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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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