the state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems:Mam says she’s demented with worry
[count noun] a source of anxiety:he’s got financial worries
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Universal
1feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems: [no object]:he worried about his soldier sons in the war [with clause]:I began to worry whether I had done the right thing [with object]:there was no need to worry her
[with object] (worry something out) discover or solve something by persistent thought:children should be allowed to pause in their reading to worry out a meaning
2 [with object] annoy or disturb:the noise never really stops, but it doesn’t worry me
3 [with object] (of a dog or other carnivorous animal) tear at or pull about with the teeth:I found my dog contentedly worrying a bone
(of a dog) chase and attack (livestock, especially sheep):a farmer shot a dog that had been worrying sheep
4 [no object] (worry at) pull at or fiddle with repeatedly:he began to worry at the knot in the cord
not to worry
informal used to reassure someone that a situation is not serious:not to worry—no harm done