worrier

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noun

A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.

“You are such a worrier! I'm sure everything will turn out all right.”

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Meanings

nounworrier (plural worriers)

plural worriers

  1. A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.

    You are such a worrier! I'm sure everything will turn out all right.

    Synonyms: bundle of nerves

  2. A person who causes worry in others.
  3. An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.

    The person owning a dog which had destroyed sheep could be made to pay for the damage; but the Court should also have an undoubted power to order incurable sheep-worriers to be destroyed.

    1886, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 54, page 401

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.

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bundle of nerves
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worrywartbag of nervesjitterbugnervous Nellienervous wreckneuroticobsessivetightasswienerworryguts
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coward
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hypochondriac

More synonyms by meaning

nounthinks about unfortunate things that might happen

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From worry + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with worrier

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Cite this entry
APA

worrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worrier

MLA

“worrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worrier. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worrier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worrier.

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