I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , considerable , great , main , major , serious
▪
Paying the mortgage is a big ~ for many people.
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Her mother's poor health caused her considerable ~.
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My greatest ~ is that he'll do something stupid.
▪ genuine , real
▪ growing , increasing
▪ slight
▪ day-to-day
▪ constant
▪
The money side of things has been a constant ~.
▪ unnecessary
▪
She gave her parents unnecessary ~ when she forgot to call them.
▪ immediate
▪
My immediate ~ is money.
▪ nagging , niggling
▪
I had a nagging ~ that we weren't going to get there.
▪ secret
▪
It was a relief to share my secret worries with him.
▪ business , economic , financial , money
▪ health
VERB + WORRY
▪ have
▪
That year he had major health worries.
▪ be beset by
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She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.
▪ be frantic with , be out of your mind with , be sick with
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I didn't know where he was and I was frantic with ~.
▪ express , voice
▪ share
▪ cause (sb) , give sb
▪ add to , increase
▪
The fact that she heard nothing from him only increased her ~.
▪ forget
▪
Try and forget your worries for a little while.
▪ alleviate , assuage , ease , soothe
▪ remove , take away , take out of sth
▪
Take the ~ out of flying with our travel insurance offer.
▪ dismiss
▪
For years, the government has dismissed our worries as unfounded.
WORRY + VERB
▪ disappear , melt
▪ prove groundless , prove unfounded
▪
Most of Nigel's worries proved groundless.
▪ plague sb
▪
These worries plagued him constantly.
PREPOSITION
▪ amid worries
▪
The dollar has fallen to a new low amid worries that the American economy is heading for trouble.
▪ ~ about , ~ over
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They will not have worries over money.
▪ ~ to
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His mother's health is an enormous ~ to him.
PHRASES
▪ cause for ~
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There is no immediate cause for ~.
▪ free from ~
▪ have no worries on that score ( BrE )
▪
The staff all work very hard—we've no worries on that score.
▪ the least of your worries
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At the moment, the car is the least of my worries.
▪ no worries! ( esp. BrE )
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No worries—there's plenty of time.
▪ a source of ~
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Money is a constant source of ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ a lot , particularly , really , terribly
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She worries a lot about crime.
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What really worries me is what we do if there's nobody there.
▪ slightly
▪ excessively , needlessly , too much , unduly , unnecessarily
▪
You do ~ unnecessarily, you know.
▪ not too much
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Don't ~ too much about it.
▪ constantly
VERB + WORRY
▪ not let sth , not need to
▪
Don't let it ~ you unduly.
▪ begin to
▪ tell sb not to
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
Don't ~ about me, I'll be fine.
▪ for
▪
We can't help ~ing for your safety.
▪ with
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Don't ~ the driver with unnecessary requests.
PHRASES
▪ can't help ~ing
▪
I can't help ~ing about the future.
▪ enough to ~ about , nothing to ~ about
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Don't bother Harry—he has enough to ~ about as it is.
▪ stop ~ing
▪
Stop ~ing, Dad, we'll be fine.
▪
How can I make her stop ~ing so much?
▪ ~ yourself sick , ~ yourself to death ( both informal )
Worry is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ investor