worrited
worrited is the simple past and past participle of worrit.
Meaning of worrit
Verb
worrit (third-person singular simple present worrits, present participle worriting, simple past and past participle worrited or worrit)
- To cause (someone) to be anxious; to worry.
- “Yes; don't worrit your poor mother,” said Mrs. Sanders. “She's quite enough to worrit her, as it is, without you, Tommy,” said Mrs. Cluppins, with sympathising resignation.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXVI, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 271
- To be anxious; to worry.
- Well Sir, would you believe it, there’s that in Mr Pontifex’s face which is just like young Watkins; he looks that worrited and scrunched up at times, but it’s never for the same reason, […]1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, edited by R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC
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