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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Worry \Wor"ry\, verb (used with an object) [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) 2.0 [wn]:
worry
noun
1: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" [syn: {concern}, {headache}, {vexation}]
2: a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" [syn: {trouble}]
verb
1: be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job"
2: be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" [syn: {care}]
3: disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" [syn: {vex}] [ant: {reassure}]
4: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant" [syn: {concern}, {interest}, {occupy}]
5: lacerate by biting; "the dog worried his bone"
6: touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads" [also: {worried}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
worried
adjective: 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}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
worried See {worry}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "worried": annoyed, anxious, badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bothered, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled, distracted, distrait, distressed, dogged, embarrassed, fretted, harassed, harried, haunted, heckled, hectored, hounded, inconvenienced, irked, needled, nipped at, persecuted, perturbed, pestered, picked on, plagued, put to it, puzzled, ragged, sore beset, teased, tormented, troubled, vexed, worried sick, worried stiff
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