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Fussbudget

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A person who fusses over trifles. Also called fusspot.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a person who thinks excessively about unfortunate things that might happen; one who is excessively concerned about matters of trifling importance.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A nervous, fidgety person.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. thinks about unfortunate things that might happen

Word Usage

"In the past, the President notoriously spent immense amounts of time poring over the, leading one exasperated congressman to describe her as a "fussbudget" (defined by the American Heritage dictionary as a "person who fusses over trifles."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wet blanket kill-joy party pooper spoilsport

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

worrier fusspot worrywart