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{
"term": "worried",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen and therefore feeling unhappy and afraid",
"sensetop": "worried about somebody/somethingworried about doing somethingworried for somebody/somethingworried by somethingworried (that)…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't look **so worried**!"
},
{
"text": "I'm not worried about her—she can take care of herself.",
"contextForm": "worried about somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Doctors are worried about the possible spread of the disease."
},
{
"text": "People are **really worried** about losing their jobs.",
"contextForm": "worried about doing something"
},
{
"text": "He is extremely worried for her safety.",
"contextForm": "worried for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "I was worried for my family."
},
{
"text": "We're not too worried by these results.",
"contextForm": "worried by something"
},
{
"text": "The police are worried that the man may be armed.",
"contextForm": "worried (that)…"
},
{
"text": "I was worried you wouldn't come."
},
{
"text": "Where have you been? I've been **worried sick** *(= extremely worried)*."
},
{
"text": "Try not to **get worried**."
},
{
"text": "His worried parents were waiting for him when he got home."
},
{
"text": "She gave me a worried look."
},
{
"text": "Citizens in inner-city areas are desperately worried and rightly so."
},
{
"text": "I started to get worried when they didn't arrive home."
},
{
"text": "She was worried sick about her son."
},
{
"text": "We were really worried about you!"
},
{
"text": "I was worried (that) I would fail the exam."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about"],
"phrases": ["worried sick"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to tell somebody that you were worried because you had not understood what they had said correctly",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You had me worried for a moment—I thought you were going to resign!"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʌrid/",
"audio": "wo/worried/worried__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɜːrid/",
"audio": "wo/worried/worried__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}