A hypochondriac imagines maladies where none exist.
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Hypochondriac
/ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndɹiæk/
Synonyms for "hypochondriac" (94 found)
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alcoholicalternating personalityantisocial personalitybowed-downcast downdasheddejecteddepresseddespairingdespondentdespondingdiscourageddishearteneddisordereddisordered personalitydispiriteddisturbed
Noun(2 words)
anxiousdisease worrier
Strong matches (28)
disturbed personalitydouble personalitydowndown in the mouthdowncastdownhearteddroopingdroopydrug userdual personalityemotionally unstable personalityescapistfeeling lowheartlesshostile personalityhypochondriacalhypochondriasthysterichystericalidiot
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imaginary invalidimmature personalityin low spirits
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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in the depthsin the doldrumsin the dumpsinadequate personalityinferior personalitylanguishinglowlow spiritedlow-spiritedmalade imaginairemaladjusted personalitymentally defective personalitymoral insanitymultiple personalityneurasthenicneuropathneuroticneurotic personalityparanoid personalityperverse personality
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pessimisticphobicpiningpsychasthenicpsychoneuroticpsychopathpsychopathic personalitypsychoticpsychotic personalityschizoidschizoid personalityseclusive personalitysexual psychopathshut-in personalitysociopathspiritlesssplit personalitysubduedsuicidalvaletudinarianvaletudinaryweak personalityweary of lifewoebegoneworld wearyworld-weary
Noun(1 words)
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7 entrieshealth anxietyhealth obsessivehealth worryhypochondriasis suffererillness fearmedical worry patientsomatic preoccupation
Collocations
9 entrieshealth anxietyhypochondriac behaviorhypochondriac concernshypochondriac symptomshypochondriac tendencieshypochondriasis diagnosisillness preoccupationmedical reassurance seekingsomatic preoccupation
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2 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom is a hypochondriac.
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Tom is a hypochondriac, isn't he?
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I'm a hypochondriac.
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