worrier
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ʌɹiə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]worrier (plural worriers)
- A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.
- You are such a worrier! I'm sure everything will turn out all right.
- A person who causes worry in others.
- An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.
- 1886, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 54, page 401:
- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- (one who worries a great deal): bundle of nerves, worrywart; see also Thesaurus:worrier
- (one who causes worry in others):
Translations
[edit]A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily
A person who causes worry in others