worry wart
Always imagining disasters
A worry wart is someone who worries excessively, especially about unlikely problems or minor matters.
The term is mildly teasing rather than harsh: Don't be such a worry wart—the flight will be fine.
Also spelled worrywart.
Habitual fretter, informal
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
neurotic · high-strung · overwrought · catastrophizer · Chicken Little · insecure · timid · skittish
Anxious rumination or surface wear
- handwringingOverwrought expression of distress
- nail-bitingExtremely tense or anxious
- pacingRate of movement
- fidgetingRestless minor movements
obsessing · ruminating · overthinking · second-guessing · catastrophizing · worst-case thinking · what-iffing · brooding
Persistent apprehensive distress
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- tensionStretched or strained state
- restlessnessState of unease
- uneaseMild persistent worry
jitters · butterflies · dread · apprehension · sleeplessness · insomnia · stress · edginess
worrywart
Habitual fretter, informal
apprehensive · neurotic · high-strung · overwrought · catastrophizer · Chicken Little · insecure · timid · skittish · overcautious
fretting
Anxious rumination or surface wear
- handwringingOverwrought expression of distress
- nail-bitingExtremely tense or anxious
- pacingRate of movement
fidgeting · obsessing · ruminating · overthinking · second-guessing · catastrophizing · worst-case thinking · what-iffing · brooding · dwelling
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- tensionStretched or strained state
- restlessnessState of unease
unease · jitters · butterflies · dread · apprehension · sleeplessness · insomnia · stress · edginess · agitation
- worriersfretter, overthinker, worrywart, nervous wreck, bundle of nerves
- cowardscoward, chicken, wimp, milquetoast, poltroon
- grumpsgrouch, grump, curmudgeon, sourpuss, crank
- Wishy-washy peoplewaffler, waverer, vacillator, ditherer, fence-sitter
worry wartfree spirit
Uninhibited, unconventional person
zen master · stoic · optimist · Pollyanna · fatalist
worry wartdaredevil
Reckless risk-taker
risk-taker · thrill-seeker · adventurer · gambler · adrenaline junkie
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