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to cark

to cark

1 9.9
To make someone feel worried or uneasy
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : angustiar

Examples

  • He's carked!

  • I really ought to print those photos from that holiday so they don't end up only on Facebook after my laptop dies one day in the future and all full-resolution versions of them cark it too...

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  • I wasn't any thinking about any more than Mozart might have been as he was carking it before he was chucked in a rotten old grave.

  • The constant pressure of work would cark him if he didn't learn to manage stress.

  • She felt her worries cark her every time she thought about the upcoming exam.

  • Financial problems can cark anyone who is unprepared for unexpected expenses.

Synonyms

to worry
vsto cark
1.0

To make someone feel nervous or upset about possible problems

is an older word that means causing such anxious feelings
to haunt
vsto cark
268 4.9

To keep appearing in someone's mind and cause worry

is an older term covering single or repeated causes of unease
to trouble
vsto cark
174 1.8

To cause someone worry or bother

is an older term focusing on mental unease rather than practical problems
to disturb
vsto cark
153 2.5

Make someone feel deeply worried or upset

is an older term meaning to cause mental unease or worry
to perturb
vsto cark
7 7.0

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

is an archaic form used broadly for causing worry
to nag
vsto cark
5 3.9

To feel a small, constant worry that bothers you

is the archaic term used for any mental disturbance, not only repetition
to disquiet
vsto cark
1 7.3

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

is the older expression for general emotional unease
to unhinge
vsto cark
1 7.9

To make someone very upset or unable to think clearly

is more archaic and milder, meaning general unease rather than breakdown

How Worried

to torment
  • NSFW
107 7.2
to distress
32 4.1
to cark
  • Archaic
1 9.9
to bother
1.0

Surface Forms

cark infinitive
carked past
carked past participle
carking present participle
carks third person singular

Etymology

Cark comes from the old English word caru, which meant 'care' or 'sorrow'. So, like the modern word care, to cark someone is to fill their mind with worry or make them feel uneasy.