worry

意味: 心配、不安

例文: Momo’s biggest worry was running out of tuna flakes.
    モモの最大の心配はツナフレークがなくなることだった。

定義: 不安を起こす物、あるいは人, 不幸の源

コロケーション:

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
Noun: a strong feeling of anxiety
Verb: be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
Verb: be concerned with
Verb: disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
Verb: be on the mind of
Verb: lacerate by biting
Verb: touch or rub constantly

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: New York traffic is a constant concern
Noun: it’s a major worry
Noun: his worry over the prospect of being fired
Noun: it is not work but worry that kills
Noun: he wanted to die and end his troubles
Verb: I worry about my job
Verb: I worry about my grades
Verb: I cannot sleep–my daughter’s health is worrying me
Verb: I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
Verb: the dog worried his bone
Verb: The old man worried his beads

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): care, concern, headache, interest, occupy, trouble, vex, vexation, worry

Antonyms(反意語): reassure

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): anxiety, incise, mind, negative stimulus, perturb, rub

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): angst, annoyance, anxiousness, aversive stimulus, brush, concern, discomfiture, edginess, gauge, girdle, grate, grief, groove, insecurity, jitteriness, notch, pumice, puree, rosin, scour, scrape, scratch, scrub, scruple, sinking, slit, smear, sponge down, wipe, worry

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): brood, bugaboo, burden, business, eat, fear, fret, fuss, misgive, nag, obsess

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: care, concern, interest, occupation, trouble, vex, vexation, worrier, worriment, worry, worrying

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, emotional

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): y

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検4級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anticipation, fear, negative, sadness

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