Verb

(en-verb)

To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.

Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.

To harass; to irritate or distress.

The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.

Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.

Your tone of voice worries me.

To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.

Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine.

(transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.

To cause concern or anxiety.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.}}

Verb

(head)

(agitate)

Verb

(agitat)

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

``Winds . . . agitate the air.'' --Cowper.

(rare) To move or actuate.

:(Thomson)

To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.

The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.

To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.

:(Boyle)

To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.