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worried

UK/ˈwʌɹid//ˈwʌɹid/

worried adjective: thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy. Also the simple past and past participle of worry.

worried: thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy
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Adjective

worried (comparative more worried, superlative most worried)

  1. Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
    • She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.

Also used as

worried is also the simple past and past participle of worry.

worried meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

worried in Hindi

thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
परेशान pareśān

worried in Tamil

கவலையடைகிறது

worried in Marathi

thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
चिंताग्रस्त cintāgrasta

worried in Urdu

پریشان
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worried in Bengali
চিন্তিত
worried in Telugu
ఆందోళన చెందుతున్నారు, ఆందోళన చెందాడు, ఆందోళన చెందుతోంది
worried in Malayalam
ആശങ്കാകുലൻ, ആശങ്കാകുലർ, ആശങ്കപ്പെടുന്നു
worried in Kannada
ಚಿಂತೆ, ಚಿಂತಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಚಿಂತೆಗೀಡಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ
worried in Punjabi
ਫ਼ਿਕਰਮੰਦ fikramand
worried in Gujarati
ચિંતાતુર
worried in Odia
ଚିନ୍ତିତ
worried in Nepali
चिन्तित
worried in Arabic
قَلِق qaliq
worried in Malay
bimbang, risau
worried in Indonesian
khawatir
worried in Persian
نگران negarân
worried in Vietnamese
lo lắng

Examples of worried in a sentence

  • I'd like to go to Armenia one day, but am worried about the weather.
  • I'm worried about that guy on the corner, he is a fent zombie.
  • I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.

All 40 example sentences with worried

Forms of worried

comparativemore worried
superlativemost worried

Words formed from worried

Phrases with worried

Questions about worried

What does worried mean?
Worried means thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
What is worried in Hindi?
Worried in Hindi is परेशान (pareśān). See Worried meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is worried?
Worried is an adjective.
How do you pronounce worried?
Worried is pronounced /ˈwʌɹid/ (UK).

Words near worried in the dictionary

  1. worreting
  2. worrets
  3. worriable
  4. worricow
  5. worricows
  6. worried
  7. worried along
  8. worried back
  9. worried down
  10. worried someone sick
  11. worried well

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: worried (page history and authors); worried (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); worried (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); worried (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); worried (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); worried (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); worried (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); worried (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); worried (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); worried (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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