sick with worry

idiom

: extremely worried
Her parents have been sick with worry for days since the accident.

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In Mandalay, the young man’s family was sick with worry. — Victoria Milko and Kristen Gelineau, USA TODAY, 8 May 2021 Perhaps hypochondria, perhaps anxiety (getting sick with worry over the possibility of being sick), perhaps nothing. — Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022

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“Sick with worry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20with%20worry. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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