worry line

noun

A permanent wrinkle on the forehead.

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Meanings

nounworry line (plural worry lines)

plural worry lines

  1. A permanent wrinkle on the forehead.
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    1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I just got high & went in front of the mirror, to really LOOK at myself & really try to see myself as others do. I immediately see the worry lines carved into my face, now aging & showing all the fighting.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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