worryとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音, General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌɹi/, /ˈwɝɹi/
• (General New Zealand, General Australian, non-standard) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹi/
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• 韻: -ʌri

動詞

worry (三人称単数 現在形 worries, 現在分詞 worrying, 過去形および過去分詞形 worried)

1. (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

   Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine.

2. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.

   Your tone of voice worries me.

3. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.

   The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.

4. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.

   Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.

5. (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
   • 1997, David Sedaris, "A Plague of Tics", Naked, page 15:

     So what if I wanted to touch my nose to the windshield? Who was it hurting? Why was it that he could repeatedly worry his change and bite his lower lip without the threat of punishment?

   • 2002, Masha Hamilton, Staircase of a Thousand Steps, page 272:

     No stories, no arguments. He just worries his prayer beads.

6. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To strangle.
   • 1891, Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine (1891), Execution of the Judgment of Death, page 397:

     We read (Law's Memor. Pref. lix.) that "one John Brugh, a notorious warlock (wizard) in the parochin of Fossoquhy, by the space of thirty-six years, was worried at a stake and burned, 1643."

同意語

• (trouble mentally): fret

派生語

• beworry
• worried

名詞

worry (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 worries)

1. A strong feeling of anxiety.

   I'm afflicted by worry throughout the night.

2. An instance or cause of such a feeling.

   My main worry is that I'll miss the train.

派生語

• worrisome
• worryless