Worry /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Worried; p. pr. & vb. n. Worrying

1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

   A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that had his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood.

2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague.

   Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure.

   Worry him out till he gives consent.

3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]

1. To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.

pl. Worries

1. A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.