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worryings

worryings is the plural of worrying.

Meaning of worrying

Noun

worrying (plural worryings)

  1. The act of worrying or harassing somebody.
    • There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Retribution”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 594

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Questions about worryings

What is worryings the plural of?
Worryings is the plural of worrying.

Words near worryings in the dictionary

  1. worrying along
  2. worrying back
  3. worrying down
  4. worrying someone sick
  5. worryingly
  6. worryings
  7. worryless
  8. worrylessness
  9. worrylines
  10. worryment
  11. worryments

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