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A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.
- You are such a worrier! I'm sure everything will turn out all right.
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A person who causes worry in others.
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An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.
- 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.
syn. worrywart · bag of nerves · jitterbug · nervous Nellie · nervous wreck · neurotic · obsessive · tightass · wiener · worrier · worryguts