stewing
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈstuːɪŋ/
- Informal
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preocupación
- I was left distraught and stewing on what on earth I could do to get hired at Vox.
Examples
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And I was hearing all that and they left and like, it was stewing inside of me.
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The pressure that we're that we go around stewing with is, is all self created.
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A night's stewing ought to have softened them up.
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Don't be always a-stewing, dearie.
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She sat in a stewing state, anxious about her upcoming job interview and replaying every possible scenario in her mind.
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After hours of stewing over the decision, he finally chose to confront his friend about the misunderstanding.
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Despite trying to relax, she found herself in a constant stewing state, worrying about her family's financial issues.
Synonyms
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7.2
A state of worry and upset about something
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7.4
Long, careful thinking about something
A deep, quiet mood of sadness or serious thought
A feeling of being nervous, annoyed, or easily upset
Antonyms
Compounds
How Worried
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stewing for worrying comes from the cooking idea: just as food is left in a hot pot, a person who is stewing keeps thoughts inside until they grow and trouble them, so to 'stew' about something is to worry about it for a long time.