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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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