[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

worry \wor"ry\, v. t. imp.  p. p. worried; p. pr.  vb. n.
   worrying. oe. worowen, wirien, to strangle, as. wyrgan in
   =awyrgan; akin to d. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, ohg.
   wurgen, g. w"urgen, lith. verszti, and perhaps to e.
   wring.
   1913 webster
   1. to harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly;
      also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
      1913 webster

            a hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
            that dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
            to worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to harass or beset with importunity, or with care an
      anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret;
      to trouble; to plague. "a church worried with
      reformation." --south.
      1913 webster

            let them rail,
            and worry one another at their pleasure. --rowe.
      1913 webster

            worry him out till he gives consent.  --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. to harass with labor; to fatigue. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
worried worrying 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

worrying
     adj : causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing or
           disturbing news"; "lived in heroic if something
           distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime";
           "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and
           troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome
           predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
           syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing,
            troubling, worrisome
     n 1: the act of harassing someone syn: badgering, torment, bedevilment
     2: the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes;
        "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"
see also:
distressing distressful disturbing perturbing troubling worrisome 
badgering torment bedevilment 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 moby thesaurus words for "worrying":
   aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, chafing, disquieting,
   distressful, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, fretting,
   galling, harassing, harassment, importunate, importune, irking,
   irksome, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,
   pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing,
   tiresome, torment, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, upsetting,
   vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worriedness, worries and cares,
   worriment, worrisome, worry

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