worried sick

Idioms and Phrases

Also, worried to death . Extremely anxious, as in Her parents were worried sick when she didn't come home all night , or We've been worried to death about the drop in the stock market . These somewhat hyperbolic phrases (one could conceivably feel ill from worrying but would hardly die from it) date from the second half of the 1800s.

Example Sentences

He added that Lebanese people are “worried sick” about the potential of spillover conflict from Syria.

From The Daily Beast

I thought of my own mother, at home worried sick wondering if her son would end up in Iraq.

From The Daily Beast

"My wife's worried sick by his disappearance," replied a voice that was familiar to Bobby.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet I'm worried sick, for he has threatened to kill himself if I don't marry him.

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II was wrong, but I am worried sick, or I wouldnt have made such a fool of myself!

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He found nothing and was worried sick all the way back to Kelly.

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Rather, it looked like the face of a man worried sick; worried so sick he was seeing ghosts.

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Related Words

• afraid
• apprehensive
• careful
• concerned
• distressed
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• nervous
• restless
• scared
• uneasy
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