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Meanings of worrywart in English

Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen.

        A person who expects the worst and looks on the downside of things.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "pessimist"
              Examples for "pessimist"
              1
              It is the cult of the pessimist, the gentle malice of disillusion.
              A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
              2
              The pessimist always argues from a single instance to a general law.
              Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals
              3
              The pessimist believes that forgetfulness and nothingness is the whole of man.
              Mike Fletcher: A Novel
              4
              He was never more than a pessimist in theory at any time.
              Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900
              5
              This was the beginning of my acquaintance with the pessimist, Edmund Storm.
              Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories
              1
              He, on the contrary, took a more alarmist view of the situation.
              Russia
              2
              One last resort the would-be patriotic alarmist seeks when all others fail.
              Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygien...
              3
              Sánchez-Bayo said the unusually strong language used in the review was not alarmist.
              The Guardian
              4
              But I also know that General Mettlich is an alarmist; purred the Countess.
              Long Live the King!
              5
              I am not being alarmist: I don't want it to happen.
              The Guardian
              1
              Russia, another naysayer in the past, has been signalling some flexibility.
              Reuters
              2
              The meditations of Martha Cochrane...the project's official naysayer...are worth any number of clever entertainments.
              The new yorker
              3
              Cogan is not some EV-naysayer wedded to internal combustion.
              Wired
              4
              I say to all the naysayers: The best is yet to come.
              Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
              5
              In recent years, Levitt and Dubner have attracted a number of naysayers.
              The Guardian
              Usage of worrywart in English
              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
              6
              I know what a worrywart you are.
              The next to die
              7
              I'd become too much of a worrywart.
              Alpine for You
              8
              He's just one of those worrywart motherfuckers.
              Four to score
              9
              I can catch the last shuttle back, at eleven, and be home by midnight Okay, little worrywart?
              The promise
              10
              Morse was a worrywart; he seemed to spend his time agonizing over things instead of actually doing them.
              The new yorker
              11
              Too late for regrets now, worrywart.
              Michael's discovery
              12
              She called me a worrywart.
              The cardturner
              13
              He thought, This is silly, I'm being a worrywart, but positioned the bow close to himself just the same.
              Brian's hunt
              14
              His grandfather always said he had the makings of a worrywart, and this pronouncement has turned out to be true.
              Practical Magic
              15
              Ah, you're a worrywart.
              A taste of magic
              16
              Maybe I was being a worrywart about Ric's minor physical... alterations and his randy schoolboy fixation on "branding" his girl.
              Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
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              Worrywart through the time