angst bunny
- noun
- Offensive
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preocupón
- My roommate is a total angst bunny when it comes to meeting deadlines.
Examples
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Don't be such an angst bunny about the test!
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She admits she's a bit of an angst bunny, especially before big events.
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Don't turn into an angst bunny over something you can't control.
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My friend is a total angst bunny when it comes to public speaking.
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Don't turn into an angst bunny over something you can't control.
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My roommate is a total angst bunny when it comes to meeting deadlines.
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She admits she's a bit of an angst bunny, especially before big events.
Synonyms
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8.2
A person who often feels anxious about small or unlikely problems
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8.8
A person who often complains about small, not important things
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9.5
A person who worries about small details and wants everything neat
A person who worries a lot about small things
How Anxious
Surface Forms
Morphology
angst + bunny
The sense can be partly inferred from the constituents: 'angst' = anxiety and 'bunny' = a small/affectionate animal, so a learner could guess it labels a person characterized by anxiety. However, the affectionate/pejorative use of 'bunny' to denote a person is slangy and not a fully regular compositional pattern, so the exact nuance is not fully predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Angst bunny puts together angst, meaning strong worry, and bunny, a small, jumpy rabbit. Picture a little rabbit that startsle easily and looks scared at small sounds. That image helps you remember why the phrase means 'a person who worries too much' about small or not real problems.