2. harass, harry, Inf. hassle, plague, torture, torment, persecute, trouble; bother, disturb, shake, ruffle, fluster; hector, pester, badger, belabor, Archaic. haggle; annoy, nettle, irk, gall, peeve; distract, distress, discompose, confuse, confound; embarrass, mortify, chagrin. -n. 3. anxiety, uneasiness, disquiet, disquietude, inquietude, cark, fretfulness; trouble, concern, care, solicitude; nervousness, ants, Inf. butterflies, Inf. butterflies in one's stomach, Sl. heebie-jeebies, Sl. habdabs; misgiving, presentiment, foreboding; apprehension, fear, fear and trembling, dread, angst; anguish, pain, suffering, torment, torture; plague, hornet's nest, sore subject, thorn in the flesh,
worsen, v. 1. deteriorate, degenerate, decline, sink, take a turn for the worse, slip, slide; go downhill, go to pieces, go to ruin, Inf. go to pot, Inf. go to the dogs, Sl. go or run to seed, Sl. hit the skids; fall, fail, lapse, weaken, retrogress, retrograde, let oneself go; disintegrate, crumble, break up, fall apart; erode, ablate, wear away, weather; decay, decompose, crumble into dust.
2. aggravate, exacerbate, intensify, heighten, increase.
worship, n. 1. adoration, veneration, reverence, homage; praise, glorification, blessing, exaltation, magnification; honor, respect, esteem, admiration; ex-tolment, laudation, eulogization, panegyrization; deference, bowing down before, genuflection, kneeling before; supplication, invocation, prayer, orison; adulation, incense, idolatry, idolization, deification, apotheosis, hero-worship.
2. religious ceremony, divine service, services, church service, church, temple; prayer meeting, matins, vespers, evensong; Eucharist, Mass, High Mass, Low Mass, Holy Communion. -v. 3. praise, glorify, exalt, magnify; extol, laud, eulogize, panegyrize; pay homage to, do service to, burn candles to, burn incense before; bow down before, kiss the feet of, prostrate oneself, fall at the feet of, genuflect before, kneel before; give thanks, say grace, say the blessing; supplicate, invoke, pray to, beseech, entreat; pray, commune with God, attend services, go to Mass, go to church, go to meeting, go to temple.
4. revere, reverence, venerate, honor, esteem, respect, admire; look up to, put on a pedestal, lionize, defer to; adulate, idolatrize, idolize, deify, apotheosize; cherish, treasure, love, adore, dote on.
worshiper, n. churchgoer, communicant, celebrant; believer, convert, cultist, theist, Pietist; devotee, votary, follower, Inf. fan, Inf. buff; idolator, idolizer, fanatic, groupie, Sl. nut, Sl. freak, Sl. bug; admirer, adorer, glorifier, extoller, praiser.