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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