| 1. concern; fear; misfortune, distress; source of concern; ripping of meat with the teeth (e.g. by dogs). be concerned; make concerned; annoy, harass; tear meat with the teeth (e.g. dogs); advance through great effort. worryworry , v. i. 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.worry worry, n.; pl. worries . 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. t. browne.worry worry , v. t. [imp. & p. p. worried ; p. pr. & vb. n. worrying.] [oe. worowen, wirien, to strangle, as. wyrgan in āwyrgan; akin to d. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, ohg. wurgen, g. würgen, lith. verszti, and perhaps to e. wring.] |
