overconcerned

adjective

over·​con·​cerned ˌō-vər-kən-ˈsərnd 

: excessively concerned : having very much or too much concern: such as

a

: giving very much or too much attention or care to something

Don't get overconcerned with details.

They protect them, and keep them scrupulously tidy, but are not overconcerned about their restoration and excavation …

—Robert Fox

b

: too anxious or worried

overconcerned parents

was overconcerned about his health

overconcern

ˌō-vər-kən-ˈsərn 

noun

plural overconcerns

an overconcern with statistics

In Sarah, an intense and emotional person, this took behavioral form in an overconcern that some disaster was going to befall her and/or her sons.

—Journal of Psychotherapy & The Family

Word History

First Known Use

1721, in the meaning defined above