sharedworry
nounUK /ʃeəd ˈwʌri/
US /ʃerd ˈwɜːri/
A worry that two or more people feel together.
Talking about the storm turned it into a shared worry that made everyone feel less alone.
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2. A problem that a group agrees to handle together.
The neighbors treated the broken streetlight as a shared worry and fixed it as a team.
3. The feeling of comfort that comes from knowing others are worried too.
Her shared worry with classmates made the big exam feel less scary.
4. A topic that a family or team keeps bringing up because it matters to all of them.
Saving for the trip became a shared worry at every dinner.
5. An emotion passed from one person to another when they talk about a fear.
His shared worry spread through the group until they made a plan.