Worry vs. Warry — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Worry and Warry
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Worry
Worry refers to the thoughts, images, emotions, and actions of a negative nature in a repetitive, uncontrollable manner that results from a proactive cognitive risk analysis made to avoid or solve anticipated potential threats and their potential consequences.
Warry
Warry is a surname.
Worry
To feel uneasy or concerned about something; be troubled.
Warry
To curse; execrate; abuse; speak evil of.
Worry
To seize something with the teeth and bite or tear repeatedly
A squirrel worrying at a nut.
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Warry
See Warye.
Worry
To touch or handle something nervously or persistently
Worry at a hangnail.
Worry
To attempt to deal with something in a persistent or dogged manner
Worried along at the problem.
Worry
To cause to feel anxious, distressed, or troubled.
Worry
To seize with the teeth and bite or tug at repeatedly
A dog worrying a bone.
Worry
To touch or handle nervously or persistently
Worrying the loose tooth.
Worry
To attack roughly and repeatedly; harass
Worrying the enemy ships.
Worry
To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
Worry
To attempt to deal with in a persistent or repeated manner
Analysts have worried the problem for a decade.
Worry
To chase and nip at or attack
A dog worrying steers.
Worry
The act of worrying or the condition of being worried; persistent mental uneasiness
"Having come to a decision, the lad felt a sense of relief from the worry that had haunted him for many sleepless nights" (Edgar Rice Burroughs).
Worry
A source of nagging concern or uneasiness.
Worry
(intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
Stop worrying about your test; it’ll be fine.
Worry
(transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
Your tone of voice worries me.
Worry
(transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.
Worry
(transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.
Worry
(transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
Worry
To strangle.
Worry
A strong feeling of anxiety.
I'm afflicted by worry throughout the night.
Worry
An instance or cause of such a feeling.
My main worry is that I'll miss the train.
Worry
A person who causes worry.
Worry
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.
Worry
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.
Let them rail,And worry one another at their pleasure.
Worry him out till he gives consent.
Worry
To harass with labor; to fatigue.
Worry
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
A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.
Worry
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness;
New York traffic is a constant concern
It's a major worry
Worry
A strong feeling of anxiety;
His worry over the prospect of being fired
It is not work but worry that kills
He wanted to die and end his troubles
Worry
Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy;
I worry about my job
Worry
Be concerned with;
I worry about my grades
Worry
Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress;
I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me
Worry
Be on the mind of;
I worry about the second Germanic consonant
Worry
Lacerate by biting;
The dog worried his bone
Worry
Touch or rub constantly;
The old man worried his beads
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