worrywart
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
worrywart (plural worrywarts)
- A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
- 2005, Hal Edward Runkel, Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool, page 31:
- It doesn't mean you're a worrywart, a nervous wreck or in need of heavy medication.
- 2008, Nicole L.V. Mullis, "Vacation renders kids, adult males impervious to danger ↗", Battle Creek Enquirer online, August 17:
- On vacation, I'm a worrywart for fretting about third-degree burns and puncture wounds.
- 2005, Hal Edward Runkel, Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool, page 31:
- bundle of nerves, worrier; see also Thesaurus:worrier
- German: Schwarzseher, Schwarzmaler
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