{
    "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
}