cark.
To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
Meaning & usage
To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
To labor anxiously.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English carken (“to be anxious, worry”, intransitive), from Old English *carcian ("to be sorrowful, worry"; found in becarcian (“to worry about, care for”)), a frequentative form of Old English carian (“to care”), equivalent to care + -k. The Middle English carken, also charken (“to load (sth.); to bear (crops); to burden, harass”, transitive), from Old Northern French carquier (“to load, burden”), from Latin carricāre (“to load”), related to Old French chargier (“to load”), is a different word often confused with the above.
A noxious or corroding worry.
The state of being filled with worry.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cark, kark (“worry”), from Old English carc (“sorrow, worry”).
Pronunciation spelling of caulk.
Where this word comes from
From caulk.
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