Dictionary

worrier en · NOUN

Etymology

From worry + -er.

Meanings

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.
   • The person owning a dog which had destroyed sheep could be made to pay for the damage; but the Court should also have an undoubted power to order incurable sheep-worriers to be destroyed. 1886, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 54, page 401:

Forms

Hypernyms

coward

Hyponyms

hypochondriac

Relateds

agonize · nervous

Synonyms

worryguts · bundle of nerves (one who worries a great deal) · worrywart · tightass · bag of nerves · jitterbug · obsessive · worrier · nervous wreck · wiener · nervous Nellie · neurotic