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Definition of "overworry" [overworry]

  • Excessive worry or anxiety. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "overworry" in a sentence
  • "But do not overworry -- remember, these particular heaps are of books that fall out of Horn Book review scope -- adult books, vanity press titles, book-and merchandise, etc -- or extra copies sent by publishers who couldn't restrain themselves to the requested two."
  • ""[I] f you keep your eye on the screen and don't overworry the plot particulars, you will be rewarded with a cavalcade of charming, gently outré and beautiful hallucinations," writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times."
  • "Broh's message explained that everything in the previous communication was the result of overwork and overworry and the pressures of a difficult command in which he did not yet feel comfortable."