Worried meaning

What does “worried” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“worried” is an adjective with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief.

worried

adjective

  1. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

    “too upset to say anything”

    “spent many disquieted moments”

  2. mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

    “apprehensive about her job”

    “not used to a city and worried about small things”

    Synonymsapprehensive

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University