worried[adjective]Synonyms: anxious, afraid, apprehensive, concerned, fearful, frightened, nervous, perturbed, tense, troubled, uneasy
Antonyms: unworried
English Thesaurus: worried, anxious, nervous, uneasy, concerned, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
wor‧ried S2 W3 /ˈwʌrid $ ˈwɜːrid/
adjective [
Word Family: adjective:
worried ≠
UNWORRIED,
worrying,
worrisome;
noun:
worry,
worrier;
adverb:
worryingly,
worriedly;
verb:
worry]
1. unhappy because you keep thinking about a problem, or about something bad that might happen:
She gave me a worried look.worried about I’m really worried about my brother.worried by Local people are worried by the rise in crime.worried (that) I was worried we wouldn’t have enough money. His parents must be worried sick (=extremely worried).2. you had me worried spoken used to say that someone made you feel anxious because you did not properly understand what they said, or did not realize that it was a joke:
You had me worried there for a minute!—worriedly adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
worried not feeling happy or relaxed because you keep thinking about a problem or something bad that might happen:
I was worried that you had forgotten our date. It’s awful if you are worried about money. I was so worried that I couldn’t sleep at all.anxious worried because you think something bad might happen or has happened.
Anxious is more formal than
worried, and is often used about a general feeling of worry, when you are not sure what has happened:
A lot of employees are anxious about their jobs. Anxious relatives waited for news.nervous worried or frightened about something you are going to do or experience, and unable to relax:
Everyone feels nervous before an exam. The thought of going into hospital was making me nervous.uneasy a little worried because you feel there may be something wrong and you are not sure what is going to happen:
When she still wasn’t home by midnight, I began to feel uneasy. The total silence was making me feel uneasy.concerned formal worried, usually about a problem affecting someone else or affecting the country or the world:
Many people are concerned about the current economic situation. Police say that they are concerned for the safety of the missing girl.bothered [not before noun] worried by something that happens – often used in negative sentences:
She didn’t seem particularly bothered by the news.troubled very worried, so that you think about something a lot:
She fell into a troubled sleep. a troubled expression ‘Are you okay, Ben? You look troubled.’apprehensive especially written a little worried about something you are going to do, or about the future, because you are not sure what it will be like:
I felt a bit apprehensive about seeing him again after so long.stressed (out) informal very worried and tired because of problems, too much work etc, and unable to relax or enjoy life:
He’d been working ten hours a day for ages and was stressed out. an extremely stressed single mother [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲