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词汇 worrywart
释义 worrywart
noun[ C ]
USinformaluk /ˈwʌr.i.wɔːt/ us /ˈwɝː.i.wɔːrt/
a person who often worries, especially about things that are not important: 杞人忧天的人;总是担心的人
Don't listen to him - he's just an old worrywart.别听他的——他只是个杞人忧天的老家伙。
Synonym
worrier
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Anxious and worried
(all) hot and botheredidiom
aflutter
agitated
angsty
anxious
fretfully
frightened
fuss
get in a sweatidiom
goosey
pit of your stomachidiom
preoccupied
prey
prey on sb's mindidiom
prey on something
wired
worried
worriedly
worrier
wound up

Examples of worrywart


worrywart
Worry is a prevalent habit, and since it is annoying rather than disabling, many worrywarts don't recognize themselves as anxious.
From Huffington Post
Another surprise they found was that people who were consistently too cheerful or too optimistic didn't live as long as their worrywart counterparts.
From ABC News
Instant messaging turned out to offer each of us a sort of wormhole through the normal worrywart process.
From The Atlantic
This is partly why women are more likely to suffer from generalized anxiety disorder (also known as the "worrywart disorder") whereby everyday activities can cause excessive and ongoing anxiety.
From Huffington Post
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