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"worry" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often headache (8 letters).
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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