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" (96 found)
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Strong matches (28)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (48)
mentally defective personalitymentally illmentally sickmonomaniacalmoral insanitymultiple personalitynervousneurasthenicneuropathneurotic personalitynymphomaniacalobsessionalobsessiveobsessive compulsiveoverwroughtparanoiacparanoidparanoid personalitypathologicalperverse personality
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Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
Translations
44 translations across 22 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- neuróticu adj (overanxious)
Belarusian
1 entries- неўраты́чны adj (overanxious)
Bulgarian
3 entries- невротичен adj (overanxious)
- неврастеник noun (person who has a neurosis)
- невротик noun (person who has a neurosis)
Catalan
2 entries- neuròtic adj (overanxious)
- neuròtic noun (person who has a neurosis)
Czech
2 entries- neurotický adj (overanxious)
- neurotik noun (person who has a neurosis)
Danish
2 entries- neurotisk adj (overanxious)
- neurotiker noun (person who has a neurosis)
Dutch
2 entries- neurotisch adj (overanxious)
- neuroot noun (person who has a neurosis)
Finnish
2 entries- neuroottinen adj (overanxious)
- neurootikko noun (person who has a neurosis)
French
4 entries- névrotique adj (overanxious)
- psychotique adj (overanxious)
- névrotique noun (person who has a neurosis)
- psychotique noun (person who has a neurosis)
Galician
1 entries- neurótico adj (overanxious)
German
3 entries- neurotisch adj (overanxious)
- Neurotiker noun (person who has a neurosis)
- Neurotikerin noun (person who has a neurosis)
Greek
2 entries- νευρωτικός adj (overanxious)
- νευρωτικός noun (person who has a neurosis)
Hungarian
1 entries- neurotikus adj (overanxious)
Italian
2 entries- isterico noun (person who has a neurosis)
- nevrotico noun (person who has a neurosis)
Japanese
1 entries- 神経質過ぎ adj (overanxious)
Latvian
1 entries- neirotisks adj (overanxious)
Polish
2 entries- neurotyczny adj (overanxious)
- neurotyk noun (person who has a neurosis)
Portuguese
3 entries- neurótico adj (overanxious)
- neurótica noun (person who has a neurosis)
- neurótico noun (person who has a neurosis)
Russian
3 entries- невроти́ческий adj (overanxious)
- невро́тик noun (person who has a neurosis)
- невропа́т noun (person who has a neurosis)
Spanish
3 entries- neurótico adj (overanxious)
- neurótica noun (person who has a neurosis)
- neurótico noun (person who has a neurosis)
Swedish
2 entries- neurotisk adj (overanxious)
- neurotiker noun (person who has a neurosis)
Ukrainian
1 entries- невроти́чний adj (overanxious)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
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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