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.

Verb : To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

vexation

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.

Noun : (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

Noun : (uncountable) The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.

trouble

Noun : A distressing or dangerous situation.

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

Noun : The state of being troubled, disturbed, or distressed mentally; unease, disquiet.

care

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

Verb : (intransitive, polite, formal, chiefly in the negative) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards or interested in.

Verb : (intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.

concern

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

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

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

dwell

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

Verb : (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.

Verb : (intransitive) To linger (on); to remain fixated. [with on ‘a particular thought, idea, etc.’]

mind

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

Verb : (now regional) To remember.

Verb : To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.

occupy

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

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

Verb : To fill.

headache

Noun : (medicine) 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 over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.

uneasiness

Noun : An anxious state of mind; anxiety.

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

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 in particular.

Noun : (countable) Something one is afraid of; the object of one’s fear.

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

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

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

scare

Verb : (transitive) To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

Noun : A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.

Noun : A minor fright.

scared

Adjective : Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

afraid

Adjective : Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

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

Adjective : Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. [with that (+ clause) or clause; or with so or not]

anxiety

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

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

Noun : (informal) Any anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder.

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 worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.

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

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 : (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.

Verb : (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.

Verb : (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.

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

Noun : A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.

Verb : (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.

apprehension

Noun : Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.

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

Noun : The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

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

Verb : (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.

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

fret

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

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

Verb : (transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.

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

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.

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.

Verb : (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.

Verb : (intransitive) To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.

barney

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

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

fears

Noun : A surname.

concerns

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

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

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

turmoil

Noun : A state of great disorder or uncertainty.

Noun : Harassing labor; trouble; disturbance.

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.

nervousness

Noun : The state or quality of being nervous.

consternation

Noun : Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

agitation

Noun : A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.

Noun : The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

Noun : Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.

angst

Noun : A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.

Noun : Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.

Verb : (informal, intransitive) To suffer angst; to fret.

dread

Verb : (transitive) To fear greatly.

Verb : To anticipate with fear.

Verb : (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.

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.

perturbation

Noun : (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed.

Noun : (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system).

Noun : (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies.

misgiving

Noun : doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

stress

Noun : (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

Verb : (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.

Verb : (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).

doubt

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

Noun : (countable, obsolete outside of India) A point of uncertainty, especially a yes/no or a multiple-choice question

know

Verb : (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.

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

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

forget

Verb : (transitive) To lose remembrance of.

Verb : (intransitive) To cease remembering.

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

think

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

Verb : (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.

Verb : (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

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 : (uncountable) A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.

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

Noun : A feat that demonstrates incredible finesse or skill, as if performed by magic.

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

Noun : A person invited to an event who was unable to attend, but notified the organizer of this beforehand; a nonattendee.

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.

doubts

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

Noun : (countable, obsolete outside of India) A point of uncertainty, especially a yes/no or a multiple-choice question

sure

Adjective : Certain in one's knowledge or belief.

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

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 : (now rare) Frightened; filled with terror.

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 : An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

Noun : A fight or argument.

knowing

Adjective : Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.

Noun : The act or condition of having knowledge.

Adjective : Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.

fearing

Adjective : Exhibiting fear.

Adjective : Showing profound respect or deference.

Noun : A surname.

bothering

Adjective : That bothers; annoying, irritating.

Noun : The action of troubling or disturbing someone

assured

Adjective : Guaranteed; secure.

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

Noun : An insured person.

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 : A surly complaint.

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

Noun : The sound made by a hungry stomach.

hesitation

Noun : An act of hesitating

Noun : Doubt; vacillation.

Noun : A faltering in speech; stammering.

anxious

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

Adjective : Nervous and worried.

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

nervous

Adjective : Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.

Adjective : Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.

Adjective : Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system.

tell

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

Verb : (transitive) To instruct or inform.

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

wondering

Adjective : Full of questioning and consideration.

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

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.

panicking

Noun : A state of panic.

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 keep in mind; to be mindful of.

Verb : To not forget (to do something required)

complaining

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

doubting

Adjective : Full of doubt; dubious.

Noun : A condition of doubt.

obsess

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

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

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.

fretting

Noun : An irritation or worrying.

Noun : A gnawing or eating away.

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.

hate

Noun : Hatred.

Noun : An object of hatred.

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

reassuring

Adjective : That reassures; causing or restoring comfort or confidence.

feel

Verb : (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.

Verb : (transitive) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To experience an emotion or other mental state.

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