Thesaurus:worrier
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Sense: a person who worries a great deal[edit]
Detail: Especially one who worries unnecessarily or about unimportant matters.
Synonyms[edit]
- bag of nerves
- bundle of nerves
- jitterbug
- nervous Nellie
- nervous wreck
- neurotic
- tightass (slang, mildly vulgar)
- wiener (US)
- worrier
- worryguts
- worrywart
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See also[edit]
- Thesaurus:agonize (verb)
- Thesaurus:nervous (adjective)
Further reading[edit]
- “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “860. fear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “worrier” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.