- 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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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
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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worried
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adjective
Definition of worried
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
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anxious
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nervous
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uneasy
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troubled
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concerned
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apprehensive
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disturbed
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bothered
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hesitant
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perturbed
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freaked
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flustered
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uptight
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tense
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preoccupied
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distraught
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obsessed
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queasy
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jittery
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insecure
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jumpy
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queazy
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on edge
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antsy
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goosey
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aflutter
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hung up
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het up
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unquiet
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on tenterhooks
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restless
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dithery
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hinky
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nervy
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disquieted
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distressed
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keyed up
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aggrieved
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edgy
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ill at ease
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vexed
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atwitter
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misgiving
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fretful
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on pins and needles
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fretting
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unnerved
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foreboding
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freaked—out
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stewing
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fidgety
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qualmish
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twittered
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unstrung
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shook—up
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qualmy
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undone
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fluttery
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skittish
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spooky
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high—strung
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hypertense
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flighty
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sure
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easy
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collected
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calm
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confident
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relaxed
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cool
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nerveless
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happy—go—lucky
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controlled
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self—assured
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self—confident
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self—controlled
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calm
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confident
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relaxed
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cool
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nerveless
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happy—go—lucky
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controlled
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self—assured
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worried
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verb
past tense of worry
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as in feared
to experience concern or anxiety
they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved
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feared
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fretted
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stressed
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fussed
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troubled
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bothered
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sweat
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sweated
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stewed
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agonized
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sweat blood
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cared a hang
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sweated blood
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gave a hang
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despaired
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longed
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yearned
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pined
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chafed
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accepted
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tolerated
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took
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bore
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endured
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sustained
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stuck out
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abided
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stomached
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abode
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tolerated
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took
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bore
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endured
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as in alarmed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
those strange noises outside the house worry me
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alarmed
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concerned
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disturbed
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bothered
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distracted
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upset
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agitated
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angered
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annoyed
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unsettled
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dismayed
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distressed
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plagued
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irritated
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perturbed
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disquieted
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haunted
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confused
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discomforted
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embarrassed
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frazzled
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rattled
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fussed
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flurried
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unhinged
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derailed
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discomposed
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ailed
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exasperated
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exercised
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irked
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peeved
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discouraged
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distempered
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undid
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weirded out
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aggravated
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vexed
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harassed
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fretted
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bugged
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freaked (out)
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hagrode
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flustered
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harried
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riled
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pestered
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disconcerted
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nettled
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got
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mortified
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nonplussed
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piqued
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chafed
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unnerved
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discomfited
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fazed
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alarumed
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galled
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bedeviled
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disheartened
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confounded
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daunted
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put off
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abashed
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put out
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grated
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dispirited
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jarred
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chivvied
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demoralized
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chivied
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nonplused
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discountenanced
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vext
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shook up
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calmed
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soothed
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quieted
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settled
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composed
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alleviated
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allayed
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assuaged
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tranquilized
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mollified
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placated
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appeased
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tranquillized
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pacified
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propitiated
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conciliated
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soothed
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quieted
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settled
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composed
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allayed
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tranquilized
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mollified
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placated
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appeased
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tranquillized
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conciliated
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worried father
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unrecognizable worried
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