Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to worrit
Participle: worrited
Gerund: worriting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | worrit |
| you | worrit |
| he;she;it | worrits |
| we | worrit |
| you | worrit |
| they | worrit |
Perfect
| I | have worrited |
| you | have worrited |
| he;she;it | has worrited |
| we | have worrited |
| you | have worrited |
| they | have worrited |
Past
| I | worrited |
| you | worrited |
| he;she;it | worrited |
| we | worrited |
| you | worrited |
| they | worrited |
Pluperfect
| I | had worrited |
| you | had worrited |
| he;she;it | had worrited |
| we | had worrited |
| you | had worrited |
| they | had worrited |
Future
| I | will worrit |
| you | will worrit |
| he;she;it | will worrit |
| we | will worrit |
| you | will worrit |
| they | will worrit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have worrited |
| you | will have worrited |
| he;she;it | will have worrited |
| we | will have worrited |
| you | will have worrited |
| they | will have worrited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | worrit |
| you | worrit |
| he;she;it | worrit |
| we | worrit |
| you | worrit |
| they | worrit |
Perfect
| I | have worrited |
| you | have worrited |
| he;she;it | have worrited |
| we | have worrited |
| you | have worrited |
| they | have worrited |
Imperfect
| I | worrited |
| you | worrited |
| he;she;it | worrited |
| we | worrited |
| you | worrited |
| they | worrited |
Pluperfect
| I | had worrited |
| you | had worrited |
| he;she;it | had worrited |
| we | had worrited |
| you | had worrited |
| they | had worrited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would worrit |
| you | would worrit |
| he;she;it | would worrit |
| we | would worrit |
| you | would worrit |
| they | would worrit |
Perfect
| I | would have worrited |
| you | would have worrited |
| he;she;it | would have worrited |
| we | would have worrited |
| you | would have worrited |
| they | would have worrited |
Imperative
| you | worrit |
| we | Let's worrit |
| you | worrit |
Verbs conjugated like 'worrit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'worrit'
morris,
orbit,
torit,
warrie,
worry,
worst,
arret,
attrit,
borrow,
borry,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Dialectal alteration of worry, 19th c.
Sample Sentences
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“Yes; don't worrit your poor mother,” said Mrs. Sanders. “She's quite enough to worrit her, as it is, without you, Tommy,” said Mrs. Cluppins, with sympathising resignation. [1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXVI, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 271:]
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'Och, it's you, is it, Mr Kilmartin? Wherever have ye been? The young lady was fair worrit to death when ye didna come home.' [1940, Hammond Innes, The Trojan Horse, published 2012, unnumbered page:]
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I dinna wish to worrit myself about ye running off to the nunnery or wi' another man. [2010, Amanda Forester, The Highlander’s Sword, page 169:]
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Well Sir, would you believe it, there’s that in Mr Pontifex’s face which is just like young Watkins; he looks that worrited and scrunched up at times, but it’s never for the same reason, […] [1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, edited by R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC:]
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I'd best be turning for home. Mrs. Maggot will be worriting with the night getting thick. [1954 July 29, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC:]