neurotic

[US]/njʊə'rɒtɪk/
[UK]/nʊ'rɑtɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. overly anxious or sensitive; suffering from a nervous disorder
n. a person suffering from a nervous disorder; someone who is overly anxious or sensitive

Phrases & Collocations

neurotic behavior

neurotic tendencies

Example Sentences

a neurotic disorder; neurotic symptoms.

Nothing is more distracting than a neurotic boss.

a borderline state showing the characteristics of both neurotic and psychotic reactions.

her portrayal of his neurotic wife falls just on the right side of caricature.

students with introversion and extroversion or light neurotic personality charactenstics are much more active than those with psychoneurosis on athletic participation.

They were taught to pity the neurotic, unfeminine, unhappy women who wanted to be poets or physicists or presidents.

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