Collocations for "worried"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "worried" in context.
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worry
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- worry about [you, the future, your children]
- worry about [what, when, where, how, who]
- let me worry about [dinner, the laundry]
- you never stop worrying about your [children, kids]
- worry and stress about
- was worrying for nothing
- worry for your [happiness, safety]
- worry that you [will, won't, can't]
- worry it might [upset, anger] him
- worry yourself to death
- you are starting to worry me
- it worries me to [think, see, read, hear]
- what worries me the most is
- you have made me worry (now)
- [don't, try not to] worry
- no need to worry
- a [major, minor, big, huge] worry
- a [great deal, lot of] worry
- [considerable, significant] worry
- a [major] worry about (crime)
- (facing) a major worry over (crime)
- [consumed, overwhelmed, controlled] by worry
- [she, his mind] was full of worry
- [caused, led to, generated] a [lot of] worry
- the [news, reports, allegations] caused a [major] worry
- money is the biggest [source] of worry
- tell me all (about) your worries
- he [explained, expressed, aired] his worries
- an end to all your worries
- a [lot of] worry over nothing
- [a, no, some] cause for worry
- [considerable] worry [due to, because of, stemming from]
- (I'll do it) no worries!
- worry [beads, dolls]
- keep a worry [list, journal]
'worried' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aging
- anxious
- apprehensive
- beauty
- calm
- clearly
- decline
- deeply
- easily
- encounter
- implication
- increasingly
- investor
- lately
- least
- line
- need
- overly
- parent
- resident
- reverse
- scared
- seriously
- silly
- similarly
- still
- stray
- super
- unduly
- wail
- wee
- well-being