worried
/ˈwʌr.id/
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Translation
Feeling unhappy because you think something bad may happen.
Word origin
From Old English wyrgan, meaning to trouble or strangle.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- wyrgan
Examples
sick .
"Worried" means she felt unhappy that something bad may happen.
.
Here "worried" describes an uneasy, unhappy feeling.
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Here "worried" shows he was thinking about a problem.
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