Bear
Bear verb - To bring forth from the womb.
Worry
Worry verb - To experience concern or anxiety.
Usage example: they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Though it's not the bear that you have to worry about... Fat Bastard: Chief O' Leary.
Source: Video Game / Dark Summit - But this constant worry, this fear of killing anything by mischance is, on the whole, worse than a hand-to-hand conflict with a grizzly bear.
Source: Beam Me Up Scotty / Real Life - The narrator notes that after the dog Big Red had killed Old Majesty, the terrifying bear that had been harassing the country, he didn't tear at or worry the corpse.
Source: Desecrating the Dead
Cite this Source
Worry and Bear. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/worry
Bear & Worry. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/worry>.
Worry or Bear. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/worry.
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