Synonyms of worried

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adjective

ˈwər-ēd 

as in upset

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

the soldier's father had a worried expression as he listened to the news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• upset
• nervous
• anxious
• uneasy
• troubled
• apprehensive
• concerned
• bothered
• hesitant
• disturbed
• perturbed
• uptight
• tense
• flustered
• freaked
• distraught
• queasy
• jittery
• ill at ease
• obsessed
• insecure
• preoccupied
• jumpy
• queazy
• antsy
• on edge
• goosey
• on pins and needles
• on tenterhooks
• unquiet
• restless
• het up
• distressed
• dithery
• nervy
• edgy
• hinky
• aggrieved
• disquieted
• vexed
• aflutter
• fretful
• atwitter
• hung up
• fretting
• keyed up
• foreboding
• unnerved
• shook-up
• freaked-out
• misgiving
• fidgety
• qualmish
• unstrung
• high-strung
• undone
• qualmy
• stewing
• fluttery
• skittish
• spooky
• twittered
• flighty
• hypertense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• easy
• collected
• sure
• calm
• cool
• relaxed
• confident
• nerveless
• happy-go-lucky
• controlled
• self-assured
• self-confident
• self-controlled

worried

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verb

past tense of worry

1

as in feared

to experience concern or anxiety

they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved

Synonyms & Similar Words

• feared
• fretted
• stressed
• sweated
• fussed
• troubled
• sweat
• bothered
• stewed
• agonized
• cared a hang
• sweated blood
• sweat blood
• gave a hang
• longed
• despaired
• yearned
• pined
• chafed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepted
• took
• tolerated
• bore
• sustained
• endured
• stuck out
• abided
• stomached
• abode

2

as in alarmed

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

those strange noises outside the house worry me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alarmed
• concerned
• disturbed
• bothered
• distracted
• upset
• angered
• agitated
• annoyed
• unsettled
• distressed
• dismayed
• plagued
• haunted
• perturbed
• irritated
• disquieted
• confused
• discomforted
• embarrassed
• frazzled
• rattled
• unhinged
• flurried
• fussed
• derailed
• discomposed
• ailed
• freaked (out)
• weirded out
• exercised
• bugged
• exasperated
• undid
• distempered
• irked
• peeved
• discouraged
• aggravated
• harassed
• vexed
• fretted
• flustered
• hagrode
• harried
• riled
• pestered
• nettled
• alarumed
• chivvied
• disconcerted
• piqued
• chafed
• mortified
• nonplussed
• galled
• bedeviled
• put off
• fazed
• nonplused
• got
• put out
• unnerved
• grated
• discomfited
• confounded
• disheartened
• daunted
• abashed
• jarred
• dispirited
• demoralized
• vext
• chivied
• discountenanced
• shook up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmed
• soothed
• quieted
• settled
• composed
• alleviated
• allayed
• assuaged
• tranquilized
• tranquillized
• mollified
• appeased
• placated
• pacified
• propitiated
• conciliated

Examples of worried in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Wall Street is also worried about the outbreak and has downgraded the chain’s stock rating, predicting a serious decline in sales in the months ahead. —Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 25 Oct. 2024

The only thing people are worried about is getting the win at the end of the day. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024

Neither of them were worried about the procedure, as young women are increasingly turning to IUDs as a form of contraception. —Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024

Bond traders are worried about rekindling inflation because economic numbers have been coming in stronger since central bankers met in September. —Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024