Names and nicknames for someone who fusses or worries a lot, especially about little things: [Early QRs: . . who worries a lot, . . :]
| WORRYWART | 513 |
| FUSSBUDGET | 263 |
| WORRIER | 96 |
| NR | 32 |
| FUSS-BUTTON | 16 |
| FUSSPOT | 15 |
| FUSS-BOX | 11 |
| NAGGER | 9 |
| FUSSER | 8 |
| FUDDY-DUDDY | 7 |
| GRIPER | 7 |
| FUSSY | 6 |
| NERVOUS WRECK | 6 |
| STEWER | 6 |
| CRAB | 5 |
| GROUCH | 5 |
| NERVOUS | 5 |
| NIT-PICKER | 5 |
| WORRY WORM | 5 |
| FUSS-CAT | 4 |
| NAG | 4 |
| NEUROTIC | 4 |
| PICAYUNE | 4 |
| WORRY BUG | 4 |
| CALAMITY JANE | 3 |
| CRANK | 3 |
| GRIPE | 3 |
| NERVOUS NELLY | 3 |
| NERVOUS PERSON | 3 |
| OLD MAID | 3 |
| PESSIMIST | 3 |
| TROUBLEMAKER | 3 |
| WORRY BIRD | 3 |
| WORRY BOX | 3 |
| WORRY RAT | 3 |
| BUSYBODY | 2 |
| CRABBY | 2 |
| FANATIC | 2 |
| FIDGET | 2 |
| FIDGETER | 2 |
| FIDGETY | 2 |
| FINICKY | 2 |
| FUSS-BUG | 2 |
| FUSSY-BUDGET | 2 |
| GRANNY | 2 |
| GROUCHY | 2 |
| IRRITABLE | 2 |
| MESS | 2 |
| NERVOUS TYPE | 2 |
| OLD HEN | 2 |
| PERFECTIONIST | 2 |
| PICAYUNISH | 2 |
| SOREHEAD | 2 |
| STEW POT | 2 |
| WORRY BODY | 2 |
| AGITATOR | 1 |
| CANKEROUS | 1 |
| CHRONIC WORRIER | 1 |
| CHRONIC WORRYWART | 1 |
| COMPULSIVE | 1 |
| CONSTANT WORRIER | 1 |
| CONTAGIOUS PEOPLE | 1 |
| CONTENTIOUS | 1 |
| CONTRARY PERSON | 1 |
| CREPE-HANGER | 1 |
| CROSS | 1 |
| CRY-BABY | 1 |
| DAMN FUSSY | 1 |
| DUDE | 1 |
| EASILY PEEVED | 1 |
| EASY UPSET | 1 |
| EDGY | 1 |
| FAUNCHY | 1 |
| FLEW AROUND LIKE AN OLD HEN | 1 |
| FLIBBERTY GIBBET | 1 |
| FRETS | 1 |
| FRETS A LOT | 1 |
| FUSS-A-BUDGET | 1 |
| FUSS-BUCKET | 1 |
| FUSS-BUDDY | 1 |
| FUSS-BUDGER | 1 |
| FUSSED UP | 1 |
| FUSSES A LOT | 1 |
| FUSSES LIKE AN OLD HEN | 1 |
| FUSS-GADGET | 1 |
| FUSSY BRAT | 1 |
| FUSSY PERSON | 1 |
| FUSSY-BUG | 1 |
| FUZZ-BUTTON | 1 |
| FUZZ-BUZZ | 1 |
| FUZZY-DUD | 1 |
| GETS UPSET OVER NOTHING | 1 |
| GOOBERHEAD | 1 |
| GRANNY GRUNT | 1 |
| GRIPES A LOT | 1 |
| GROWLER | 1 |
| HAG | 1 |
| HARPER | 1 |
| HE BORROWS TROUBLE | 1 |
| HE FAUNCHES | 1 |
| HE HAS THE JITTERS | 1 |
| HE STEWED ABOUT IT | 1 |
| HE STEWS OVER EVERYTHING | 1 |
| HE’S A-BORRYIN’ TROUBLE | 1 |
| HE’S ALL THE TIME GRIPIN’ | 1 |
| HIGH-STRUNG | 1 |
| HOT AND BOTHERED | 1 |
| HYPERTENSE | 1 |
| ICKY | 1 |
| ITCH | 1 |
| ITCHY | 1 |
| JONAH | 1 |
| JOY-KILLER | 1 |
| KVETCH | 1 |
| LITTLE OLD LADY | 1 |
| MAKES A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL | 1 |
| MEAN | 1 |
| MISS COLLECTIVE FARM | 1 |
| MISS WORRYWART | 1 |
| MOTHER | 1 |
| NAGGING | 1 |
| NAGGY PERSON | 1 |
| NELLY | 1 |
| OBNOXIOUS AL | 1 |
| ODDBALL | 1 |
| OLD BETTY | 1 |
| OLD BIDDY | 1 |
| OLD GROUCH | 1 |
| OLD HESSIAN | 1 |
| OLD SHREW | 1 |
| OLD VIXEN | 1 |
| OLD WOMAN | 1 |
| OLD WORRYWART | 1 |
| OVERANXIOUS | 1 |
| OVERSENSITIVE | 1 |
| PAIN | 1 |
| PARTICULAR | 1 |
| PERSNICKETY | 1 |
| PEST | 1 |
| PICKER | 1 |
| PICKY | 1 |
| PICKY PERSON | 1 |
| POOCH | 1 |
| PRIG | 1 |
| PRISSY | 1 |
| PROFESSIONAL GRIPER | 1 |
| PUNK | 1 |
| RAPPING OFF AT THE MOUTH | 1 |
| SCREWBALL | 1 |
| SETTING HEN | 1 |
| SPUTTER-BUDGET | 1 |
| STEWS | 1 |
| THEY BORROW TROUBLE | 1 |
| THEY NAG NAG NAG | 1 |
| THREW A FIT | 1 |
| TOO PICKY | 1 |
| TROUBLE-BORROWER | 1 |
| UNSTABLE | 1 |
| UPSET | 1 |
| WORRIES TOO MUCH | 1 |
| WORRY CAT | 1 |
| WORRY MONGER | 1 |
| WORRY POT | 1 |
| WORRY WIT | 1 |
| WORRYING WART | 1 |
| WORRYSOME THING | 1 |
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