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worried
not feeling happy or relaxed because you keep thinking about a problem or something bad that might happen:
• I was worried that you had forgotten our date. • It’s awful if you are worried about money. • I was so worried that I couldn’t sleep at all.
anxious
worried because you think something bad might happen or has happened. Anxious is more formal than worried , and is often used about a general feeling of worry, when you are not sure what has happened:
• A lot of employees are anxious about their jobs. • Anxious relatives waited for news.
nervous
worried or frightened about something you are going to do or experience, and unable to relax:
• Everyone feels nervous before an exam. • The thought of going into hospital was making me nervous.
uneasy
a little worried because you feel there may be something wrong and you are not sure what is going to happen:
• When she still wasn’t home by midnight, I began to feel uneasy. • The total silence was making me feel uneasy.
concerned
formal worried, usually about a problem affecting someone else or affecting the country or the world:
• Many people are concerned about the current economic situation. • Police say that they are concerned for the safety of the missing girl.
bothered
[ not before noun ] worried by something that happens – often used in negative sentences:
• She didn’t seem particularly bothered by the news.
troubled
very worried, so that you think about something a lot:
• She fell into a troubled sleep. • a troubled expression • ‘Are you okay, Ben? You look troubled.’
apprehensive
especially written a little worried about something you are going to do, or about the future, because you are not sure what it will be like:
• I felt a bit apprehensive about seeing him again after so long.
stressed (out)
informal very worried and tired because of problems, too much work etc, and unable to relax or enjoy life:
• He’d been working ten hours a day for ages and was stressed out. • an extremely stressed single mother
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adverbs
very/really worried
• We were really worried about him during the divorce.
increasingly worried
• The family became increasingly worried about her safety.
seriously/deeply worried
• Hazel was now seriously worried. Why hadn’t he come back?
desperately worried
(= extremely worried )
• All this time I was desperately worried about my family.
a little/slightly worried
( also a bit worried British English )
• I was a bit worried about my exams.
not unduly worried
(= not very worried )
• Jerry did not sound unduly worried at the prospect of going to jail.
verbs
be worried
• I was so worried!
get/become worried
• You should have called me. I was getting worried.
look worried
• Don’t look so worried! It’ll be fine.
phrases
worried sick/stiff
(= extremely worried )
• Where have you been? We’ve been worried sick!
nouns
a worried expression/look
• John came in with a worried look on his face.
a worried frown
• Her worried frown deepened.
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adj. VERBS be, feel, look, seem | get I started to get worried when they didn't arrive home. ADV. deeply, desperately, dreadfully, extremely, frantically, genuinely, particularly, really, seriously, terribly, very | increasingly | a bit, quite, rather, slightly | rightly Citizens in inner-city areas are desperately worried and rightly so. PREP. about We were really worried about you! PHRASES worried sick She was worried sick about her son.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary