Meaning

1 senses

  1. The act of worrying or harassing somebody.

    the act of harassing someone

Origin

From Middle English werying, equivalent to worry + -ing.

From Middle English werying, equivalent to worry + -ing.

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Forms

plural: worryings
Singularworrying
Pluralworryings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedworry

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wormholeworrisomeworryA2worseA2worsenB2

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