be worried

verb

Synonym of be bothered (“to have the enthusiasm (to do something)”).

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Meanings

verbbe worried (third-person singular simple present is worried, present participle being worried, simple past was worried, past participle been worried)

present singular third person is worried · participle present being worried · past was worried · participle past been worried

  1. Synonym of be bothered (“to have the enthusiasm (to do something)”).

    […] and he had certain notches in his forehead, which looked as though Nature had been about to touch them into sensibility or refinement, when she had impatiently thrown away the chisel, and said: “I really cannot be worried to finish off this man; let him go as he is.”

    1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC

    Synonyms: be bothered

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of be bothered (“to have the enthusiasm (to do something)”).

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be bothered
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APA

be worried. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20worried

MLA

“be worried.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20worried. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be worried,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20worried.

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