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worry

How many syllables in worry?

  2 syllables

Divide worry into syllables:   wor-ry
Stressed syllable in worry:   wor-ry
How to pronounce worry:   wa-ree
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Define worry



verb
  1. to fret
  2. to have anxiety
  3. to feel unease
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Synonyms for worry


1 syllable
  • angst
  • care
  • fear
  • fret
  • haunt
  • nag
  • brood
  • eat
  • flap
  • gnaw
  • load
  • vex
2 syllables
  • afflict
  • bugbear
  • disturb
  • Harry
  • matter
  • perturb
  • trial
  • unease
  • bother
  • concern
  • harass
  • lose sleep
  • niggle
  • pester
  • trouble
  • unrest
3 syllables
  • be anxious
  • be concerned
  • beleaguer
  • disquiet
  • misgiving
  • unsettle
4 syllables
5 syllables

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    What rhymes with worry

    2 syllables
    • blurry
    • curry
    • flurry
    • gurry
    • Moray
    • scurry
    • spurrey
    • whirry
    • burry
    • dhurrie
    • furry
    • hurry
    • murrey
    • slurry
    • surrey
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