worrier

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worrier

Rhymes with -ʌɹiə(ɹ)

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From worry + -er.

noun 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.

    Similar: 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.

Similar: worrywart, bag of nerves, jitterbug, nervous Nellie, nervous wreck, neurotic, obsessive, tightass, wiener, worrier, worryguts

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@misc{worrier_2026,
  title = {worrier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/worrier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}