Synonyms of word worried

  • bothered
  • clutched
  • concerned
  • distracted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • frightened
  • perturbed
  • tense
  • tormented
  • upset
  • afraid
  • apprehensive
  • beside oneself
  • distraught
  • fearful
  • fretful
  • hung up
  • ill at ease
  • nervous
  • on edge
  • on pins and needles
  • overwrought
  • solicitous
  • uneasy
  • uptight
  • worried stiff

On this page you’ll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to worried, such as: bothered, clutched, concerned, distracted, distressed, and disturbed.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985

WORDS RELATED TO WORRIED

  • abashed
  • aghast
  • alarmed
  • anxious
  • apprehensive
  • aroused
  • blanched
  • cowardly
  • cowed
  • daunted
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • faint-hearted
  • frightened
  • frozen
  • have cold feet
  • horrified
  • in awe
  • intimidated
  • nervous
  • panic-stricken
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • petrified
  • rattled
  • run scared
  • scared
  • scared stiff
  • scared to death
  • shocked
  • spooked
  • startled
  • stunned
  • suspicious
  • terrified
  • terror-stricken
  • timid
  • timorous
  • trembling
  • upset
  • worried
  • afraid
  • alarmed
  • biting nails
  • butterflies
  • concerned
  • disquieted
  • doubtful
  • feel in bones
  • foreboding
  • frozen
  • get vibes
  • have a hunch
  • have cold feet
  • have funny feeling
  • have stage fright
  • hung up
  • in a cold sweat
  • in a dither
  • in a sweat
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • lily-livered
  • mistrustful
  • running scared
  • shaky
  • stiff
  • suspicious
  • troubled
  • uncertain
  • uneasy
  • uptight
  • weak
  • worried
  • worried sick
  • addled
  • agitated
  • anxious
  • beside oneself
  • bothered
  • concerned
  • confused
  • crazed
  • crazy
  • discomposed
  • distracted
  • distrait
  • distressed
  • flustered
  • frantic
  • harassed
  • hysterical
  • in a panic
  • like a chicken with its head cut off
  • mad
  • muddled
  • nonplussed
  • nuts
  • out of one’s mind
  • overwrought
  • perturbed
  • rattled
  • raving
  • shook-up
  • thrown
  • tormented
  • troubled
  • unglued
  • unscrewed
  • unzipped
  • wild
  • worried
  • afflicted
  • agitated
  • all torn up
  • antsy
  • anxious
  • basket case
  • bothered
  • bugged
  • bummed out
  • bundle of nerves
  • concerned
  • cut up
  • discombobulated
  • disconsolate
  • distracted
  • distrait
  • distraught
  • dragged
  • exercised
  • fidgety
  • harassed
  • hyper
  • in a stew
  • in a tizzy
  • inconsolable
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • miffed
  • peeved
  • perturbed
  • ripped
  • saddened
  • shaky
  • shook
  • shook-up
  • shot down
  • spooked
  • strung-out
  • tormented
  • troubled
  • unconsolable
  • unglued
  • up the wall
  • uptight
  • wired
  • worried
  • wrecked
  • wretched
  • aflutter
  • afraid
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • anxious
  • chicken
  • chickenhearted
  • diffident
  • discomposed
  • disquieted
  • disturbed
  • fainthearted
  • frightened
  • goose-bumpy
  • have cold feet
  • hesitant
  • in a dither
  • intimidated
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • lily-livered
  • mousy
  • nerveless
  • nervous
  • nervy
  • panicky
  • perturbed
  • phobic
  • pusillanimous
  • quivery
  • rabbity
  • running scared
  • scared
  • shaky
  • sheepish
  • shrinking
  • shy
  • skittish
  • solicitous
  • spineless
  • tense
  • timid
  • timorous
  • tremulous
  • uneasy
  • unmanly
  • weak-kneed
  • worried
  • yellow
  • alarmed
  • apprehensive
  • fearful
  • frightened
  • panicked
  • panicky
  • scared
  • skittish
  • timid
  • timorous
  • worried

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  • as in upset

  • verb



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worried
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adjective

Definition of worriednext

as in upset

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

the soldier’s father had a worried expression as he listened to the news

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  • upset

  • anxious

  • nervous

  • uneasy

  • troubled

  • concerned

  • apprehensive

  • disturbed

  • bothered

  • hesitant

  • perturbed

  • freaked

  • flustered

  • uptight

  • tense

  • preoccupied

  • distraught

  • obsessed

  • queasy

  • jittery

  • insecure

  • jumpy

  • queazy

  • on edge

  • antsy

  • goosey

  • aflutter

  • hung up

  • het up

  • unquiet

  • on tenterhooks

  • restless

  • dithery

  • hinky

  • nervy

  • disquieted

  • distressed

  • keyed up

  • aggrieved

  • edgy

  • ill at ease

  • vexed

  • atwitter

  • misgiving

  • fretful

  • on pins and needles

  • fretting

  • unnerved

  • foreboding

  • freakedout

  • stewing

  • fidgety

  • qualmish

  • twittered

  • unstrung

  • shookup

  • qualmy

  • undone

  • fluttery

  • skittish

  • spooky

  • highstrung

  • hypertense

  • flighty


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  • sure

  • easy

  • collected

  • calm

  • confident

  • relaxed

  • cool

  • nerveless

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  • controlled

  • selfassured

  • selfconfident

  • selfcontrolled

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  • sure

  • easy

  • collected

  • calm

  • confident

  • relaxed

  • cool

  • nerveless

  • happygolucky

  • controlled

  • selfassured

  • selfconfident

  • selfcontrolled

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worried

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verb

past tense of worry

1

as in feared

to experience concern or anxiety

they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • feared

  • fretted

  • stressed

  • fussed

  • troubled

  • bothered

  • sweat

  • sweated

  • stewed

  • agonized

  • sweat blood

  • cared a hang

  • sweated blood

  • gave a hang

  • despaired

  • longed

  • yearned

  • pined

  • chafed


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • accepted

  • tolerated

  • took

  • bore

  • endured

  • sustained

  • stuck out

  • abided

  • stomached

  • abode

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  • accepted

  • tolerated

  • took

  • bore

  • endured

  • sustained

  • stuck out

  • abided

  • stomached

  • abode

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as in alarmed

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

those strange noises outside the house worry me

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • alarmed

  • concerned

  • disturbed

  • bothered

  • distracted

  • upset

  • agitated

  • angered

  • annoyed

  • unsettled

  • dismayed

  • distressed

  • plagued

  • irritated

  • perturbed

  • disquieted

  • haunted

  • confused

  • discomforted

  • embarrassed

  • frazzled

  • rattled

  • fussed

  • flurried

  • unhinged

  • derailed

  • discomposed

  • ailed

  • exasperated

  • exercised

  • irked

  • peeved

  • discouraged

  • distempered

  • undid

  • weirded out

  • aggravated

  • vexed

  • harassed

  • fretted

  • bugged

  • freaked (out)

  • hagrode

  • flustered

  • harried

  • riled

  • pestered

  • disconcerted

  • nettled

  • got

  • mortified

  • nonplussed

  • piqued

  • chafed

  • unnerved

  • discomfited

  • fazed

  • alarumed

  • galled

  • bedeviled

  • disheartened

  • confounded

  • daunted

  • put off

  • abashed

  • put out

  • grated

  • dispirited

  • jarred

  • chivvied

  • demoralized

  • chivied

  • nonplused

  • discountenanced

  • vext

  • shook up


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • calmed

  • soothed

  • quieted

  • settled

  • composed

  • alleviated

  • allayed

  • assuaged

  • tranquilized

  • mollified

  • placated

  • appeased

  • tranquillized

  • pacified

  • propitiated

  • conciliated

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  • calmed

  • soothed

  • quieted

  • settled

  • composed

  • alleviated

  • allayed

  • assuaged

  • tranquilized

  • mollified

  • placated

  • appeased

  • tranquillized

  • pacified

  • propitiated

  • conciliated

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Phrases with Worried

Things Worried often describes

  • worried look

  • worried parents

  • worried mother

  • worried expression

  • worried tone

  • worried sick

  • worried looks

  • worried little

  • worried sister

  • worried father

How Worried often is described

  • excellent worried

  • big worried

  • last worried

  • good worried

  • desperate worried

  • proud worried

  • huge worried

  • old worried

  • unrecognizable worried

  • great worried

Worried is the last word in phrase

  • subscription worried

  • wholesome worried

  • fur worried

  • mad worried

  • cyclic worried

  • sexually worried

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