worrywart
noun
wor·ry·wart
| \ ˈwər-ē-ˌwȯrt
, ˈwə-rē-\
, ˈwə-rē-\
Definition of worrywart
: a person who is inclined to worry unduly
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Synonyms for worrywart
Synonyms
handwringer, nervous Nellie (or nervous Nelly), worrier
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Examples of worrywart in a Sentence
My father is a real worrywart.
tends to dismiss people concerned about global warming as a bunch of worrywarts
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The aunt of the main character, Neil Klugman, is a meddling worrywart, and the upper-middle-class relatives of Neil's girlfriend are satirized as shallow materialists. — Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, "Woodburn teenager arrested after allegedly making school-shooting threats on Snapchat," 23 May 2018 The aunt of the main character, Neil Klugman, is a meddling worrywart, and the upper-middle-class relatives of Neil's girlfriend are satirized as shallow materialists. — Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, "Woodburn teenager arrested after allegedly making school-shooting threats on Snapchat," 23 May 2018 The aunt of the main character, Neil Klugman, is a meddling worrywart, and the upper-middle-class relatives of Neil's girlfriend are satirized as shallow materialists. — Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, "Woodburn teenager arrested after allegedly making school-shooting threats on Snapchat," 23 May 2018 Anybody who had predicted when Trump took office that the president’s lawyers would officially proclaim his right to start or stop any federal investigation would have been dismissed as a paranoid worrywart. — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, "The Rule of Law Is Crumbling Further Each Day Under Trump," 10 June 2018 The aunt of the main character, Neil Klugman, is a meddling worrywart, and the upper-middle-class relatives of Neil's girlfriend are satirized as shallow materialists. — Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, "Woodburn teenager arrested after allegedly making school-shooting threats on Snapchat," 23 May 2018 With the cash-like instruments now yielding 1.93%, their highest since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, worrywarts can once again earn at least a bit of money on the sidelines. — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, "Would Cam Newton Buy Stocks Now?," 22 May 2018 The aunt of the main character, Neil Klugman, is a meddling worrywart, and the upper-middle-class relatives of Neil's girlfriend are satirized as shallow materialists. — Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, "Woodburn teenager arrested after allegedly making school-shooting threats on Snapchat," 23 May 2018 The aunt of the main character, Neil Klugman, is a meddling worrywart, and the upper-middle-class relatives of Neil’s girlfriend are satirized as shallow materialists. — Washington Post, "Philip Roth: a generation’s defining voice," 23 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'worrywart.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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worrywart
noun
English Language Learners Definition of worrywart
US, informal
: a person who worries too much or who worries about things that are not important
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