worrying

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So there's nothing I can do, and fretting and worrying isn't going to change anything.

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Quick take

the act of harassing someone

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of worrying gathered in one view.

noun

the act of harassing someone

noun

the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes; "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"

adjective

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for worrying.

noun

the act of harassing someone

See also: badgering, torment, bedevilment

noun

the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes; "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"

adjective

Example sentences

So there's nothing I can do, and fretting and worrying isn't going to change anything.

I want them to stop calling things sexist so that I can stop worrying about their feelings.

The only thing that's bad for the Free Software movement is worrying about who the leader is.

You lie awake at night worrying about what is that which will disrupt your business model, he said.

Moreover, I believe he spends a lot of time worrying about the ways things he says are misconstrued.

There has been very little research on this area, and the little research that has been done is worrying.

Can't I just be proud of the fact that I wrote something without worrying that I should be able to do better?

Start worrying about mobile and tablet platforms instead.

I am a strong supporter of gay marriage, but I have to say that I find this very unfortunate and worrying.

But if you spend all of your time worrying that you're not using the latest and great tools, you won't get much done, and you won't be satisfied with what you do get done.

You can refactor and move around most Haskell code without worrying about breaking its surroundings because any dependencies are explicit.

But the worrying situation we have here is that Etsy appear to be making up non-publicly stated terms, targeting a guy who obviously hand assembles his own equipment.

You didn't write code, you didn't set up servers, and you didn't sit around worrying about whether you were monetizing well enough to keep the site from imploding under its own popularity.

You will either have something going from your side project or you will have enough money saved to legitimately work full time on something without worrying about billsAs far as the idea, go for something as boring as possible.