WORRIED


Meaning of WORRIED in English

wor ‧ ried S2 W3 /ˈwʌrid $ ˈwɜːrid/ BrE AmE 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

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COLLOCATIONS

■ adverbs

▪ very/really worried

We were really worried about him during the divorce.

▪ increasingly worried

The family became increasingly worried about her safety.

▪ seriously/deeply worried

Hazel was now seriously worried. Why hadn’t he come back?

▪ desperately worried (=extremely worried)

All this time I was desperately worried about my family.

▪ a little/slightly worried ( also a bit worried British English )

I was a bit worried about my exams.

▪ not unduly worried (=not very worried)

Jerry did not sound unduly worried at the prospect of going to jail.

■ verbs

▪ be worried

I was so worried!

▪ get/become worried

You should have called me. I was getting worried.

▪ look worried

Don’t look so worried! It’ll be fine.

■ phrases

▪ worried sick/stiff (=extremely worried)

Where have you been? We’ve been worried sick!

■ nouns

▪ a worried expression/look

John came in with a worried look on his face.

▪ a worried frown

Her worried frown deepened.

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THESAURUS

▪ 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.

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It’s awful if you are worried about money.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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a troubled expression

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‘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.

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an extremely stressed single mother

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.