Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.

    You are such a worrier! I'm sure everything will turn out all right.

  2. A person who causes worry in others.

  3. An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.

More definitions
  • thinks about unfortunate things that might happen

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Are you a worrier?

  2. Tom is not a warrior. He is a worrier.

    deTom ist kein Kämpfer, sondern ein Zauderer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

From worry + -er.

From worry + -er.

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Forms

plural: worriers
Singularworrier
Pluralworriers

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
one who worries a great deal:bundle of nerves
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
worrier — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto