worrywart
worrywart · worrywarts
комок нервов
Schwarzseher, Schwarzmaler
A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant mattersA person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
UK/ˈwʌɹ.ɪˌwɔːt/US/ˈwʌɹ.iˌwoɹt/
» Mary is such a worrywart.
Mary ist eine solche Trauerweide.
Мері завжди про все аж занадто турбується.
Мері така помислова.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
Schwarzseher, Schwarzmaler
комо́к не́рвовkomók nérvov
More definitions
- thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
Examples
1 sentencesMary is such a worrywart.
Мері завжди про все аж занадто турбується.
deMary ist eine solche Trauerweide.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
person who worries excessively:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who worries excessively:
Origin
From worry + wart, apparently chosen for alliteration. Presumably related to earlier worryFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: worrywartsSynonyms
14 synonymsobsessiveB2bundle of nervesworrierbag of nervesjitterbugnervous Nellienervous wreckneurotictightasswienerworryguts
Close in meaning
- thinks about unfortunate things that might happen:worrierfuss-budgetfusspot