- worry
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ big, considerable, great, main, major, serious▪
Paying the mortgage is a big worry for many people.
▪Her mother's poor health caused her considerable worry.
▪My greatest worry is that he'll do something stupid.
▪ genuine, real▪ growing, increasing▪ slight▪ day-to-day▪ constant▪The money side of things has been a constant worry.
▪ unnecessary▪She gave her parents unnecessary worry when she forgot to call them.
▪ immediate▪My immediate worry is money.
▪ nagging, niggling▪I had a nagging worry that we weren't going to get there.
▪ secret▪It was a relief to share my secret worries with him.
▪ business, economic, financial, money▪ healthVERB + WORRY▪ have▪That year he had major health worries.
▪ be beset by▪She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.
▪ be frantic with, be out of your mind with, be sick with▪I didn't know where he was and I was frantic with worry.
▪ express, voice▪ share▪ cause (sb), give sb▪ add to, increase▪The fact that she heard nothing from him only increased her worry.
▪ forget▪Try and forget your worries for a little while.
▪ alleviate, assuage, ease, soothe▪ remove, take away, take out of sth▪Take the worry out of flying with our travel insurance offer.
▪ dismiss▪For years, the government has dismissed our worries as unfounded.
WORRY + VERB▪ disappear, melt▪ prove groundless, prove unfounded▪Most of Nigel's worries proved groundless.
▪ plague sb▪These worries plagued him constantly.
PREPOSITION▪ amid worries▪The dollar has fallen to a new low amid worries that the American economy is heading for trouble.
▪ worry about, worry over▪They will not have worries over money.
▪ worry to▪His mother's health is an enormous worry to him.
PHRASES▪ cause for worry▪There is no immediate cause for worry.
▪ free from worry▪ have no worries on that score (BrE)▪The staff all work very hard—we've no worries on that score.
▪ the least of your worries▪At the moment, the car is the least of my worries.
▪ no worries! (esp. BrE)▪No worries—there's plenty of time.
▪ a source of worry▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Money is a constant source of worry.
verbADVERB▪ a lot, particularly, really, terribly▪She worries a lot about crime.
▪What really worries me is what we do if there's nobody there.
▪ slightly▪ excessively, needlessly, too much, unduly, unnecessarily▪You do worry unnecessarily, you know.
▪ not too much▪Don't worry too much about it.
▪ constantlyVERB + WORRY▪ not let sth, not need to▪Don't let it worry you unduly.
▪ begin to▪ tell sb not toPREPOSITION▪ about▪Don't worry about me, I'll be fine.
▪ for▪We can't help worrying for your safety.
▪ with▪Don't worry the driver with unnecessary requests.
PHRASES▪ can't help worrying▪I can't help worrying about the future.
▪ enough to worry about, nothing to worry about▪Don't bother Harry—he has enough to worry about as it is.
▪ stop worrying▪Stop worrying, Dad, we'll be fine.
▪How can I make her stop worrying so much?
▪ worry yourself sick, worry yourself to death (both informal)Worry is used with these nouns as the object: ↑investor
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
