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State of anxiety and distress. One goal of adequate insurance is to eliminate, or alleviate, worry on the part of a policyholder. Many people, for example, are concerned that they would not be able to handle the financial burden if they became ill, or that their spouse would be impoverished if they died. Insurance is designed to eliminate these concerns by assuring that benefits will be provided.

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verb

1. To cause anxious uneasiness in: ail, cark, concern, distress, trouble. See concern/unconcern.
2. To disturb by repeated attacks: annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment. See feelings, pain/pleasure.
3. To focus the attention on something moodily and at length: brood, cark, dwell, fret, mope. Informal stew. See concern/unconcern, thoughts.

noun

1. A troubled or anxious state of mind: angst, anxiety, anxiousness, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, nervousness, solicitude, unease, uneasiness. See feelings.
2. A cause of distress or anxiety: care, concern, trouble. See concern/unconcern.

n

Definition: anxiety, trouble
Antonyms: calmness, reassurance

v

Definition: be or make anxious, troubled
Antonyms: reassure

IN BRIEF: Feel or make uneasy or anxious. Also: To annoy or bother.

Worry is today's mice nibbling on tomorrow's cheese. — Unknown.

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Quotes:

"The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry." - James Truslow Adams

"Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night." - Leo Aikman

"Overcoming fear and worry can be accomplished by living a day at a time or even a moment at a time. Your worries will be cut down to nothing." - Dr. Robert Anthony

"What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, smile, smile." - George Asaf

"It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is the rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution which destroys the machinery but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices" - Henry Ward Beecher

"The moment the little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing." - Eric Berne

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For a list of words related to worry, see:

• Fox Hunting - worry: action of hounds in tearing fox carcass apart
• Thinking, Judgment, and Consideration - worry: fret; experience concern over

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - bekymre sig, spekulere, være ængstelig, ærgre sig
v. tr. - bekymre, plage, genere, pine, volde ængstelse, spekulere, forurolige
n. - bekymring, plage, ærgrelse

idioms:

• worried sick    syg af bekymring
• worry at    fortsætte med et problem trods vanskeligheder
• worry oneself    bekymre sig, være bekymret

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich zorgen maken, verontrusten, zorg

Français (French)
v. intr. - s'inquiéter, se faire du souci pour qn/qch
v. tr. - inquiéter, tracasser, ennuyer (qn), déranger (qn), harceler/chasser, secouer (qch) entre les dents (pour un chat ou un chien)
n. - soucis, souci

idioms:

• not to worry    tant pis (excl), ce n'est pas grave (excl)
• worried sick    être follement inquiet
• worry along    continuer à se faire du souci
• worry at    (fig) retourner qch dans tous les sens, (lit) secouer qch entre les dents (pour un chien), ressasser
• worry oneself    se faire du souci, s'inquiéter
• worry out    s'inquiéter
• worry through    continuer à se faire du souci

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sorge, Beißen, Abwürgen
v. - beunruhigen, sich sorgen, stören, herumnagen an, reißen

idioms:

• not to worry    kein Problem (ugs)
• worried sick    krank vor Sorge
• worry along    sich mühsam voranarbeiten
• worry at    zerren an
• worry oneself    sich Sorgen machen
• worry out    (Probleme) immer wieder anpacken
• worry through    sich durch etwas hindurchquällen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανησυχία, στενοχώρια, έγνοια, μπελάς
v. - ανησυχώ, στενοχωρώ/-ούμαι, ενοχλώ, πειράζω

idioms:

• worried sick    εξαιρετικά ανήσυχος
• worry at    προσπαθώ να αντιμετωπίσω κάτι με μεγάλη προσπάθεια
• worry oneself    ανησυχώ, στεναχωριέμαι

Italiano (Italian)
preoccupare, apprensione, preoccupazione

idioms:

• worry at    accanirsi su
• worry oneself    preoccuparsi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - preocupação (f), ataque de cão a dentadas (m)
v. - preocupar(-se), importunar

idioms:

• worry at    concentrar-se
• worry oneself    se preocupar

Русский (Russian)
беспокоить, надоедать, терзать, беспокоиться, терзаться, уделять назойливое внимание, беспокойство, озабоченность, неприятности, заботы

idioms:

• worry at    терзать, рвать зубами
• worry oneself    тревожиться, переживать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - preocuparse, inquietarse, molestarse, mover esforzándose, pasar a duras penas, problema
v. tr. - inquietar, preocupar, molestar, atormentar, sacudir y lacerar con los dientes
n. - preocupación, inquietud, problema, tormento, zozobra, ansiedad

idioms:

• not to worry    no es para preocuparse, sin importancia
• worried sick    muy preocupado, muy intranquilo
• worry along    arreglárselas de algún modo
• worry at    empecinarse frente a una dificultad, pillar, sacudir, morder, molestar
• worry oneself    preocuparse por
• worry out    preocuparse, resolver (problema) abordándolo una y otra vez
• worry through    tener éxito gracias a un esfuerzo constante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oro, bekymmer, besvär
v. - oroa sig, plåga, tjata på, sätta tänderna i (djur)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
烦恼, 撕咬, 担心, 使烦恼, 使苦恼, 使焦虑, 苦恼, 忧虑

idioms:

• worried sick    担心得要命, 不愉快
• worry at    一心想要克服
• worry oneself    自寻烦恼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 煩惱, 撕咬, 擔心
v. tr. - 使煩惱, 使苦惱, 使焦慮
n. - 煩惱, 苦惱, 憂慮

idioms:

• worried sick    擔心得要命, 不愉快
• worry at    一心想要克服
• worry oneself    自尋煩惱

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 걱정하다, 애쓰며 나아가다, 잡아당기다
v. tr. - 난처하게 하다, 곤란을 당하다, 집적거리다
n. - 걱정 , 골칫거리, 사냥개가 사냥감을 물어뜯기

idioms:

• worry at    (문제를) 풀려고 애쓰다
• worry oneself    고민하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 心配する, 心配させる, …にせがむ, 悩ます, くわえて振り回す, 悩む, いらいらする
n. - 心配, 心配事

idioms:

• worry at    解こうと苦心する, …に…するようにせがむ
• worry oneself    心配する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انزعاج, قلق, بلاء, مشكله, هم (فعل) يقلق, يزعج, يضطرب, يخنق, يعض, يعذب, يرهق, يتقدم, يخوض, يكافح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הדאיג, הציק, נדנד, דאג, חשש, הקניט, נשך‬
v. tr. - ‮דאג, חשש‬
n. - ‮דאגה, מקור-דאגה, צרה‬

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