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neu·rot·ic
 neurotic
- pronunciation:
- n
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tihk
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or involving a neurosis.
a neurotic condition- synonyms:
- psychoneurotic
- similar words:
- depressive
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| definition 2: |
suffering from or affected by a neurosis.
To a neurotic person, worries that seem small to others can seem enormous.The doctor said that her habitual fantasizing about the royal family was neurotic behavior.- synonyms:
- disturbed, unstable
- antonyms:
- well-balanced
- similar words:
- anxious, compulsive, distraught, fixated, hysteric, irrational, maladjusted, mental, obsessive, overwrought
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| related words: |
nervous, sick |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a person afflicted with a neurosis.
- synonyms:
- hysteric, psychoneurotic
- similar words:
- manic-depressive
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| derivations: |
neurotically (adv.), neuroticism (n.) |
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