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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, chafing, disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, fretting, galling, harassing, harassment, importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing, tiresome, torment, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worriedness, worries and cares, worriment, worrisome, worry
Dictionary Results for worrying:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
worrying
    adj 1: 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"
           [syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing,
           perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying]
    n 1: the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying,
         torment, bedevilment]
    2: the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes;
       "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Worry \Wor"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worried; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Worrying.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in
   [=a]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG.
   wurgen, G. w["u]rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E.
   wring.]
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   1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly;
      also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
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            A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
            That dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
            To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. --Shak.
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   2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an
      anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret;
      to trouble; to plague. "A church worried with
      reformation." --South.
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            Let them rail,
            And worry one another at their pleasure. --Rowe.
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            Worry him out till he gives consent.  --Swift.
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   3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]
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