Explore Worrier through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like worrywart or spoilsport. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Worrier meaning
- A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.
- A person who causes worry in others.
- An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.
Synonyms of Worrier
Using Worrier
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily. | A person who causes worry in others. | An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.
- Useful related words include: fuss-budget, fusspot, worrywart, spoilsport.
- In the example corpus, worrier often appears in combinations such as: worrier as, being worrier.
Context around Worrier
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Worrier
- In this selection, "worrier" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 16.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, biggest and struggling stand out and add context to how "worrier" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include being a worrier and being a worrier struggling with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "worrier" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with worrier
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yes, he is a worrier. (5 words)
Ask Janice: How can I stop being a worrier? (9 words)
If there was an award for Biggest Worrier, I would totally get it. (13 words)
A hectic job, being a worrier, struggling with anxiety and spending most of the day rushing around juggling work, childcare and home life, means many people never get any time to themselves. (32 words)
I was a worrier as a little girl and I'm a worrier as a bigger girl so I would try to get that under control. (26 words)
He’s very laid-back, whereas I’m a bit more of a thinker and worrier. (16 words)
Ask Janice: How can I stop being a worrier? (9 words)
Example sentences (6)
I was a worrier as a little girl and I'm a worrier as a bigger girl so I would try to get that under control.
Ask Janice: How can I stop being a worrier?
Yes, he is a worrier.
He’s very laid-back, whereas I’m a bit more of a thinker and worrier.
A hectic job, being a worrier, struggling with anxiety and spending most of the day rushing around juggling work, childcare and home life, means many people never get any time to themselves.
If there was an award for Biggest Worrier, I would totally get it.
Common combinations with worrier
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- worrier as 2×
- being worrier 2×