Meaning & use
Worried
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Feeling or showing anxiety, unease, or concern about something.
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She looked worried when her son didn't answer his phone.
Investors grew worried as the stock market continued to slide.
A note on using this word
Also functions as the past tense of the verb 'worry', so 'worried' can describe both a feeling and a completed action ('he worried about the deadline').
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calmrelaxed
Another way to use it
2. verb
The past tense and past participle of 'worry', meaning to feel or cause anxiety.
He worried that he had left the stove on before leaving for vacation.
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