worrywarts
Those always fretting
A worrywart is someone who worries excessively, especially about unlikely or trivial problems.
The term is mildly teasing rather than harsh: My mother's such a worrywart—she calls if I'm five minutes late.
Worrywarts fret about things others would dismiss.
Pester repeatedly
- fusserOne who frets excessively
- mother henOverprotective caretaker type
- helicopter parentExcessively controlling caregiver
- overprotectiveGuarding too zealously
hovering · meddling · busybody · smothering · controlling · overbearing · clingy · doting
Troubled by uncertainty
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
- neuroticExcessively anxious or obsessive
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
high-strung · tense · overwrought · jittery · panicky · stressed · uptight · fearful
Anxious rumination or surface wear
- overthinkingDwelling excessively on thoughts
- ruminatingThinking deeply, repeatedly
- catastrophizingImagining worst-case outcomes
- second-guessingReconsidering a decision made
nail-biting · pacing · sleeplessness · checking · worst-case thinking · what-ifs · dwelling · obsessing
nag
Pester repeatedly
- fusserOne who frets excessively
- mother henOverprotective caretaker type
- helicopter parentExcessively controlling caregiver
overprotective · hovering · meddling · busybody · smothering · controlling · overbearing · clingy · doting · fussbudget
anxious
Troubled by uncertainty
apprehensive · high-strung · tense · overwrought · jittery · panicky · stressed · uptight · fearful · timid
fretting
Anxious rumination or surface wear
- overthinkingDwelling excessively on thoughts
- ruminatingThinking deeply, repeatedly
- catastrophizingImagining worst-case outcomes
second-guessing · nail-biting · pacing · sleeplessness · checking · worst-case thinking · what-ifs · dwelling · obsessing · anticipating
- obstaclesbarriers, block, obstacles, barrier, blockers
- negativistspessimists, defeatists, doomers, doomsayers, negative Nellies
- overthinkersworriers, overthinkers, analyzers, ruminators, ponderers