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Meanings of fusspot in English

Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen.

Synonyms
Examples for "worrier"
Examples for "worrier"
1
I have assumed the role of chief worrier, which is unlike me.
Making toast
2
I reminded my inner worrier that Amelia could take care of herself.
All together dead
3
That's something for me to chew on -and I'm a worrier.
The Guardian
4
There is nothing occult in the suggestion that the worrier cultivate a fad.
Why Worry?
5
And how different the outlook upon life from that of the marital worrier.
Quit Your Worrying!
1
I wondered if I'd ever learn not to be such a worrywart.
Norway to hide: a passport to peril mystery
2
Béla was a nice guy, but he was a worrywart.
Cauldron of Ghosts
3
So you gotta watch out for that worrywart, workaholic facet of your personality this week.
Ebony
4
For years Laura had called her a worrywart.
Running scared
5
One worrywart in the house is enough.
Wrangling the redhead
1
What a fuss-budget you are to be sure, Tom.
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
2
It is not for herself that the fuss-budget should mend her ways, but for the great good of humanity at large.
The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture
3
If I had a nervous fuss-budget under my care, the first thing I would do would be to feed her well.
The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture
4
Saloons open, and all the prohibitory law-frills the old fuss-budgets can crochet and hang onto the original bush!
The Ramrodders: A Novel
Usage of fusspot in English
1
He was a bit of a fusspot, tended to be ingratiating.
Depths
2
But the problem is this -the old fusspot absolutely refuses to drink tap-water
The Irish Times
3
In a whisper, she added, "Allie is being a fusspot."
The Fireman
4
Birkenhead is nervous by nature; she's also a bit of a fusspot when it comes to her words.
The new yorker
5
Oh, all right, then, fusspot.
Outlander
6
Elizabeth liked this rotund Welshman: He was a bit of a fusspot, but kindly and avuncular, and utterly devoted to her.
The lady elizabeth
7
That slightly daffy fusspot that Meryl Streep has been perfecting over the past 20 years is beginning to wear a bit thin.
The Irish Times
8
Someone thinks that packing is an unnecessary faff, the preserve of controlling fusspots.
The Guardian
9
Why should a few fusspots interrupt this happy reciprocity?
The Guardian
10
Fusspots say this is a sexualised society; in fact we are comestiblised, a word I have just invented.
The Guardian
Frequent collocations
Fusspot through the time