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Adjective

Causing concern and anxiety

In a state of worry or anxiety

Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation

Serving to caution or warn

Verb

(clausal, followed by for or about) Placing an emphasis of concern, interest or importance on someone or something

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

Present participle for to be anxious or concerned

Present participle for to cause concern or anxiety

Present participle for to seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf

Noun

The act or process of being in thought

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Adjective

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Causing concern and anxiety

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

unfavorable^US

gray^US

grey^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

unsavory^US

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

unsavoury^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

slight but persistent

difficult to understand

environmentally unfriendly

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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“There is a worrying trend among businesses to rely solely on external vendors for advice on emerging technological developments.”

Adjective

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In a state of worry or anxiety

with one's stomach in knots

squirrelly

in a tizzy

in a tizz

like a cat on a hot tin roof

in a flap

atwitter

in a state of agitation

having butterflies in the stomach

shaking in one's shoes

clutched

with your heart in your mouth

like a cat on hot bricks

like a fish out of water

at the end of your tether

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

waiting for the axe to fall

frightened out of your wits

wrought-up

bedevilled^UK

crazy

scared out of your wits

pressurized^US

bedeviled^US

pressurised^UK

ill-humored^US

waiting with bated breath

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

with your back to the wall

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

tearing one's hair out

rabid

faint-hearted

maniacal

carrying a chip on your shoulder

with bated breath

having stage fright

biting nails

having a funny feeling

with one's back up against the wall

at the end of one's rope

in fear and trepidation

very scared

pushing the panic button

agonized^US

sceptical^UK

agonised^UK

racked with suffering

skeptical^US

lacking self-confidence

caviling^US

like a chicken with its head cut off

cavilling^UK

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“Children of worrying parents seem to identify with the worrying parent and themselves tend to be worriers.”

Adjective

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Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation

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“So, how long will we continue avoiding this critical and worrying situation? We have 12-15 years to seriously limit and reverse this trend.”

Adjective

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Serving to caution or warn

Verb

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(clausal, followed by for or about) Placing an emphasis of concern, interest or importance on someone or something

Verb

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

getting on someone's nerves

getting someone's wick

ruffling someone's feathers

getting in someone's hair

rattling someone's cage

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's hackles up

getting under someone's skin

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's back up

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

getting on one's nerves

rubbing the wrong way

making somebody's hackles rise

hurting somebody's feelings

ruffling one's feathers

getting up someone's nose

getting your dander up

tantalizing^US

getting your hackles up

putting someone's nose out of joint

shaking up

imposing on

giving a bad time

tantalising^UK

bending someone's ear

putting to trouble

driving you up the wall

getting across someone

setting one's teeth on edge

causing discomfort to

poking fun at

making sport of

losing sleep

breathing down someone's neck

trying the patience of

rubbing you up the wrong way

hanging up

getting a rise out of

working up

knocking for six

taking the piss out of

victimizing^US

criticizing^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

making it hot for someone

sticking in one's craw

criticising^UK

inflicting anguish on

putting in a spot

making uncomfortable

ragging on

making things hot for someone

making someone fed up

victimising^UK

getting on the wrong side of

terrorizing^US

running up the wrong way

pushing someon's buttons

messing

steaming

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

pushing one's buttons

making someone scratch their head

belabouring^UK

terrorising^UK

upsetting the applecart

bringing pressure to bear on

tiring out

leaning on

putting pressure on

making severe demands on

giving the cold shoulder

searching high heaven

noodging

bullyragging

hurting the feelings of

tearing to pieces

knocking the wind out of

making your gorge rise

harshing one's mellow

tyrannizing^US

filling with loathing

grinding

pushing the buttons of

causing resentment to

mispleasing

playing dirty

zinging

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

alienating

making livid

driving you out of your mind

making you see red

driving you round the twist

driving you crazy

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you round the bend

tyrannising^UK

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

breaking the heart of

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

falling on

putting the squeeze on

belaboring^US

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking the stuffing out of

breaking someone's heart

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

taking the wind out of your sails

dampening the spirits of

causing to lose heart

carrying a heavy load

barracking

shouting down

getting into a dither

putting someone off their stroke

making nervous

causing someone to lose their composure

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

satirizing^US

having an adverse effect on

striking down

going against the grain

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

going through the mill

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Verb

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Present participle for to be anxious or concerned

“I cannot help but worry about my upcoming exam.”

Verb

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Present participle for to cause concern or anxiety

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

“Insignificant trivialities such as these barely worry us nowadays.”

Verb

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Present participle for to seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf

“We need to deal with these foxes that worry our sheep.”

Noun

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The act or process of being in thought

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

judgement^UK

judgment^US

period of deliberation

spell of contemplation

period of reflection

spell of deliberation

spell of reflection

period of contemplation

thinking of other things

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