Worried Parents React To How Middletown North Manages Its Bus Routes
Definition of worried adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. The act of worrying or the condition of being worried; persistent mental uneasiness: "Having come to a decision, the lad felt a sense of relief from the worry that had haunted him for many sleepless nights" (Edgar Rice Burroughs). Worried is an adjective that describes a state of feeling uneasy, anxious, or concerned about something that may cause distress, uncertainty, or negative outcomes. WORRIED definition: having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious. See examples of worried used in a sentence. When you are worried, you are unhappy because you keep thinking about problems that you have or about unpleasant things that might happen in the future. He seemed very worried.
Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy. She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war. The adjective worried describes someone who's uneasy or troubled about something. Imagine worried parents, up late, waiting for their teenager to arrive home from a party. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026 wor ried (wûr′ ēd, wur′ -), adj. having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police. indicating, expressing, or attended by worry: worried looks. We were very worried when he did not answer his phone. She had a worried look on her face.
