When someone becomes neurotic about pens and paper clips, it's a sure sign they're cracking up.
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Neurotic
/n(j)ʊəˈɹɒtɪk/
Synonyms for "neurotic" (100 found)
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Closest matches (20)
abnormalalcoholicalternating personalityantisocial personalityanxiousbrain-damagedbrain-injuredcatatoniccertifiableconfuseddeviantdisordereddisordered personalitydistraughtdisturbeddisturbed personalitydouble personalitydrug user
Adjective(2 words)
anxiousanxious person
Strong matches (30)
dual personalityemotionally unstable personalityescapisthostile personalityhypochondriachypochondriasthysterichystericalidiotimaginary invalidimmature personalityinadequate personalityinferior personalityinsaneirrationallunaticmalade imaginairemaladjustedmaladjusted personalitymanic depressive
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Noun(2 words)
jitterbugmental case
Related words (50)
multiple personalitynervousneurasthenicneuropathneurotic personalityobsessiveoverwroughtparanoiacparanoidparanoid personalityperverse personalityphobicpsychasthenicpsychoneuroticpsychopathpsychopathicpsychopathic personalitypsychoticpsychotic personalityschiz
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schizoidschizoid personalityschizophrenicschizyseclusive personalitysexual psychopathshut-in personalitysicksociopathsplit personalityunstablevaletudinarianvaletudinaryweak personality
Adjective(10 words)
nervousnervous personneurosis suffererneurotic caseneurotic patientneurotic personobsessiveoveranxiouspsychoneuroticunstable
Noun(6 words)
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11 entriesanxiety patternanxious temperamentneurosis caseneurosis patientneurotic caseneurotic patientneurotic patternneurotic reactionneurotic subjectneurotic symptomneurotic trait
Collocations
10 entrieshigh neuroticismneurotic anxietyneurotic behaviorneurotic disorderneurotic individualneurotic personneurotic personalityneurotic symptomsneurotic tendenciesneurotic traits
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
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Sample sentences
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Mary is neurotic.
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Tom is neurotic.
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Mary's getting more neurotic the older she gets.
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