worrywart

[ wur-ee-wawrt, wuhr- ]

noun

1. a person who tends to worry habitually and often needlessly; pessimist; fussbudget.

Word History and Origins

Origin of worrywart¹

First recorded in 1930–35; worry + wart

Example Sentences

So I think there’ll be this raised consciousness, but there will still be this view that risk managers are cautious worrywarts.

From Scientific American

This medium, which humanity progressed without for 10 millennia, suddenly seemed to some worrywarts as vital as oxygen and proteins, and as perishable as the planet.

From Washington Post

“I’m sorry I was such a worrywart,” she said one day as I was doing her baking.

From Literature

It might trigger our worrywart nature, but it will take more than higher prices for a few years to drop most people short of their lifetime financial goals.

From Seattle Times

All these discovered “no evidence” of malfeasance, so Republicans brought in — really — Cyber Ninjas, a company owned by a stop-the-steal worrywart.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• cynic
• worrier