worrying

worrying
    adj 1: 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}, {worrying}]
    n 1: the act of harassing someone [syn: {badgering}, {worrying},
         {torment}, {bedevilment}]
    2: the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes;
       "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"
    

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