Wary vs. Worry

Waryadjective

Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent.

Waryadjective

Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

Waryadjective

Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.

Waryadjective

Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

Waryadjective

marked by keen caution and watchful prudence;

Waryadjective

openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Worryverb

(intransitive) To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.

Worryverb

(transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.

Worryverb

(transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.

Worryverb

(transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.

Worryverb

(transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.

Worryverb

To strangle.

Worrynoun

A strong feeling of anxiety.

Worrynoun

An instance or cause of such a feeling.

Worryverb

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

Worryverb

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.

Worryverb

To harass with labor; to fatigue.

Worryverb

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.

Worrynoun

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

Worrynoun

something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness;

Worrynoun

a strong feeling of anxiety;

Worryverb

be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy;

Worryverb

be concerned with;

Worryverb

disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress;

Worryverb

be on the mind of;

Worryverb

lacerate by biting;

Worryverb

touch or rub constantly;

Worry

Worry refers to the thoughts, images, emotions, and actions of a negative nature in a repetitive, uncontrollable manner that results from a proactive cognitive risk analysis made to avoid or solve anticipated potential threats and their potential consequences.