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Worried vs Horrified - What's the difference?

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Worried is a related term of horrified.


As adjectives the difference between worried and horrified

is that worried is thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy while horrified is struck with horror.

As verbs the difference between worried and horrified

is that worried is (worry) while horrified is (horrify).

worried

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
    • She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.

    Derived terms

    * unworried

    Verb

    (head)
  • (worry)

    • Derived terms

    * worriedly * worriedness

    Anagrams

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    horrified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Struck with horror.
  • * 2003 , John E. Ferling, A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic , page 358
    • No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford

    Verb

    (head)
  • (horrify)