Another Word For WORRY

distress

Noun : Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.

Noun : A cause of such discomfort.

Noun : Serious danger.

vexation

Noun : The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.

Noun : The state of being vexed or irritated.

Noun : Someone or Something that vexes or irritates.

trouble

Noun : A distressing or dangerous situation.

Noun : A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.

Noun : A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.

care

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).

Verb : (intransitive, polite, formal) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards.

Verb : (intransitive, informal, by extension) For it to matter to, or make any difference to.

concern

Noun : That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.

Noun : The placement of interest or worry on a subject.

Noun : A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.

dwell

Verb : (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.

Verb : (transitive with on) To linger on a particular thought, idea, etc.; to remain fixated on something.

Verb : (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.

mind

Verb : To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.

Verb : (now regional) To remember.

Verb : (obsolete or dialectal) To remind; put one's mind on.

occupy

Verb : (transitive, of time) To take or use.

Verb : To fill.

Verb : To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.

headache

Noun : A pain or ache in the head.

Noun : (figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

interest

Verb : To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.

Verb : (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.

Verb : (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.

brood

Verb : (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.

Verb : (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.

Verb : (intransitive) (typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.

uneasiness

Noun : The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.

Noun : An anxious state of mind; anxiety.

unease

Noun : Trouble; misery; a feeling of disquiet or concern.

Verb : (transitive) To make uneasy or uncomfortable

trepidation

Noun : anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence

Noun : An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.

Noun : (astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

fear

Noun : (uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

Noun : (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.

Noun : (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.

bother

Verb : (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

Verb : (intransitive or reflexive) To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.

Verb : (intransitive, catenative) To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).

unsettle

Verb : To make upset or uncomfortable

Verb : To bring into disorder or disarray

disquiet

Noun : Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.

scare

Noun : A minor fright.

Noun : A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.

Noun : A device or object used to frighten.

scared

Adjective : Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

afraid

Adjective : Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

Adjective : (colloquial) Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.

Adjective : (used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).

anxiety

Noun : An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

Noun : An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).

Noun : (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

anguish

Verb : (intransitive) To suffer pain.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to suffer pain.

severe

Adjective : Very bad or intense.

Adjective : Strict or harsh.

Adjective : Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

problem

Noun : A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.

Noun : A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.

Noun : A puzzling circumstance.

preoccupy

Verb : (transitive) To distract; to draw attention elsewhere.

Verb : (transitive) To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To occupy or take possession of beforehand.

concerned

Adjective : Showing concern.

Adjective : Involved or responsible.

rattle

Verb : (transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.

Verb : (transitive, figurative, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.

relax

Verb : (transitive) To calm down.

Verb : (transitive) To make something loose.

Verb : (intransitive) To become loose.

quiet

Verb : (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.

Verb : (intransitive) To become quiet or calm.

preoccupation

Noun : The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.

Noun : The act of occupying something before someone else.

calm

Verb : (transitive) To make calm.

Verb : (intransitive) To become calm.

alarm

Noun : A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

Noun : Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

Noun : A sudden attack; disturbance.

apprehension

Noun : (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

Noun : (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

Noun : Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment

suck

Verb : (transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).

Verb : (intransitive) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.

Verb : (transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.

behave

Verb : (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.

Verb : (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).

fret

Verb : (transitive, obsolete or poetic) Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.

Verb : (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.

Verb : (transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.

sake

Noun : cause, interest or account

Noun : purpose or end; reason

Noun : the benefit or regard of someone or something

make

Verb : (transitive) To create.

Verb : To build, construct, produce, or originate.

Verb : To write or compose.

grave

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To dig.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.

torment

Verb : (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

gold

Verb : To appear or cause to appear golden.

panic

Noun : (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.

Noun : (countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.

Noun : (countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.

barney

Verb : (obsolete, Harvard University slang) To recite badly; to fail.

Verb : (UK, Australia) To argue, to quarrel.

fears

Noun : A surname.

concerns

Noun : That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.

Noun : The placement of interest or worry on a subject.

Noun : A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.

doubt

Noun : (uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

Noun : (countable, obsolete or India) A point of uncertainty; a query.

know

Verb : (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that; to correctly believe with justified confidence via reliable methods.

Verb : (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.

Verb : (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.

forget

Verb : (transitive) To lose remembrance of.

Verb : (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.

Verb : (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.

think

Verb : (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's head.

Verb : (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

Verb : (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).

hesitate

Verb : (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

Verb : (intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.

Verb : (transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

worrisome

Adjective : Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.

Adjective : (of a person) Inclined to worry.

wonder

Noun : Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.

Noun : Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.

Noun : Someone very talented at something, a genius.

regret

Noun : Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.

Noun : (obsolete) Dislike; aversion.

Noun : (decision theory) The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.

reassured

Adjective : having confidence restored; freed from anxiet

complain

Verb : (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.

Verb : To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

misgiving

Noun : doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

stress

Noun : (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

Noun : (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.

Noun : (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

doubts

Noun : (uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

Noun : (countable, obsolete or India) A point of uncertainty; a query.

sure

Adjective : Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

Adjective : Certain in one's knowledge or belief.

Adjective : (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.

qualms

Noun : A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

Noun : A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

Noun : (now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.

worriers

Noun : A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.

Noun : A person who causes worry in others.

Noun : An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.

fearful

Adjective : Frightening; causing fear.

Adjective : Tending to fear; timid.

Adjective : (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.

guess

Noun : A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

hassle

Noun : Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.

Noun : A fight or argument.

Noun : An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

knowing

Adjective : Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.

Adjective : Deliberate, wilful.

Adjective : Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.

fearing

Adjective : Exhibiting fear.

Adjective : Showing profound respect or deference.

Noun : A surname.

bothering

Noun : The action of troubling or disturbing someone

qualm

Noun : A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

Noun : A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

Noun : (now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.

assured

Adjective : Guaranteed; secure.

Adjective : Self-confident; self-assured; sure.

Adjective : (obsolete) Reliable, confirmed.

fuss

Noun : (countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.

Noun : A complaint or noise; a scene.

Noun : An exhibition of affection or admiration.

worrywart

Noun : (originally US) A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.

grumble

Noun : (onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.

Noun : The sound made by a hungry stomach.

Noun : A surly complaint.

hesitation

Noun : An act of hesitating

Noun : doubt; vacillation.

Noun : A faltering in speech; stammering.

anxious

Adjective : Nervous and worried.

Adjective : Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

Adjective : (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.

nervous

Adjective : Of sinews and tendons.

Adjective : (obsolete) Full of sinews.

Adjective : (obsolete) Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular.

wondering

Noun : The mental activity by which one wonders; a query, puzzlement, etc.

Adjective : Full of questioning and consideration.

tell

Verb : (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.

Verb : (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.

Verb : (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.

panicking

Noun : A state of panic.

believe

Verb : (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).

Verb : (transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.

Verb : (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.

forgetting

Noun : The mental act by which something is forgotten.

remember

Verb : To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.

Verb : To memorize; to put something into memory.

Verb : To keep in mind; to be mindful of.

complaining

Noun : The act by which someone complains; a complaint.

doubting

Noun : A condition of doubt.

obsess

Verb : (passive voice, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.

Verb : (transitive) To dominate the thoughts of someone.

Verb : (intransitive, colloquial, construed with over) To think or talk obsessively about.

wary

Adjective : Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent

Adjective : Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard

Adjective : thrifty, provident

upset

Noun : (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.

Noun : (countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.

Noun : (automobile insurance) An overturn.

misgivings

Noun : "Misgivings" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series The Wire.

dread

Noun : Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

Noun : Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

Noun : Somebody or something dreaded.

fretting

Noun : Action of the verb to fret.

hate

Noun : An object of hatred.

Noun : Hatred.

Noun : (Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

hope

Noun : (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

Noun : (countable) The actual thing wished for.

Noun : (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.

feel

Verb : (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.

Verb : (transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.

Verb : (transitive) To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.

reassuring

Adjective : That reassures; causing comfort or confidence.

annoyed

Adjective : Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.

sorry

Adjective : (of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

Adjective : (of a person) Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.

Adjective : Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.

need

Noun : (countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.

Noun : Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

miss

Noun : A failure to hit.

Noun : A failure to obtain or accomplish.

Noun : An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give)

troubles

Noun : (Ireland, historical) The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.

assume

Verb : To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

Verb : To take on a position, duty or form

Verb : To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate

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