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▪ I. worrying, vbl. n.|ˈwʌrɪɪŋ|
[f. worry v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of strangling or of biting and tearing by the throat.
In quot. 1621 ‘worrien’ is perhaps this word, altered for the rhyme.
1483Cath. Angl. 414/2 Werying, jugulamen,..suffocamen. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 422 The moste importune barkynge of Dogges, and werieng one an other. 1621R. Brathwait Nat. Embassie etc. 194 How duely I did keepe My woollie store (as I had care) from worrien, Scab, sought, the rot or any kind of murren. 1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn xii, Then the astounded Tom heard the worrying of a terrier, and the squeak of a dying rat.
2. The action of harassing, pestering, or distressing.
1848Dickens Dombey lix, Worryings and quellings of young children. 1862Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 157 Amidst all this worrying and being worried. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvi. vii. (1872) VI. 218 Such worryings (ces sortes de compromis) leave their mark on a man.
▪ II. ˈworrying, ppl. a.
[f. worry v. + -ing2.]
†1. Given to harrying or raiding. Obs.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. 109 A greater rabble of worrying freebutters.
2. Harassing; distressing to the mind or spirits.
1826F. Reynolds Life I. 212 Your whole conduct is literally worrying and annoying in the extreme. 1834Hook Gilbert Gurney xi. New Mo. Mag. XLII. 470 Whether she would allow me to send her anything to cheer her up after her worrying journey. 1837Dickens Pickw. xxxvi, There are few things more worrying than sitting up for somebody, especially if that somebody be at a party. 1853― Bleak Ho. vii, Whatever the sound is, it is a worrying sound.
Hence ˈworryingly adv.
1842Moore Mem. VII. 311 The difficulty..still haunts me most worryingly. |