cark

tr. & intr.v., carked, cark·ing, carks.
To burden or be burdened with trouble; worry.

n.
A worry; a trouble: carks and cares.

[Middle English carken, from Norman French carquier, to burden, load, from Late Latin carricāre. See cargo.]

(kark)
verb tr., intr.
To worry.

noun
A worry or care.

Etymology
From Middle English carken (to load or burden), from Norman French carquier, from Latin carricare. Ultimately from Indo-European root kers- (to run) that's also the source of car, career, carpenter, occur, discharge, and caricature. Why caricature? Because a caricature is a loaded or distorted picture of someone

Usage
"Crows in hundreds carking desolately from the blasted white skeletons of dead trees." — Colleen McCullough; The Thorn Birds; HarperCollins Publishers; 1977.

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verb

1. To cause anxious uneasiness in: ail, concern, distress, trouble, worry. See concern/unconcern.
2. To focus the attention on something moodily and at length: brood, dwell, fret, mope, worry. Informal stew. See concern/unconcern, thoughts.

worry; trouble, distress

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
  Synonyms: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, distract, disorder

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