Beworry

//bɪˈwʌɹi// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To worry about. transitive
  2. 2
    To fill with worry; cause to be worried; beset with cares; trouble; vex; harass. transitive

    "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, [...]"

Example

More examples

"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, [...]"

Etymology

From be- + worry.

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