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beworrying

beworrying is the present participle and gerund of beworry.

Meaning of beworry

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

Questions about beworrying

What is beworrying the present participle and gerund of?
Beworrying is the present participle and gerund of beworry.

Words near beworrying in the dictionary

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

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