worrier

[ wur-ee-er, wuhr- ]

/ ˈwɜr i ər, ˈwʌr- /

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noun

a person who tends to fret or be tormented by anxious or disturbing thoughts: As an obsessive worrier, I often sense danger where others sense nothing.

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Origin of worrier

worry + -er¹

Words nearby worrier

worn-out, worn to a frazzle, worried, worried sick, worried well, worrier, worriment, worrisome, worrit, worry, worry beads

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“This is a very important step, because the big worry with any vaccine is that it doesn’t work so well in older people,” Richard Horton, The Lancet’s editor-in-chief, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television.
Oxford says COVID-19 vaccine has produced strong immune response ahead of late-stage trial results|kdunn6|November 19, 2020|Fortune
“It’s a real worry, especially because people who become infected are not showing the typical symptoms that we are used to,” he said.
One of the world’s strictest new lockdowns bans outdoor exercising and dog-walking|Claire Zillman, reporter|November 19, 2020|Fortune
Alison Ansher, who leads the county’s health district, told the Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday that she is unsure whether the demand is from worries about the spike in cases or Thanksgiving travel.
As holidays approach, wait times rise for coronavirus tests amid record spike in cases|Meagan Flynn, Michael Brice-Saddler, Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason|November 18, 2020|Washington Post
In the United States, as the pandemic rages, an increasingly pressing worry has been airborne transmission — which appears to be the key to large super-spreading events.
The U.S. has absolutely no control over the coronavirus. China is on top of the tiniest risks.|Chris Mooney, Gerry Shih|November 10, 2020|Washington Post

“There was some worry that maybe this is just a mirage, maybe iO is simply impossible to get,” Barak said.
Computer Scientists Achieve ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography|Erica Klarreich|November 10, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Blair calls himself “absolutely a long-term optimist” about peace in the Middle East, but “absolutely a short-term worrier.”
Blair's New Mideast Mission|Lisa Miller|March 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Already too thin and always a chronic worrier, photos show the first lady visibly smaller in the months after the shooting.
A New Documentary Assesses Nancy Reagan|Eleanor Clift|February 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The superintendent of a division of line the far side of the Missouri was a worrier, and was personally watching the progress.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
In advising the constitutional worrier the chief trouble the physician finds is an active opposition on the part of the patient.
Why Worry?|George Lincoln Walton, M.D.
These physical characteristics suggest the makings of a first class "fuss" and inveterate worrier.
Why Worry?|George Lincoln Walton, M.D.
The worrier must learn to realize that he is looking at his sensations, as he does everything else, through a microscope.
Why Worry?|George Lincoln Walton, M.D.
There is no more danger of insanity attacking the worrier and the delicate than the robust and the indifferent.
Why Worry?|George Lincoln Walton, M.D.

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