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WORRIED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

Example:

felt apprehensive about the consequences

Synonyms:

apprehensive; worried

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

uneasy (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

Example:

one last worried check of the sleeping children

Synonyms:

disquieted; distressed; disturbed; upset; worried

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb worry

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 Context examples: 

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have others been worried about how you're handling your medications?

(COMM - Others Worry About Your Medications, NCI Thesaurus)

Then my own thoughts worried me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He was looking worried and depressed, with tired eyes and a lined forehead.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am so worried in my mind that I am apt to be irritable.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Don’t be worried if you must have an operation during Mercury retrograde.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have you been worried about how you're handling your medications?

(COMM - Worry About Handling Medications, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient say that he/she is worried about planned events?

(NPI - Say That He/She is Worried About Planned Events, NCI Thesaurus)

Then Jip laid hold of a bit of geranium with his teeth, and worried imaginary cats in it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Buck, on the bank, worried and anxious, kept abreast of the boat, his eyes never off his master.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

If you're worried about your forgetfulness, see your doctor.

(Memory, NIH: National Institute on Aging)