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worried

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwʌɹid/
  • General-American: /ˈwʌɹid/ without the hurry–furry merger
  • /ˈwɝ.id/ General American, Canada, hurry–furry merger
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈwaɹid/
  • Australian, New-Zealand, UK, nonstandard: /ˈwɒɹid/
  • West-Country, nonstandard: /ˈwəʊɹ.id/
  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 IY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of worry

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • apprehensive about her job
  • not used to a city and worried about small things
  • felt apprehensive about the consequences

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apprehensive

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • too upset to say anything
  • spent many disquieted moments
  • distressed about her son's leaving home
  • lapsed into disturbed sleep
  • worried parents
  • a worried frown
  • one last worried check of the sleeping children

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَلِق (qaliq) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Arabic: قَلْقان (galgān) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Azerbaijani: narahat — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Azerbaijani: nigaran — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Azerbaijani: qayğılı — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Belarusian: занепако́ены (zanjepakójeny) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Bulgarian: разтрево́жен (raztrevóžen) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Bulgarian: загрижен (zagrižen) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Catalan: preocupat — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏪᎵᎯᏍᏗ (uwelihisdi) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擔心 /担心 (dānxīn) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 著急 (zháojí) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 憂慮 /忧虑 (yōulǜ) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煩惱 /烦恼 (fánnǎo) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 焦急 (jiāojí) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Czech: znepokojený — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Dutch: ongerust — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Dutch: bezorgd — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Esperanto: maltrankvila — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Esperanto: alarmita — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Finnish: huolestunut — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • French: inquiet — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Old French: angousseus — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Old French: anguissous — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • German: besorgt — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • German: beunruhigt — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Greek: ανήσυχος (anísychos) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Hindi: परेशान (pareśān) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Hungarian: gondterhelt — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Hungarian: aggódó — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Indonesian: khawatir — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Ingrian: hoolekas — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Irish: imníoch — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Irish: imní a bheith ort — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Italian: preoccupato — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Japanese: 心配した (shinpai shita) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Khmer: ខ្វល់ (khvɑl) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Korean: 걱정되다 (geokjeongdoeda) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Latin: anxius — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Latin: sollicitus — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Luxembourgish: besuergt — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Malay: bimbang — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Malay: risau — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Manx: boirit — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Marathi: चिंताग्रस्त (cintāgrasta) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bekymret — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urolig — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Persian: نگران (negarân) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Plautdietsch: besorcht — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Plautdietsch: beduat — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Portuguese: preocupado — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Punjabi: ਫ਼ਿਕਰਮੰਦ (fikramand) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Romanian: îngrijorat — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Romanian: anxios — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Romanian: neliniștit — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Russian: обеспоко́енный (obespokójennyj) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Russian: беспоко́йный (bespokójnyj) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Russian: озабо́ченный (ozabóčennyj) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Russian: встрево́женный (vstrevóžennyj) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Scottish Gaelic: iomagaineach — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Spanish: inquieto — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Spanish: preocupado — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Spanish: desasosegado — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Sundanese: hariwang — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Swedish: bekymrad — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Swedish: oroad — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Ottoman Turkish: مشغول (meşgul) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Ukrainian: стурбо́ваний (sturbóvanyj) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Ukrainian: занепоко́єний (zanepokójenyj) — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Vietnamese: lo lắng — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
  • Welsh: pryderus — thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
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