Definitions
touch or rub constantly
Word origin
From Middle English worien, werien, wirien, wirwen, wyryȝen (“to choke, strangle”), from Old English wyrġan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”).
Used in a sentence
“So you go along for a long time / And nothing seems to worry your mind / But what it adds up to / It's the side effect / That finally gets to you”
“Your tone of voice worries me.”
“That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Cause concern”5 letters
02“Anxiety or concern”5 letters
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