Meanings
verbworry someone sick (third-person singular simple present worries someone sick, present participle worrying someone sick, simple past and past participle worried someone sick)
present singular third person worries someone sick · participle present worrying someone sick · participle past worried someone sick · past worried someone sick
- informalTo cause someone to worry to a great degree.
Frankly, it worries me sick to even think about it.
1990, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Sybil at Sixteen
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo worry to a great degree.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 操碎了心
- 操碎了心 (cāo suìle xīn)reflexive
French se faire de la bile, se faire du mauvais sang
- se faire de la bilereflexive
- se faire du mauvais sangreflexive
- se faire un sang d'encrereflexive
- se ronger les sangsreflexive
- se faire du mouronreflexive
- se faire des cheveux blancsreflexive
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