Reverse Dictionary: WORRY

ADJECTIVES
1380 ► TROUBLY confused, troubled, distraught, disturbed, worried, stressed; marked by disturbance or confusion; restless, unquiet → obs.
1449 ► MUSING troubling, worrisome → obs.
1597 ► FASHED troubled, worried → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
19C   ► RATED careworn; tired and unhappy because of prolonged worry → Eng. dial.
1810 ► ILL-FASHED troubled, worried → Sc.
1853 ► SICK annoyed, worried, disgusted, often with undertones of jealousy → sl.
1864 ► NANGING worrying; ill-tempered → Eng. dial.
1873 ► BAGGERING worrying, tiresome → Eng. dial.
1873 ► BEGGARING worrying, tiresome → Eng. dial.
1873 ► HARRYING worrying, harassing, wearying → Eng. dial.
1898 ► CADDLING troublesome, teasing, worrying, annoying → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
L19   ► GALLIED worried → sl.
L19   ► IN A SWEAT anxious, worried → sl.
1905 ► MOILED – upset, worried → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TEWING toilsome, wearying; worrying, tedious → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1960 ► PARANOID frightened, worried, disturbed → sl.
1960 ► STRUNG OUT disturbed, worried → Amer. sl.
1969 ► CANKEROUS worried, fussing, esp. about little things → Amer. dial.
1970 ► FAUNCHY fretting, worried; complaining → Amer. dial.
1970 ► ON THE TABLE worried; upset → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► PACKED TIGHT nervous, unhappy, worried → US sl.
1970 ► WORMY extremely nervous and apprehensive; inclined to worry; old-womanish → US railroad sl. (Bk.)
1977 ► AFLAP worried, agitated → colloq.
1999 ► ARSED bothered; worried → Brit. sl.

NOUNS
1553 ► FASHERY annoyance, trouble, vexation, worry; also, something that causes worry → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1616 ► MACERATION fretting, vexation, worry; an instance of this → obs.
1660 ► FASHRIE trouble, worry, annoyance → Sc.
1721 ► CAT-HARROWS fuss, worry; a quarrelsome state → Sc.
1815 ► VEX a source of regret, sorrow, or annoyance; a trouble; a cause or state of vexation, annoyance, or worry → Sc.
1829 ► THRALL oppression; restraint; trouble, worry → Sc. & Eng. dial.
M19  ► WORRIT anxiety, worry
1856 ► CADDLE → KADDLE worry, trouble, bother, dispute, fuss → Eng. dial.
1864 ► TEW a struggle, difficulty; a laboured effort; fatigue, trouble; an annoyance, a worry or fretting; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience; a disturbed state → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1885 ► FAZE a state of worry → Amer. dial.
L19   ► WORRIMENT worry → colloq.
20C   ► MOLLY BÁN → MOLLY BAWN confusion, worry → Irish sl.
1902 ► HARRISH distress, worry, annoyance, trouble → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HAG(G) a worry, trouble, burden; a difficulty → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MOIDERMENT worry, trouble, annoyance → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► NAIST to tease; to worry; to remind one to do something disagreeable → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► NANG to complain; to cry like a fretful child; to worry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TERRIFY a source of worry or trouble → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TEWING fatigue, worry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1940 ► PARANGLES bustle and confusion; trouble and worry; any bothersome, complicated situation → W. Indies sl.
1950 ► HACKLING bothering, worrying, troubling → W. Indies Rasta
1970 ► YIKES worries, nervousness → sl.
2000 ► QUAMS problems, worries → African-American sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1649 ► GAD-FLY one who irritates, torments, or worries another
1837 ► FIDGET one who fusses or worries a lot, esp. about trifles → Amer. dial.
1848 ► WORRIT a worrying, over-anxious person; a querulous person; one who teases or pesters; a fidget → Eng. dial.
1918 ► CALAMITY JANE a nagging woman; a pessimist; a worrier; a prophet of disaster → US sl.
1920 ► ALARM CLOCK a worrier, a nag → US sl.
1930 ► WORRY PUSS a pathological worrier → sl.
1932 ► WORRY-GUTS a person who worries → sl.
1950 ► HENNY a person who is very particular or fussy; one who worries a lot about little things; a person who is always finding fault about unimportant things → Amer. dial.
1956 ► WORRYWART a person who worries excessively; a constantly apprehensive person → Amer. sl.
1965 ► STEWPOT a person who fusses or worries a lot → Amer. dial.
1965 ► WORRY-POT a person who fusses or worries a lot → Amer. dial.
1966 ► SWEATER – a person who worries unnecessarily, esp. about minor matters → US students’ sl.
1970 ► GOOBERHEAD someone who fusses or worries a lot, esp. about trivial things → Amer. dial.
1980 ► ASTAMAGOOTIS a restless person; a worrywart → Amer. dial.
1996 ► STRESS-HEAD a person who is habitually stressed; a constant worrier → Aust. sl.

PHRASES
1565 ► ONE’S ARSE MAKES BUTTONS one is extremely worried or frightened → sl.
1641 ► ONE’S BREECHES MAKES BUTTONS one is extremely worried or frightened → sl.
1960 ► EASY OVER no problems; don’t worry → US sl.
1999 ► CARE KILLED THE CAT phr. don’t worry (Bk.)

VERBS
1330 ► CARK to burden with care; to worry, to harass, to vex, to trouble; chiefly used in past participle → obs.
1340 ► DEAVE to deafen; to stun or stupefy with noise; to bewilder, to worry or confuse, esp. by ‘dinning’ in one’s ears → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1400 ► HARRY to worry, to goad, to torment, to harass; to maltreat, to ill-use, to persecute; to worry mentally; to bother
1523 ► HARE to harry; to worry; to harass; to tease → obs.
1545 ► LEAD SOMEONE A DANCE to cause that person excessive worry, effort, etc. → sl.
M16  ► FRET ONE’S EYELIDS to worry → sl.
M16  ► FRET ONE’S GIBLETS to worry → sl.
M16  ► FRET ONE’S GUTS to worry → sl.
M16  ► FRET ONE’S KIDNEY to worry → sl.
M16  ► FRET ONE’S SOUL to worry → sl.
1575 ► MAKE BUTTONS of a person: to be extremely worried or frightened → sl.
1578 ► IMPORTUNE to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy → obs.
1585 ► FASH to weary, to be annoyed; to take trouble, to worry → chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1588 ► MACERATE to fret, to vex, to worry → obs.
1589 ► BEBAIT to bait or worry persistently → obs.
1600 ► AFFRET to distress, to worry, to trouble → obs.
1645 ► DOG to harass or worry a person; to continue at a thing persistently or doggedly
1668 ► FRET ONE’S GIZZARD to worry → sl.
1678 ► HAUL to worry, to torment, to pester → obs. exc. Amer. dial.
E18   ► FUNK (ON) to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry → sl.
1746 ► HAG(G) to worry, to tease; to nag at → Eng. dial.
1781 ► CADDLE to trouble, to disturb, to worry → Eng. dial.
19C   ► DERRUCK to worry → Eng. dial. obs.
19C   ► FRICKLE to fidget, to worry about a thing → Eng. dial.
19C   ► TEEN to trouble, to vex; to tease, to worry → Sc. & Eng. dial.
19C   ► WERRICK to tease, pester; to worry → Eng. dial.
E19   ► FLURRY ONE’S MILK to be worried, perturbed, annoyed → sl.
1818 ► WORRIT to worry; to distress; to pester → colloq.
1833 ► HATCHEL to harass, to worry → rare
1839 ► TERRIFY to annoy, to irritate; to tease, to worry; to importune; to torment, to pain → Eng. dial.
1843 ► HARRISH to harass, to worry, to torment, to trouble; to ravage → Ireland & Eng. dial.
1848 ► FRAB to harass, worry, fret, fidget; to irritate, excite → Eng. dial.
M19  ► FRET ONE’S CREAM to worry → sl.
M19  ► FRET ONESELF TO FIDDLESTRINGS to worry to excess → sl.
1860 ► HERRY to harass, to tease, to worry, to bother; to overdo, to urge, to impel → Eng. dial.
1861 ► MOIDLE to worry, to bother, to confuse; to muddle, to mess about → Eng. dial.
1870 ► MOIL to be fidgety or restless; to worry; to be in a flurry, mess, or confusion → Eng. dial.
1873 ► FEASE to disturb, to annoy, to put to inconvenience; to fret, to worry, to harass → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1874 ► TAN to worry, to tease; to harp on one string → Eng. dial.
1881 ► AL → HAL to banter; to worry or bother → Eng. dial.
1884 ► FRATCH to worry about trifles; to fret, to grumble → Eng. dial.
1886 ► FEAZE → FEEZE to worry, to fret → Amer. dial.
1895 ► BAMFER to worry, to torment → Eng. dial.
1898 ► BERAG to worry, to harass, to annoy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BOFFLE to baffle, to confuse, to perplex, to worry, to annoy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 ► DING to reiterate tiresomely; to nag, to pester, to worry, to tease → Amer. dial.
1899 ► MAMMOCK → MOMMOCK → MUMMOCK  to worry → Eng. dial.
L19   ► FRET ONE’S FAT to worry → sl.
20C   ► CAST A KITTEN to worry to excess; to lose one’s temper, often through worry or fear → sl.
20C   ► GET KITTENS to worry to excess; to lose one’s temper, often through worry or fear → sl.
20C   ► GET ZEBRAS to worry to excess; to succumb to one’s emotions → sl.
20C   ► HAVE A KITTY to worry to excess; to lose one’s temper, often through worry or fear →sl.
20C   ► HAVE KITTENS to worry to excess; to lose one’s temper, often through worry or fear → sl.
20C   ► HAVE KITTENS IN THE GRANARY to worry to excess; to lose one’s temper, often through worry or fear → sl.
20C   ► HAVE PUPS to worry to excess; to lose one’s temper, often through worry or fear → sl.
1900 ► BUSY to afflict, to worry, to disturb, to perplex → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DADDLE to trouble, bother, annoy, worry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DING ONESELF to vex oneself, to worry → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 ► BONE to worry → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► HAGGLE to tease, to worry, to harass; to over-work, to fatigue, to tire out → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HAKE to tease, to worry, to importune; to pester or worry with questions, etc.; to persecute → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HALLOCK to tease, to worry, to bully → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MAG to tease, worry incessantly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MAGGLE to worry, to tease → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► PECK to tease; to taunt; to worry, to annoy; to find fault with; to domineer over → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAG to tease, to worry, to vex, to enrage → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TEW ONE’S SHIRT to trouble oneself; to worry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► CATAWAMPUS-CORNER to worry → Amer. dial.
1911 ► BITE to excite, to worry → US sl.
1913 ► HOUT to nag, to annoy, to vex, to worry → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1920 ► HAVE HOT PANTS to be worried or anxious → sl., orig. US
1923 ► RACK to worry needlessly, to be over-anxious → Sc.
1932 ► BACKSET to weary, to fatigue, to worry → Sc.
1950 ► HACKLE to bother, to worry, to trouble → W. Indies Rasta
1952 ► HAVE THE WEAK TREMBLES to be worried → Amer. dial.
1959 ► SHIT A BRICK to be extremely worried or frightened → sl.
1961 ► SHIT BRICKS to be extremely worried or frightened → sl.
1970 ► FAUNCH to fret, to worry; to show irritation or impatience; to complain, to sulk → Amer. dial.
1970 ► SWEAT BULLETS to be very worried, to be apprehensive → US sl.
1997 ► BOTHER ONE’S HEAD to worry oneself with → Irish sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► CHEW UP to make nervous or worried (Bk.)
2002 ► CACK IT to be very nervous or worried; to feel thoroughly frightened → UK sl.