(しんぱいしょう)

しんぱいしょう
noun, na-adjective
worrywart
1. worrywart
worrywart; worrier; tendency to worry excessively
(わたし)心配性(しんぱいしょう)なんです。
I'm a worrywart.
(はは)心配性(しんぱいしょう)いつも電話(でんわ)かけてくる。
My mother is a worrier and always calls me.
Being a worrier, he checked his luggage many times before the trip.

心配性(しんぱいしょう) combines 心配(しんぱい) (worry) with the suffix (しょう) (nature, tendency), indicating a personality trait of excessive worrying.

Usage patterns

  • 心配性(しんぱいしょう)だ/です (to be a worrywart)
  • 心配性(しんぱいしょう)(ひと) (a person who worries a lot)
  • 心配性(しんぱいしょう) (attributive use)

Similar (しょう) compounds: