as in worrier
a person who is inclined to worry
tends to dismiss people concerned about global warming as a bunch of worrywarts
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But the worrywart is now overdue for yet another detour, physically and metaphorically.
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
Each relied on what came to be viewed as a formula: verbal banter, cultural erudition, visual elegance and, of course, the filmmaker’s own on-screen persona of a talkative worrywart.
—Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2023
Instead, the Monday-morning quarterbacks of world affairs reasoned that the whole Y2K thing was the overthinking of IT worrywarts and catastrophizing futurists.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2023
Catastrophe has a way of sneaking up on Birbiglia, who has been invited back by Center Theatre Group for another amusing session of yarn-spinning from a world-class worrywart who, like those paranoids with enemies, genuinely has things to worry about.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
Each relied on what came to be viewed as a formula: verbal banter, cultural erudition, visual elegance and, of course, the filmmaker’s own on-screen persona of a talkative worrywart.
—Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2023
Instead, the Monday-morning quarterbacks of world affairs reasoned that the whole Y2K thing was the overthinking of IT worrywarts and catastrophizing futurists.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2023
Catastrophe has a way of sneaking up on Birbiglia, who has been invited back by Center Theatre Group for another amusing session of yarn-spinning from a world-class worrywart who, like those paranoids with enemies, genuinely has things to worry about.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
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“Worrywart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worrywart. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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