Hypertext Webster Gateway: "worried"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Worry \Wor"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Worrying}.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in
[=a]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG.
wurgen, G. w["u]rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E.
wring.]
1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly;
also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog
that had his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs
and lap their gentle blood. --Shak.
2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an
anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret;
to trouble; to plague. ``A church worried with
reformation.'' --South.
Let them rail, And worry one another at their
pleasure. --Rowe.
Worry him out till he gives consent. --Swift.
3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
worried
adj : afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or
grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many
disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's
leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried
parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of
the sleeping children" [syn: {disquieted}, {distressed},
{disturbed}, {upset}]
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