Worry crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 letters

This list of answer options for “Worry” was compiled using data from completed crossword puzzles where similar clues appeared, helping you focus on likely fits without guesswork.

Likely Answers:

  • FRET
  • ANGST
  • CARE
  • CONCERN
  • ANXIETY
  • PERTURB
  • THREATEN
  • AGONISE
  • SWEAT
  • STEW
  • EATAT
  • STRESSOUT
  • NAG
  • NAGAT
  • STRESS
  • APPREHENSION
  • TROUBLE
  • AGONIZE
  • HARASS
  • SWEATIT

Synonyms and Definitions

FRET

  • Synonyms: chafe, choke, eat away, eat into, erode, fray, fuss, gag, gall, grate, greek fret, greek key, key pattern, lather, niggle, rankle, rub, scratch, stew, sweat, swither, worn spot

ANGST

  • Definition: A sharp yet undefined sensation of worry, typically used in reference to philosophical concerns about the world or individual liberty.

CARE

  • Synonyms: aid, attention, caution, charge, concern, deal, fear, forethought, give care, guardianship, handle, like, maintenance, manage, precaution, tending, tutelage, upkeep, wish

CONCERN

  • Synonyms: bear on, business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, care, come to, have-to doe with, headache, interest, occupy, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on, vexation

ANXIETY

  • Synonyms: anxiousness

PERTURB

  • Synonyms: cark, derange, disorder, disquiet, distract, throw out of kilter, trouble, unhinge
  • Definition: Create anxiety or unease in someone, or make them feel worried or alarmed.

THREATEN

  • Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril

AGONISE

  • Synonyms: agonize

SWEAT

  • Synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, fret, perspiration, perspire, sudate, sudor, travail

STEW

  • Synonyms: brood, grizzle, grudge

NAG

  • Synonyms: common scold, hack, hen-peck, jade, nagger, peck, plug, scold, scolder
  • Definition: A person, particularly a woman, who irritates others by incessantly pointing out mistakes.

STRESS

  • Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasis, emphasise, emphasize, focus, punctuate, strain, tenseness, tension, try

APPREHENSION

  • Synonyms: apprehensiveness, arrest, catch, collar, discernment, dread, misgiving, pinch, savvy, taking into custody, understanding

TROUBLE

  • Synonyms: ail, bother, difficulty, discommode, disoblige, disturb, hassle, incommode, inconvenience, inconvenience oneself, pain, perturb, problem, put out, trouble oneself, upset

AGONIZE

  • Synonyms: agonise

HARASS

  • Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harry, molest, plague, provoke
  • Definition: Persistently or constantly cause irritation.