fret

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to worry or feel anxious in a persistent, nagging way

   Don't fret about the exam; you've prepared thoroughly.

From Old English fretan ('to devour, eat up'), from Proto-Germanic *fra- ('completely') + *etanÄ… ('to eat'); the sense 'worry' developed from 'to gnaw, eat away at'.

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