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worry
noun /ˈwʌr.i/
/ˈwɝː-/ Definition
B1 [C] a problem that makes you feel unhappy and frightened: health/financial worries Keeping warm in the winter is a major worry for many old people.Anxiety and worry - general wordsFear and phobiasDifficult things and peoplePreventing and impeding B2 [C or U] a feeling of being unhappy and frightened about something: Unemployment, bad health - all sorts of things can be a cause of worry. It was clear that Anna had no worries about her husband's attempts to flirt.Anxiety and worry - general wordsFear and phobias
(Definition of worry noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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