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worrying 音标拼音: [w'ɚiɪŋ] a. 麻烦的;忧虑的 麻烦的;忧虑的 worrying adj 1: causing distress or worry or anxiety; " distressing ( or disturbing) news"; " lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; " a disturbing amount of crime"; " a revelation that was most perturbing"; " a new and troubling thought"; " in a particularly worrisome predicament"; " a worrying situation"; " a worrying time" [ synonym: { distressing}, { distressful}, { disturbing}, { perturbing}, { troubling}, { worrisome}, { worrying}] n 1: the act of harassing someone [ synonym: { badgering}, { worrying}, { torment}, { bedevilment}] 2: the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes; " vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw" 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.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure. -- Rowe. [ 1913 Webster] Worry him out till he gives consent. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " worrying": aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, chafing, disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, fretting, galling, harassing, harassment, importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing, tiresome, torment, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worriedness, worries and cares, worriment, worrisome, worry
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