worry

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• Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwʌ.ɹi/
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• British, Southern, Standard: [ˈwʌɹɪj]
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• /ˈwɝ.i/ hurry–furry merger
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• Canada: /ˈwɝ.i/
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• Northern-England: /ˈwʊ.ɹi/
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• Australian, New-Zealand, UK, nonstandard: /ˈwɒ.ɹi/
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• West-Country, nonstandard: /ˈwəʊ.ɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: W ER1 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyryȝen (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyrġan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵh- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Sanskrit वृहति (vṛhati, “to tear out, pluck”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring.

281 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَلَق (qalaq) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Arabic: قَلَق (galag) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Armenian: անհանգստություն (anhangstutʻyun) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Aromanian: cãshtigã — strong feeling of anxiety
• Bulgarian: безпокойство (bezpokojstvo) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Bulgarian: тревога (trevoga) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Catalan: preocupació — strong feeling of anxiety
• Catalan: angoixa — strong feeling of anxiety
• Chinese Mandarin: 擔心 /担心 (dānxīn) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Czech: starost — strong feeling of anxiety
• Danish: bekymring — strong feeling of anxiety
• Dutch: zorg — strong feeling of anxiety
• Esperanto: ĉagreno — strong feeling of anxiety
• Esperanto: zorgo — strong feeling of anxiety
• Ewe: dzitsitsi — strong feeling of anxiety
• Finnish: huoli — strong feeling of anxiety
• Finnish: harmi — strong feeling of anxiety
• French: souci — strong feeling of anxiety
• French: angoisse — strong feeling of anxiety
• Old French: anguise — strong feeling of anxiety
• Galician: anguria — strong feeling of anxiety
• Galician: preocupación — strong feeling of anxiety
• Galician: canseira — strong feeling of anxiety
• German: Sorge — strong feeling of anxiety
• Greek: ανησυχία (anisychía) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Greek: έγνοια (égnoia) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Greek: έννοια (énnoia) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Ancient Greek: μέριμνα (mérimna) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Hebrew: דאגה (de'aga) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Hungarian: aggodalom — strong feeling of anxiety
• Hungarian: aggódás — strong feeling of anxiety
• Hungarian: nyugtalankodás — strong feeling of anxiety
• Hungarian: nyugtalanság — strong feeling of anxiety
• Hungarian: aggály — strong feeling of anxiety
• Hungarian: gond — strong feeling of anxiety
• Hungarian: aggodalmaskodás — strong feeling of anxiety
• Icelandic: kvíði — strong feeling of anxiety
• Icelandic: áhyggja — strong feeling of anxiety
• Ingrian: vaiva — strong feeling of anxiety
• Irish: imní — strong feeling of anxiety
• Italian: preoccupazione — strong feeling of anxiety
• Japanese: 心配 (shinpai) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Korean: 걱정 (geokjeong) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Korean: 근심 (geunsim) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Central Kurdish: ترس (tirs) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Kven: huoli — strong feeling of anxiety
• Ladin: festide — strong feeling of anxiety
• Latin: sollicitūdō — strong feeling of anxiety
• Latin: dīvidia — strong feeling of anxiety
• Luxembourgish: Suerg — strong feeling of anxiety
• Macedonian: гри́жа (gríža) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Macedonian: га́јле (gájle) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Norwegian Bokmål: bekymring — strong feeling of anxiety
• Norwegian Bokmål: uro — strong feeling of anxiety
• Norwegian Bokmål: engstelse — strong feeling of anxiety
• Old English: caru — strong feeling of anxiety
• Persian: نگرانی (negarâni) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Persian: دلواپسی (delvâpasi) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Plautdietsch: Sorj — strong feeling of anxiety
• Polish: zmartwienie — strong feeling of anxiety
• Portuguese: preocupação — strong feeling of anxiety
• Romanian: grijă — strong feeling of anxiety
• Russian: беспоко́йство (bespokójstvo) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Russian: забо́та (zabóta) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Russian: трево́га (trevóga) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Russian: волне́ние (volnénije) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Scottish Gaelic: iomagain — strong feeling of anxiety
• Spanish: preocupación — strong feeling of anxiety
• Spanish: zozobra — strong feeling of anxiety
• Spanish: desasosiego — strong feeling of anxiety
• Spanish: inquietud — strong feeling of anxiety
• Swahili: dukuduku — strong feeling of anxiety
• Swedish: oro — strong feeling of anxiety
• Swedish: bekymmer — strong feeling of anxiety
• Swedish: ängslan — strong feeling of anxiety
• Tamil: கவலை (kavalai) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Telugu: చింత (cinta) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Telugu: దిగులు (digulu) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Turkish: kaygı — strong feeling of anxiety
• Turkish: endişe — strong feeling of anxiety
• Turkish: tasa — strong feeling of anxiety
• Turkish: dert — strong feeling of anxiety
• Turkish: efkâr — strong feeling of anxiety
• Turkish: telaş — strong feeling of anxiety
• Welsh: pryder — strong feeling of anxiety
• Yiddish: זאָרג (zorg) — strong feeling of anxiety
• Akkadian: nazāqum — to be troubled
• Arabic: قَلِقَ (qaliqa) — to be troubled
• Arabic: قِلِق (gilig) — to be troubled
• Armenian: անհանգստանալ (anhangstanal) — to be troubled
• Azerbaijani: narahat olmaq — to be troubled
• Azerbaijani: nigaran qalmaq — to be troubled
• Belarusian: турбава́цца (turbavácca) — to be troubled
• Belarusian: непако́іцца (njepakóicca) — to be troubled
• Belarusian: хвалява́цца (xvaljavácca) — to be troubled
• Bulgarian: безпоко́я се (bezpokója se) — to be troubled
• Bulgarian: тревожа се (trevoža se) — to be troubled
• Burmese: ပူ (pu) — to be troubled
• Catalan: preocupar-se — to be troubled
• Catalan: amoïnar-se — to be troubled
• Chinese Cantonese: 擔心 /担心 (daam1 sam1) — to be troubled
• Chinese Mandarin: 著急 (zháojí) — to be troubled
• Chinese Mandarin: 着急 (zháojí) — to be troubled
• Chinese Mandarin: 擔心 /担心 (dānxīn) — to be troubled
• Ngazidja Comorian: ufanya wasiwasi — to be troubled
• Czech: dělat si starosti — to be troubled
• Danish: bekymre — to be troubled
• Dutch: bezorgd zijn — to be troubled
• Dutch: zorgen maken — to be troubled
• Esperanto: zorgi — to be troubled
• Esperanto: ĉagreniĝi — to be troubled
• Estonian: muretsema — to be troubled
• Ewe: tsi dzi — to be troubled
• Finnish: huolehtia — to be troubled
• Finnish: huolia — to be troubled
• French: s'inquiéter — to be troubled
• German: besorgt sein — to be troubled
• Greek: ανησυχώ (anisychó) — to be troubled
• Ancient Greek: μεριμνάω (merimnáō) — to be troubled
• Hebrew: דאג (da'ág) — to be troubled
• Hungarian: aggódik — to be troubled
• Hungarian: nyugtalankodik — to be troubled
• Hungarian: aggodalmaskodik — to be troubled
• Icelandic: hafa áhyggjur — to be troubled
• Ingrian: tusata — to be troubled
• Irish: déan imní — to be troubled
• Irish: imní a bheith ort — to be troubled
• Italian: preoccuparsi — to be troubled
• Japanese: 心配する (shinpai suru) — to be troubled
• Japanese: 気にする (ki ni suru) — to be troubled
• Kabuverdianu: ardiga — to be troubled
• Khmer: ព្រួយ (pruəy) — to be troubled
• Korean: 걱정하다 (geokjeonghada) — to be troubled
• Ladin: sté cun festide — to be troubled
• Ladino: merekiarse — to be troubled
• Latin: sollicitor — to be troubled
• Latvian: bažīties — to be troubled
• Latvian: uztraukties — to be troubled
• Lithuanian: rūpintis — to be troubled
• Macedonian: се грижи (se griži) — to be troubled
• Maltese: inkwieta — to be troubled
• Māori: pikoni — to be troubled
• Māori: mānatunatu — to be troubled
• Māori: whakatuatea — to be troubled
• Māori: āwangawanga — to be troubled
• Navajo: yínííł naʼadá — to be troubled
• Norwegian Bokmål: bekymre — to be troubled
• Occitan: se preocupar — to be troubled
• Old Church Slavonic: пєшти сѧ (pešti sę) — to be troubled
• Oromo: yaadda'uu — to be troubled
• Plautdietsch: duaren — to be troubled
• Polish: martwić się — to be troubled
• Portuguese: preocupar-se — to be troubled
• Quechua: phutiy — to be troubled
• Romanian: îngrijora — to be troubled
• Russian: беспоко́иться (bespokóitʹsja) — to be troubled
• Russian: волнова́ться (volnovátʹsja) — to be troubled
• Russian: пережива́ть (pereživátʹ) — to be troubled
• Russian: трево́житься (trevóžitʹsja) — to be troubled
• Serbo-Croatian: бринути — to be troubled
• Serbo-Croatian: brinuti — to be troubled
• Slovak: robiť si starosti — to be troubled
• Slovene: skrbeti — to be troubled
• Spanish: preocuparse — to be troubled
• Spanish: estar preocupado — to be troubled
• Spanish: inquietarse — to be troubled
• Spanish: comerse la cabeza — to be troubled
• Spanish: afligirse — to be troubled
• Spanish: desasosegarse — to be troubled
• Spanish: zozobrar — to be troubled
• Swedish: oroa sig — to be troubled
• Swedish: bekymra — to be troubled
• Tagalog: mag-alala — to be troubled
• Tamil: கவலைப்படு (kavalaippaṭu) — to be troubled
• Tarifit: amnus — to be troubled
• Telugu: చింతించు (cintiñcu) — to be troubled
• Thai: ทุกข์ร้อน (túk-rɔ́ɔn) — to be troubled
• Tonga (Zambia): penga — to be troubled
• Turkish: merak etmek — to be troubled
• Turkish: endişelenmek — to be troubled
• Turkish: meraklanmak — to be troubled
• Ukrainian: турбува́тися (turbuvátysja) — to be troubled
• Ukrainian: триво́житися (tryvóžytysja) — to be troubled
• Ukrainian: непоко́їтися (nepokójitysja) — to be troubled
• Ukrainian: хвилюва́тися (xvyljuvátysja) — to be troubled
• Vietnamese: lo — to be troubled
• Vietnamese: lo lắng — to be troubled
• Vietnamese: lo ngại — to be troubled
• Welsh: poeni — to be troubled
• Yiddish: זאָרגן (zorgn) — to be troubled
• Armenian: անհանգստացնել (anhangstacʻnel) — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Bulgarian: безпокоя (bezpokoja) — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Catalan: preocupar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Catalan: amoïnar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Catalan: neguitejar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Czech: znepokojovat — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Czech: znepokojit — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Danish: bekymre — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Dutch: zorgen maken — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Esperanto: ĉagreni — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Finnish: huolestuttaa — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Finnish: tehdä huolestuneeksi — to disturb the peace of mind of
• French: inquiéter — to disturb the peace of mind of
• German: besorgen — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Hebrew: הדאיג (hid'íg) — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Hungarian: aggaszt — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Hungarian: nyugtalanít — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Hungarian: emészt — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Hungarian: gyötör — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Hungarian: kínoz — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Hungarian: izgat — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Irish: cuir imní ar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Italian: disturbare — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Italian: preoccupare — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Japanese: せがむ (segamu) — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Japanese: 困らす (komarasu) — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Kabuverdianu: ardiga — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Khmer: អំពល់ (ɑmpʊəl) — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Central Kurdish: ترساندن (tirsandin) — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Malay: ريساو — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Malay: بيمبڠ — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Malay: رونسيڠ — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Malay: risau — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Malay: bimbang — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Malay: runsing — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Māori: pikoni — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Navajo: tʼáadoo leʼé iʼdiiłʼá — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Norman: ouothinner — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Norwegian: uroe — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Norwegian Bokmål: plage — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Occitan: preocupar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Occitan: tafurar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Polish: niepokoić — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Portuguese: preocupar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Serbo-Croatian: бринути — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Serbo-Croatian: brinuti — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Spanish: inquietar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Spanish: preocupar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Spanish: afligir — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Spanish: desasosegar — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Swedish: oroa — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Tagalog: mag-alala — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Tarifit: amnus — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Turkish: kaygılandırmak — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Turkish: korkutmak — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Turkish: endişelendirmek — to disturb the peace of mind of
• Bulgarian: досаждам (dosaždam) — to harass, irritate
• Bulgarian: натрапвам се (natrapvam se) — to harass, irritate
• Esperanto: ĉagreni — to harass, irritate
• Finnish: ärsyttää — to harass, irritate
• French: harceler — to harass, irritate
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (drōbjan) — to harass, irritate
• Hungarian: izgat — to harass, irritate
• Hungarian: zaklat — to harass, irritate
• Hungarian: gyötör — to harass, irritate
• Hungarian: kínoz — to harass, irritate
• Japanese: じらす (jirasu) — to harass, irritate
• Japanese: 悩ます (nayamasu) — to harass, irritate
• Kabuverdianu: ardiga — to harass, irritate
• Latvian: nelikt mieru — to harass, irritate
• Latvian: tirdīt — to harass, irritate
• Māori: whakapāwerawera — to harass, irritate
• Māori: pikoni — to harass, irritate
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air — to harass, irritate
• Swedish: hetsa — to harass, irritate
• Swedish: ansätta — to harass, irritate
• Swedish: trakassera — to harass, irritate
• Bulgarian: давя (davja) — to seize or shake by the throat
• French: harceler — to seize or shake by the throat
• Hungarian: torkon ragad — to seize or shake by the throat
• Hungarian: torkánál fogva rángat/ráncigál — to seize or shake by the throat
• Hungarian: tépáz — to seize or shake by the throat
• Hungarian: cibál — to seize or shake by the throat
• Japanese: 噛んで振り回す (kande furimawasu) — to seize or shake by the throat
• Latvian: plosīt — to seize or shake by the throat
• Serbo-Croatian: давити — to seize or shake by the throat
• Serbo-Croatian: гушити — to seize or shake by the throat
• Serbo-Croatian: daviti — to seize or shake by the throat
• Serbo-Croatian: gušiti — to seize or shake by the throat
• Swedish: sätta tänderna i — to seize or shake by the throat