What is another word for worrying ?

Causing concern and anxiety

enough to try the patience of a saint

sombre^UK

somber^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

unfavorable^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

enough to drive you up the wall

unsavory^US

gray^US

grey^UK

unsavoury^UK

difficult to understand

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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“The worrying trend of anorexia among younger girls.”

Adjective

Worried

Adjective

Deeply pessimistic

sombre^UK

somber^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

gray^US

grey^UK

unfavorable^US

wintry^US

wintery^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

given to looking on the black side

colorless^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

colourless^UK

looking on the black side

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Adjective

Slight but nagging

slight but persistent

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Adjective

Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens

unfavorable^US

wintery^UK

wintry^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

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Adjective

Serving to caution or warn

Adjective

Startling, surprising or shocking in an unexpected way

never before encountered

never to be forgotten

off beaten path

out of this world

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Verb

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

Verb

getting on someone's nerves

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

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

getting your goat

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your dander 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 someone's wick

ruffling someone's feathers

making someone's blood boil

getting in someone's hair

rattling someone's cage

getting someone's dander up

getting on one's nerves

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's tits

getting up someone's nose

getting someone's hackles up

getting under someone's skin

getting someone's goat

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's back up

giving someone a hard time

putting someone off their stroke

rubbing the wrong way

setting someone back on their heels

galvanizing^US

terrorizing^US

tantalizing^US

making someone scratch their head

pursuing

tantalising^UK

terrorising^UK

galvanising^UK

put somebody's nose out of joint

getting under one's skin

eating at

giving someone a turn

putting out of countenance

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

stopping someone in their tracks

hurting someone's feelings

jangling

getting in one's hair

whipping up

causing to be at a stand

making unhappy

putting in a spot

turning on

causing someone to lose their composure

getting on nerves

hurting somebody's feelings

encroaching

rubbing you up the wrong way

putting on the spot

hanging up

getting on somebody's nerves

criticizing^US

paralysing^UK

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

making self-conscious

lighting a fire under

sticking in one's craw

putting someone off their stride

setting one's teeth on edge

criticising^UK

scaring the bejesus out of

leaving speechless

paralyzing^US

wringing

infesting

knocking the stuffing out of

drawing away

energising^UK

hurting one's feelings

trying your patience

taking over

putting on edge

putting the wind up someone

blowing away

throwing into a tizzy

energizing^US

driving you up the wall

sweeping someone off their feet

blowing one's mind

ruffling one's feathers

getting under skin

pushing buttons

springing something on

setting someone thinking

trying the patience of

putting your nose out of joint

pushing someon's buttons

messing

putting to some trouble

putting someone off his stride

getting your hackles up

trying one's patience

rubbing one the wrong way

slurring

putting someone's nose out of joint

putting someone's back up

giving offence

treading on someone's toes

catching somebody unawares

getting across someone

catching somebody off balance

setting someone's teeth on edge

pushing someone's buttons

pushing one's buttons

standing up to

scaring the living daylights out of

making someone's hair stand on end

causing discomfort to

pushing the buttons of

dishonoring^US

causing someone distress

messing with one's head

throwing into confusion

throwing into disorder

pulling the rug out from under

pulling the rug from under

putting off his or her stride

taking the wind out of someone's sails

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

driving insane

sending over the edge

bringing pressure to bear on

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

going out of one's way

going to the trouble of

exerting oneself

hissing

fooling around

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

taking the wind out of your sails

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

filling with consternation

hurting the feelings of

giving someone a fright

giving a shock

springing

making someone jump out of their skin

giving someone a jolt

making a big thing of

making a big thing out of

making a thing of

getting worked up

making a mountain out of a molehill

sending on a wild-goose chase

brutalising^UK

inflicting anguish on

brutalizing^US

balking^US

baulking^UK

putting someone to trouble

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

satirizing^US

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

making your heart bleed

taking one's breath away

magnetizing^US

taking your breath away

giving a buzz

enthusing

transfixing

firing with enthusiasm

sending

giving someone a kick

giving someone a charge

magnetising^UK

getting someone going

becoming an obsession with

tugging at someone's heartstrings

breaking the heart of

dragging down

putting a damper on

turning one's stomach

making one sick

causing aversion

surfeiting

causing to feel nauseous

making someone want to throw up

cloying on

making shudder

filling with loathing

pulling somebody's leg

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

leading somebody on

manipulating

taking the mickey out of

slinging off at

laughing

taking the piss out of

labouring^UK

keeping complaining to

causing to lose concentration

killing

running circles around

wrestling with oneself

laboring^US

going through the mill

firing the enthusiasm of

firing the imagination of

making an impression on

exerting influence on

making inroads

having a bearing on

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Verb

Present participle for to be anxious or concerned

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

Verb

giving someone a hard time

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

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

Thought, deliberation or meditation