Antonyms of verb worry

1 of 6 senses of worry

Sense 3
worry, vex -- (disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me")
       Antonym of reassure (Sense 1)
      => reassure, assure -- (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb worry

6 senses of worry

Sense 1
worry -- (be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job")

Sense 2
worry, care -- (be concerned with; "I worry about my grades")
       => mind -- (be concerned with or about something or somebody)

Sense 3
worry, vex -- (disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me")
       => perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder -- (disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill")

Sense 4
concern, interest, occupy, worry -- (be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift")

Sense 5
worry -- (lacerate by biting; "the dog worried his bone")
       => incise -- (make an incision into by carving or cutting)

Sense 6
worry -- (touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads")
       => rub -- (move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin")

Antonyms of adj worried

2 senses of worried

Sense 1
disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried -- (afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children")

INDIRECT (VIA troubled) -> untroubled -- (not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress; "seemed untroubled by doubts of any kind"; "untroubled sleep"; "a kind untroubled face")

Sense 2
apprehensive, worried -- (mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences")

INDIRECT (VIA uneasy) -> easy -- (free from worry or anxiety; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words")

Similarity of adj worried

2 senses of worried

Sense 1
disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried -- (afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children")
       => troubled (vs. untroubled) -- (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers")

Sense 2
apprehensive, worried -- (mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences")
       => uneasy (vs. easy) -- (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"; "uneasy about his health"; "gave an uneasy laugh"; "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"; "an uneasy coalition government"; "an uneasy calm"; "an uneasy silence fell on the group")

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