worrieth

Verb

worry (third-person singular simple present worries, present participle worrying, simple past and past participle worried)

1. (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
   • So you go along for a long time / And nothing seems to worry your mind / But what it adds up to / It's the side effect / That finally gets to you1983, Ashford & Simpson, “Side Effect”, in High-Rise (album)

   Synonyms:

   fret, stress, fuss, concern, preoccupy, vex, gnaw

2. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise.
   • Your tone of voice worries me.
3. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
   • The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.
4. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
   • Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.
5. (transitive) To touch repeatedly; to fiddle with.
   • Christian paced the caravan, worrying his beard.1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 58
6. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To strangle.
   • We read (Law's Memor. Pref. lix.) that "one John Brugh, a notorious warlock (wizard) in the parochin of Fossoquhy, by the space of thirty-six years, was worried at a stake and burned, 1643."1891, “Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine”, in Execution of the Judgment of Death, page 397

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