Synonyms for worried
ˈwɜr id, ˈwʌr-wor·ried

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1. disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worriedadjective

   afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

   "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"

   Synonyms:
   stressed, disordered, mad, unhinged, upset, sick, overturned, upturned, distressed, maladjusted, confused, apprehensive, brainsick, demented, unhappy, hard put, upset(a), broken, hard-pressed, crazy, disquieted, disturbed, unbalanced, in a bad way(p), dysphoric

   Antonyms:
   easy, untroubled

2. apprehensive, worriedadjective

   mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

   "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"

   Synonyms:
   upset, distressed, apprehensive, disquieted, disturbed, discerning

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, easy

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. concerned

   worried about someone or something

   i'm concerned over your health.

   Submitted by JP03 on November 2, 2014  

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1. List of paraphrases for "worried":

   concerned, afraid, scared, anxious, uneasy, preoccupied, alarmed, apprehensive, frightened, disturbed, fear

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1. Richard Franulovich:

   At a time when everyone is fretting about disinflation risk, and the Fed suggested they were getting a bit worried about it in their minutes yesterday, to get a 0.2 percent on the core is reassuring.

2. Jennifer Stepp:

   While you're waiting for the ambulance the person you're worried about is not getting enough oxygen, seconds count.

3. Denise Jamieson:

   There's increasing evidence that pregnant women may not be more severely affected by Covid-19 than the rest of us, which we had worried about at the beginning of the pandemic, but Covid-19 is still a severe disease in pregnancy that needs to be taken seriously and studied carefully.

4. Tea Banh:

   Please don’t be too worried about this Ream base.

5. Adrian Smith:

   I think it's important that we strategically lay this out in a way that we can get some results through legislation to prevent these bad things from happening again, everyone is worried about what these IRS agents will do, and we're committed to holding the agency accountable.