worried, ppl. a.
(ˈwʌrɪd)
[f. worry v. + -ed.]
In senses of the vb.: Killed or mangled by biting, etc.; maltreated, harassed; troubled or distressed in mind. Also Comb., as worried-looking adj.
| 1559 Bp. Cox in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. vi. 99 God was mightily angred with his People, because they offered unto God the Blind, Lame and worried Sacrifice. 1624 Quarles Sion's Elegies iii. ii, Heauen's souldiers doe beleager My worried soule. 1646 ― Judgem. & Mercy Wks. (Grosart) I. 115/2 Can poore affrighted Lambs wanton, and frisk upon the pleasant plains, when as their worried Mothers tremble at the Quest of every Curre? a 1699 J. Beaumont Psyche xiv. lxx, His worryed limbs forthwith the Soldiers stretch To fit Him to His wide tormenting Tree. Ibid. xix. xxxviii, Must thou Sail from thy quiet Home, and yield to be The worried Slave of all the Winds that blow. 1800 J. Hurdis Fav. Village 111 To the branch Which midway meets him in his worried flight. 1825 C. K. Sharpe Corr. (1888) II. 347, I am now better—but a good deal shaken, as they say of half-worried kittens. 1864 Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. IV. 194 A fagged, worried, hard-working, dusty-footed labouring man. 1865 Dickens Mut. Fr. iii. v, ‘I don't mean that,’ said Mrs. Boffin, with a worried look. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike xxxviii, ‘You look ill and worried’, said the Colonel. 1903 Bridges Wintry Delights 248 And 'tis a far escape from wires, wheels and penny papers And the worried congestion of our Victorian era. 1942 ‘N. Shute’ Pied Piper 26 Howard saw him the first Saturday that he was there, a sandy-haired, worried-looking man of forty-five or so. 1982 T. Holme Devil & Dolce Vita vii. 49 She's been a bit worried-looking... Distracted. |
Hence ˈworriedly adv., in a worried or distressed manner, concernedly.
| 1924 ‘L. Malet’ Dogs of Want v. 125 She worriedly wondered whether green isn't a more trying colour than blue when you get hot. 1952 S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) xii. 195 ‘That's wonderful.’ He looked at her worriedly. ‘Only it's got to be your decision. Your responsibility.’ 1976 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor on Job iii. 18 ‘It won't take long, will it?’ he asked worriedly. |