# worried

Pronunciation: say "WUR-eed" /ˈwʌɹid/

## Adjective

1. Feeling anxious or unhappy because of thinking about bad things that have happened or might happen.
   - Simple: Feeling afraid or unhappy because you think about something bad that has happened or may happen.
   - _Investors grew worried as the market kept falling._
   - _Her parents grew worried when she still wasn't home by midnight and started calling her friends._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of worry. — simple past and past participle of worry
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of worry. Use it for worrying that already happened, or after has, had or be.
   - _He had worried himself sick by the time the news arrived._
   - _The whole town worried about the rising river._

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