worrywart
UK/ˈwʌɹ.ɪˌwɔːt/
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Australia/ˈwʌɹ.iˌwɔːt/
worrywart noun: a person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
Noun
worrywart (plural worrywarts)
- A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
- It doesn't mean you're a worrywart, a nervous wreck or in need of heavy medication.2005, Hal Edward Runkel, Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool, →ISBN, page 31
- On vacation, I'm a worrywart for fretting about third-degree burns and puncture wounds.2008 August 17, Nicole L.V. Mullis, “Vacation renders kids, adult males impervious to danger”, in Battle Creek Enquirer
- Synonyms:
- bundle of nerves, worrier, bag of nerves, jitterbug, nervous Nellie, nervous wreck, neurotic, obsessive, tightass, wiener
Synonyms of worrywart
- bundle of nerves
- worrier
- bag of nerves
- jitterbug
- nervous Nellie
- nervous wreck
- neurotic
- obsessive
- tightass
- wiener
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Forms of worrywart
| plural | worrywarts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | worry wart |
| alternative form | worry-wart |
Origin of worrywart
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.
Words that rhyme with worrywart
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- export
- mort
- assort
- escort
- fort
- quart
- resort
- retort
- thwart
- wart
- cavort
- comport
- detort
- distort
- extort
- swart
- transport
- apport
- come short
- consort
- contort
- desport
- ort
- purport
- reimport
- tort
- accourt
- aport
- asnort
- asport
- bort
- coreport
- Crown Court
- dort
- exhort
- Isle aux Morts
- kangaroo court
- misreport
- reexport
- rereport
- rort
- skort
- spoilsport
- torte
Questions about worrywart
- What does worrywart mean?
- Worrywart means a person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
- What part of speech is worrywart?
- Worrywart is a noun.
- How do you pronounce worrywart?
- Worrywart is pronounced /ˈwʌɹ.ɪˌwɔːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of worrywart?
- The plural of worrywart is worrywarts.
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