Usually means: Person who worries excessively, constantly.
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  1. worrywart: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. worrywart: Merriam-Webster
  3. worrywart: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. worrywart: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. worrywart: Collins English Dictionary
  6. worrywart: Vocabulary.com
  7. worrywart: Wordnik
  8. worrywart: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. worrywart: Wiktionary
  10. worrywart: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. worrywart: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. worrywart: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. worrywart: Dictionary.com
  14. worrywart: Rhymezone
  15. worrywart: FreeDictionary.org
  16. worrywart: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Worrywart: The Word Detective
  18. worrywart: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. worrywart: Idioms
  2. worrywart: Wordcraft Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (originally US) A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.

Similar:
worrier, fusspot, fuss-budget, worry-wart, worry wart, worryguts, worrit, fussbudget, fussbutton, scaremonger, more...

Opposite:
carefree, fearless, daredevil

Adjectives:
such, old, real, environmental, biggest, class

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Similar:
worrier, fusspot, fuss-budget, worry-wart, worry wart, worryguts, worrit, fussbudget, fussbutton, scaremonger, more...

Opposite:
carefree, fearless, daredevil

Adjectives:
such, old, real, environmental, biggest, class



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