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| Main Entry: | worried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, troubled |
| Synonyms: | afraid, apprehensive, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, fretful, frightened, hung up*, ill at ease, nervous, on edge*, overwrought, perturbed, solicitous, tense, uneasy, upset, uptight, clutched, on pins and needles, tormented, worried stiff |
| Antonyms: | calm, untroubled, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | worry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make anxious, troubled |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, annoy, attack, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, bite one's nails, bother, brood, bug*, chafe, concern oneself, depress, despair, disquiet, distress, disturb, dun, feel uneasy, fret, gnaw at, go for*, goad, harass, harry, hassle, have qualms, hector, importune, irritate, needle, oppress, persecute, perturb, pester, plague, stew*, sweat out*, take on, tantalize, tear, tease, test, torment, torture, trouble, try, unsettle, upset, vex, wince, writhe, wrong |
| Antonyms: | reassure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, concerned, doubtful, foreboding, frozen*, hung up*, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, shaky*, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, biting nails, butterflies, disquieted, feel in bones, get vibes, have a hunch, have cold feet, have funny feeling, have stage fright, in a cold sweat, in a dither, in a sweat, jellyfish, mistrustful, running scared, scaredy-cat, worried sick |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, unafraid, at ease, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distraught |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, worked-up |
| Synonyms: | addled, agitated, anxious, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, confused, crazed*, crazy, discomposed, distracted, distrait, distressed, flustered, frantic, harassed, hysterical, in a panic, like a chicken with its head cut off, mad, muddled, nonplussed, nuts*, out of one's mind, overwrought, perturbed, rattled, raving, shook up, thrown, tormented, troubled, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, wild, worried |
| Notes: | distrait means 'absent-minded as a result of apprehension, worry, etc.' while distraught means 'agitated' and 'bewildered, distracted' |
| Antonyms: | calm, gladdened, happy, pleased, untroubled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, agitated, antsy, anxious, basket case*, bothered, concerned, cut up*, discombobulated*, disconsolate, distracted, distraught, fidgety, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, shaky, troubled, uptight*, wired, worried, wrecked, wretched, all torn up, bugged, bummed out, bundle of nerves, distrait, dragged, exercised, harassed, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, ripped, saddened, shook, shook up, shot down, spooked, strung out, tormented, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, glad, happy, joyful, comforted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fretful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritable |
| Synonyms: | captious, carping*, complaining, contrary, crabby*, cranky*, critical, cross, crotchety*, edgy, faultfinding, fractious, huffy*, mean, ornery*, out of sorts*, peevish, perverse, petulant, querulous, short-tempered, snappish*, testy, touchy, uneasy, worried, wreck*, caviling, splenetic |
| Antonyms: | calm, happy, joyous, laid-back, pleased, cheered, easy-going, relaxed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pressured |
| Synonyms: | agitated, anxious, at wit's end, beset, bothered, distressed, harassed, hard-pressed, stressed, troubled, worried |
| Main Entry: | nervous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, annoyed, apprehensive, basket case*, bothered, concerned, distressed, disturbed, edgy, excitable, fidgety, fitful, fussy*, hesitant, high-strung*, hysterical, irritable, jittery*, jumpy*, nervy*, neurotic, on edge*, overwrought, querulous, restive, sensitive, shaky*, shrinking, shy, skittish, snappish, solicitous, taut, tense, timid, timorous, troubled, uneasy, unstrung, upset, uptight, volatile, weak, wired*, worried, flustered, ruffled, spooked, twitchy, unrestful |
| Antonyms: | brave, calm, unafraid, unnervous, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | on edge |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tense |
| Synonyms: | agitated, anxious, apprehensive, beside oneself*, edgy, excited, fidgety, high-strung*, impatient, jittery, jumpy, nerve-racking, nervous, restless, uptight, wired*, worried, bundle of nerves, hyper, in a tizzy, keyed up, nervous wreck, overanxious, stressful, unnerved, wound up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pessimistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expecting bad outcome |
| Synonyms: | bleak, cynical, dark, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, discouraged, distrustful, downhearted, foreboding, gloomy, glum, hopeless, melancholy, misanthropic, morbid, morose, resigned, sad, sullen, troubled, worried, fatalistic |
| Antonyms: | confident, optimistic, trusting |
| Main Entry: | phobic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, anxious, apprehensive, disturbed, frightened, irrational, jittery, jumpy, nervous, neurotic, scared, shy, skittish, tense, worried, discomposed, disquieted, have cold feet, panicky |
| Main Entry: | queasy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well; not comfortable |
| Synonyms: | anxious, concerned, fidgety, groggy, ill, ill at ease, indisposed, nauseated, queer, restless, rocky*, sick, sickly, squeamish, troubled, uncertain, uncomfortable, under the weather*, uneasy, unwell, upset, worried, bilious, green around gills, pukish, qualmish, sick as a dog |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, healthy, satisfied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not content; moving about |
| Synonyms: | active, agitated, antsy*, anxious, changeable, disturbed, edgy, fidgety, fitful, footloose*, fretful, hurried, ill at ease, inconstant, intermittent, irresolute, itchy*, jumpy, nervous, nomadic, on edge, perturbed, restive, roving, sleepless, spasmodic, transient, troubled, turbulent, uneasy, unruly, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, wandering, worried, bundle of nerves, bustling, fidgeting, strung out, tossing and turning, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful |
| Antonyms: | agitated, jumpy, nervous, restive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sleepless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insomniac, restless |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, antsy*, anxious, edgy, fidgety, jumpy, nervous, on edge, troubled, unsettled, wakeful, wide-awake, wired*, worried, bustling, fidgeting, strung out, tossing and turning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uneasy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awkward, uncomfortable |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, bothered, disturbed, edgy, fearful, fidgety, fretful, ill at ease, impatient, insecure, irascible, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervous, on edge, peevish, perplexed, perturbed, precarious, restive, restless, shaken, shaky, strained, suspicious, tense, troubled, unsettled, unstable, upset, worried, wrung, all nerves, anguished, constrained, discomposed, dismayed, disquieted, harassed, in turmoil, on the qui vive, palpitant, tormented, unquiet, vexed |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, composed, laid-back, easy-going |
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disturbed, bothered |
| Synonyms: | agitated, antsy*, apprehensive, blue*, chaotic, confused, disconcerted, disordered, distressed, frantic, hurt, ill, jittery, jumpy, low, muddled, overwrought, shocked, sick, spilled, thrown, troubled, unsettled, upside-down, worried, all torn up, amazed, broken up, bummed out, capsized, come apart, dismayed, disquieted, dragged, grieved, in disarray, overturned, psyched out, rattled, ruffled, shook up, tipped over, toppled, tumbled, unglued, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | happy, undisturbed, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uptight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, cautious, concerned, conventional, edgy, nervy, old-fashioned, on edge*, restive, strict, tense, troubled, uneasy, withdrawn, worried, on the defensive |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, cool |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | distressed, hurt, injured, troubled, worried, anguished |
| Main Entry: | stressed out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affected mentally |
| Synonyms: | anxious, nervous, strained, worried, frazzled, tensed, unnerved |
| Antonyms: | relaxed |
| Main Entry: | afraid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, blanched, cowardly, discouraged, distressed, disturbed, frightened, frozen, horrified, intimidated, nervous, panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, petrified, scared, shocked, startled, stunned, suspicious, terrified, timid, timorous, upset, worried, aroused, cowed, daunted, disheartened, dismayed, faint-hearted, have cold feet, in awe, rattled, run scared, scared stiff, scared to death, spooked, terror-stricken, trembling |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, composed, confident, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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