worrywart
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of worrywart
Vocabulary lists containing worrywart
Example Sentences
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This hasn’t been a great year to be invested in stocks if you’re a worrywart.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
In the financial crisis of 2008-09, the investment bank Goldman Sachs had a secret weapon: Its CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, was a lifelong worrywart with plenty of tricks for calming his own frazzled nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
As a fellow/sister worrywart, you have my deepest sympathy.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2021
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.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2018
Adam has never met Mrs. Schein, so he doesn’t get that implying that Kim is a worrywart is fighting words.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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