<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(used without object)</p><ul><li>to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.</li><li>to move with effort: an old car worrying uphill.</li></ul></li><li><p>(used with object)</p><ul><li>to torment with cares, anxieties, etc.; trouble; plague.</li><li>Synonyms: distress, badger, hector, harry, tease</li><li>to seize, especially by the throat, with the teeth and shake or mangle, as one animal does another.</li><li>to harass by repeated biting, snapping, etc.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>(plural worries)<ul><li>a worried condition or feeling; uneasiness or anxiety.</li><li>Synonyms: fear, misgiving, disquiet, solicitude, apprehension</li><li>a cause of uneasiness or anxiety; trouble.</li><li>the act of worrying.</li><li>Fox Hunting: the action of the hounds in tearing to pieces the carcass of a fox.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>Informal: to progress or succeed by constant effort, despite difficulty: to worry through an intolerable situation.</li></ul>