Meanings
adjectiveworried (comparative more worried, superlative most worried)
comparative more worried · superlative most worried
- Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of worry
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveafflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
adjectivementally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قَلِق
- قَلِق (qaliq)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Bulgarian разтрево́жен, загрижен
- разтрево́жен (raztrevóžen)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- загрижен (zagrižen)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Catalan preocupat
- preocupatthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Chinese Mandarin 擔心 /担心, 著急
- 擔心 /担心 (dānxīn)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- 著急 (zháojí)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- 憂慮 /忧虑 (yōulǜ)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- 煩惱 /烦恼 (fánnǎo)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- 焦急 (jiāojí)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Czech znepokojený
- znepokojenýthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Dutch ongerust, bezorgd
- ongerustthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- bezorgdthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Esperanto maltrankvila, alarmita
- maltrankvilathinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- alarmitathinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Finnish huolestunut
- huolestunutthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
French inquiet
- inquietthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
German besorgt, beunruhigt
- besorgtthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- beunruhigtthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Greek ανήσυχος
- ανήσυχος (anísychos)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Hindi परेशान
- परेशान (pareśān)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Hungarian gondterhelt, aggódó
- gondterheltthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- aggódóthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Indonesian khawatir
- khawatirthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Irish imníoch, imní a bheith ort
- imníochthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- imní a bheith ortthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Italian preoccupato
- preoccupatothinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Japanese 心配した
- 心配した (shinpai shita)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Korean 걱정되다
- 걱정되다 (geokjeongdoeda)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Latin anxius, sollicitus
- anxiusthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- sollicitusthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Malay bimbang, risau
- bimbangthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- risauthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Norwegian Bokmål bekymret, urolig
- bekymretthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- uroligthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Persian نگران
- نگران (negarân)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Portuguese preocupado
- preocupadothinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Punjabi ਫ਼ਿਕਰਮੰਦ
- ਫ਼ਿਕਰਮੰਦ (fikramand)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Romanian îngrijorat, anxios
- îngrijoratthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- anxiosthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- neliniștitthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Russian обеспоко́енный, беспоко́йный
- обеспоко́енный (obespokójennyj)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- беспоко́йный (bespokójnyj)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- озабо́ченный (ozabóčennyj)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- встрево́женный (vstrevóžennyj)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Scottish Gaelic iomagaineach
- iomagaineachthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Spanish inquieto, preocupado
- inquietothinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- preocupadothinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- desasosegadothinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Swedish bekymrad, oroad
- bekymradthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- oroadthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Ukrainian стурбо́ваний, занепоко́єний
- стурбо́ваний (sturbóvanyj)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
- занепоко́єний (zanepokójenyj)thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Vietnamese lo lắng
- lo lắngthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
Welsh pryderus
- pryderusthinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen
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“worried.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worried. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worried,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worried.
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