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Worry

To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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Verb group 2

Vex 84% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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Vex 84% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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Broader term 16

Anxiety 76% connected

Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

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Cark 76% connected

A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.

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Cerebrate 76% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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Disorder 76% connected

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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Disquiet 76% connected

Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.

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Distract 76% connected

Separated; drawn asunder.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Incise 76% connected

To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

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Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Perturb 76% connected

To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.

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Rub 76% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Unhinge 76% connected

To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.

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Manner of action 11

Brood 76% connected

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

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Dwell 76% connected

To delay; to linger.

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Fret 76% connected

See 1st Frith.

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Fuss 76% connected

A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.

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Hang 76% connected

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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Misgive 76% connected

To give or grant amiss.

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Nag 76% connected

A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.

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Niggle 76% connected

To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

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Obsess 76% connected

To besiege; to beset.

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Narrower term 7

Bugaboo 76% connected

Alt. of Bugbear

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Burden 76% connected

That which is borne or carried; a load.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Encumbrance 76% connected

That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

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Incumbrance 76% connected

A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

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Load 76% connected

A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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Onus 76% connected

A burden; an obligation.

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Derivationally related 16

Care 74% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Care 74% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Concern 74% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Concern 74% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Distract 74% connected

Separated; drawn asunder.

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Distract 74% connected

Separated; drawn asunder.

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Headache 74% connected

Pain in the head; cephalalgia.

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Headache 74% connected

Pain in the head; cephalalgia.

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Trouble 74% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Trouble 74% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Upset 74% connected

To set up; to put upright.

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Upset 74% connected

To set up; to put upright.

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Vexation 74% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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Vexation 74% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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Worriment 74% connected

Trouble; anxiety; worry.

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Worriment 74% connected

Trouble; anxiety; worry.

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Synonym 8

Care 92% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Concern 92% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Headache 92% connected

Pain in the head; cephalalgia.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interest 92% connected

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Occupy 92% connected

To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trouble 92% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vex 92% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vexation 92% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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