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Worry: Definition and part of speech

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Worry

  1. v. i. 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.
  2. v. t. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
  3. v. t. 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.
  4. v. t. To harass with labor; to fatigue.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Worse: Definition and part of speech

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Worse

  1. v. t. To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.
  2. compar. Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; — used both in a physical and moral sense.
  3. n. Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
  4. n. That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
  5. a. In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Worsen: Definition and part of speech

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Worsen

  1. v. i. To grow or become worse.
  2. v. t. To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
  3. v. t. To get the better of; to worst.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.