worrywart

Betekenis (Engels)

A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.

Sinonieme

alarmist

fusspot

naysayer

worrier

fuss-budget

croaker

doomsayer

pessimist

worryguts

Vertalings

Schwarzseher

Fatalist

Miesmacher

Pessimist

Schwarzmaler

pessimiste

chipoteur

pessimista

pessimista

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈwʌɹ.ɪˌwɔːt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From worry + wart, apparently chosen for alliteration. Presumably related to earlier worryguts. Attested 1956, but earlier examples are found in newspapers of the 1930s and 1940s.