriedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/ sorglichFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
worrying //ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]huolestuttava inducing worry
worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]1. चिन्ताकारक "His behaviour is worrying."
worrying /wˈʌɹiɪŋ/ 1. aggódás 2. nyugtalankodás 3. gyötrô 4. idegeskedés 5. nyugtalanítóFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
worrying /ˈwʌrɪŋ/ niepokojącyFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
worrying //ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ//From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]oroande inducing worry
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈwɝiɪŋ/
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, worryFrom XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 麻烦的;忧虑的