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beworry

/bɪˈwʌɹi/

beworry verb: to worry about.

Verb

beworry (third-person singular simple present beworries, present participle beworrying, simple past and past participle beworried)

  1. (transitive) To worry about.
  2. (transitive) To fill with worry; cause to be worried; beset with cares; trouble; vex; harass.
    • Is there a death ? — it is no easy matter for an editor to select from the bundle of elegies he receives. Is there a shipwreck or any great national event ? — and the poor beworried nine are called upon to inspire a thousand pens, [...]1845, Chambers's Journal
    • Here the much beworried mamma will get a short respite from the ever-recurring bothers of household cares; [...]1887, James Henry Collens, Guide to Trinidad

Forms of beworry

third-person singular presentbeworries
present participlebeworrying
past participlebeworried
pastbeworried

Origin of beworry

From be- + worry.

Words formed from beworry

Questions about beworry

What does beworry mean?
Beworry means to worry about.
What part of speech is beworry?
Beworry is a verb.
How do you pronounce beworry?
Beworry is pronounced /bɪˈwʌɹi/.
What is the past tense of beworry?
The past tense of beworry is beworried.

Words near beworry in the dictionary

  1. bework
  2. beworking
  3. bewormed
  4. beworried
  5. beworries
  6. beworry
  7. beworrying
  8. bewound
  9. bewoven
  10. bewraid
  11. bewrap

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