English Explanatory Dictionary

worrier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.
  2. A person who causes worry in others.
  3. An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.

Word forms

worrier worriers

Etymology

From worry + -er.

Synonyms

worrywart bag of nerves jitterbug nervous Nellie nervous wreck neurotic obsessive tightass wiener worrier worryguts bundle of nerves

Related words

agonize nervous
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