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Pronunciation : Wor"ry
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in awyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. w?rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.]
Definition : 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.]
t. [imp. & p. p. Worried; p. pr. & vb. n. Worrying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Wor"ry
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Wor"ry
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : Defn: A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry. "The whir and worry of spindle and of loom." Sir T. Browne.
pl. Worries (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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