Worried-well
noun
(informal) the worried well, the people who do not need medical treatment, but who visit the doctor to be re-ssured, or with emotional problems
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having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: their worried parents called the police. indicating, expressing, or attended by worry: worried looks. historical examples the boy chums cruising in florida waters wilmer m. ely happy ending fredric brown ruth fielding at college alice b. emerson the 4-d doodler graph waldeyer the corner house girls at school […]
- Worries
to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret. to move with effort: an old car worrying uphill. to torment with cares, anxieties, etc.; trouble; plague. to seize, especially by the throat, with the teeth and shake or mangle, as one animal does another. to har-ss by repeated biting, snapping, etc. a worried condition […]
- Worriment
the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety. a source or cause of trouble or annoyance. historical examples the alchemist’s secret isabel cecilia williams the pony rider boys in texas frank gee patchin kenny leona dalrymple the cross-cut courtney ryley cooper painted veils james huneker the eddy clarence l. cullen the open boat and other […]
- Worrit
verb (transitive) (dialect) to tease or worry historical examples the quiver 12/1899 anonymous modern women and what is said of them anonymous lost diaries maurice baring punch, or the london charivari, vol. 103, november 12, 1892 various palos of the dog star pack j. u. giesy george eliot’s life, vol. ii (of 3) george eliot […]
- Worry-beads
a string of beads manipulated to relieve worry and tension. plural noun a string of beads that when fingered or played with supposedly relieves nervous tension