different between worry vs disquietude
worry
English
Etymology
From Middle English worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyry?en (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyr?an, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *wer??- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch worgen, wurgen, German würgen. Compare Latin urgere (“to press, push”), Sanskrit ????? (v?hati, “to tear out, pluck”), Lithuanian ver?žti (“to string; squeeze”), Russian (poetic) ?????????? (otverzát?, “to open”, literally “to untie”). Related to wring.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /?w??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w??i/, /?w?i/
- (General New Zealand, General Australian, non-standard) IPA(key): /?w??i/
- (West Country, nonstandard) IPA(key): /?w???i/
- (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- Rhymes: -?ri
Homophone: wurry
Verb
worry (third-person singular simple present worries, present participle worrying, simple past and past participle worried)
- (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
- (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
- (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
- (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
- (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
- 1997, David Sedaris, "A Plague of Tics", Naked, page 15:
- So what if I wanted to touch my nose to the windshield? Who was it hurting? Why was it that he could repeatedly worry his change and bite his lower lip without the threat of punishment?
- 2002, Masha Hamilton, Staircase of a Thousand Steps, page 272:
- No stories, no arguments. He just worries his prayer beads.
- 1997, David Sedaris, "A Plague of Tics", Naked, page 15:
- (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To strangle.
- 1891, Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine (1891), Execution of the Judgment of Death, page 397:
- We read (Law's Memor. Pref. lix.) that "one John Brugh, a notorious warlock (wizard) in the parochin of Fossoquhy, by the space of thirty-six years, was worried at a stake and burned, 1643."
- 1891, Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine (1891), Execution of the Judgment of Death, page 397:
Synonyms
- (trouble mentally): fret
Derived terms
- beworry
- worried
Translations
Noun
worry (countable and uncountable, plural worries)
- A strong feeling of anxiety.
- An instance or cause of such a feeling.
- A person who causes worry.
Derived terms
- worrisome
- worryful
- worryless
Translations
Scots
Verb
worry
- (transitive) To strangle.
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disquietude
English
Etymology
From dis- +? quietude.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??skwa??.tju?d/, /d??skwa?.?.tju?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??skwa??.tud/, /d??skwa?.?.tjud/
Noun
disquietude (usually uncountable, plural disquietudes)
- (uncountable) A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.
- 1795, "The Life of John Bunyan," in the Collins Clear-Type Press ed. of The Pilgrim's Progress, p. xiv:
- He was at length called forth, and set apart by fasting and prayer to the ministerial office, which he executed with faithfulness and success during a long course of years; though frequently with the greatest trepidation and inward disquietude.
- 1795, "The Life of John Bunyan," in the Collins Clear-Type Press ed. of The Pilgrim's Progress, p. xiv:
- (countable) A fear or an instance of uneasiness.
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