Controlled
Controlled adjective - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
Worried is an antonym for controlled.
Worried
Worried adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.
Usage example: the soldier's father had a worried expression as he listened to the news
Controlled is an antonym for worried.
Both words in one sentence
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A mind-controlled Kagome hugs/falls into Inuyasha's arms, which leads him to assume that she was worried about him.
Source: Deadly Hug - Happened in a much earlier episode too, with the Gaang in a Fire Nation controlled village, worried about getting caught.
Source: Cut Apart - But when there are two guys who are suspiciously close and one of them is an incubus who can enslave people to their will through sex and the other is a close friend of yours... it's caused Harry no end of trouble placating worried allies that he is not mind-controlled.
Source: Deconstructed Trope / Literature
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