worrywart
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worrywart
- /ˈwʌɹ.ɪˌwɔːt/ UK
- /ˈwʌɹ.iˌwɔːt/ Australia
- /ˈwʌɹ.iˌwoɹt/ US
- /ˈwɚ.iˌwoɹt/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From worry + wart, apparently chosen for alliteration. Presumably related to earlier worryguts. Attested 1956, but earlier examples are found in newspapers of the 1930s and 1940s.
noun worrywarts · worry wart · worry-wart
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A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
Kei knew that the stepgirls saw her as a worrywart, that when it came to having fun, they had written her off as a lost cause.
Similar: bundle of nerves, worrier, bag of nerves, jitterbug, nervous Nellie, nervous wreck, neurotic, obsessive, tightass, wiener, worryguts, worrywart
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noun person who worries excessively
| 中文 | 杞人憂天的人 /杞人忧天的人 qǐrényōutiān de rén |
|---|---|
| Français | angoissé |
| Deutsch | Schwarzseher, Schwarzmaler |
| Русский | комо́к не́рвов komók nérvov |
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