One of the symptoms of schizophrenia is pathological attention to detail, so I feel comforted when I forget a few commas.
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Pathological
//ˌpæθ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl//
Synonyms for "pathological" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (7)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (13)
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
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3 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 23 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- patologjik adj (pertaining to pathology)
- patologjik adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Armenian
1 entries- ախտաբանական adj (pertaining to pathology)
Belarusian
1 entries- паталагі́чны adj (pertaining to pathology)
Bulgarian
1 entries- патологичен adj (pertaining to pathology)
Catalan
2 entries- patològic adj (pertaining to pathology)
- patològic adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Czech
2 entries- patologický adj (pertaining to pathology)
- patologický adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Danish
3 entries- patologisk adj (pertaining to pathology)
- patologisk adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
- sygelig adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Esperanto
1 entries- patologia adj (pertaining to pathology)
Finnish
1 entries- patologinen adj (pertaining to pathology)
French
4 entries- maladif adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
- malsain adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
- pathologique adj (pertaining to pathology)
- pathologique adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Galician
2 entries- patolóxico adj (pertaining to pathology)
- patolóxico adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
German
4 entries- krankhaft adj (pertaining to pathology)
- krankhaft adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
- pathologisch adj (pertaining to pathology)
- pathologisch adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Irish
2 entries- galrach adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
- paiteolaíoch adj (pertaining to pathology)
Italian
2 entries- patologico adj (pertaining to pathology)
- patologico adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Korean
1 entries- 병적 adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Persian
1 entries- بیمارگونه adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Polish
2 entries- patologiczny adj (pertaining to pathology)
- zwyrodniały adj (pertaining to pathology)
Portuguese
2 entries- patológico adj (pertaining to pathology)
- patológico adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Romanian
2 entries- patologic adj (pertaining to pathology)
- patologic adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Russian
2 entries- патологи́ческий adj (pertaining to pathology)
- патологи́ческий adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Spanish
4 entries- enfermizo adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
- malsano adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
- morboso adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
- patológico adj (pertaining to pathology)
Swedish
1 entries- patologisk adj (pertaining to pathology)
Ukrainian
2 entries- патологі́чний adj (pertaining to pathology)
- патологі́чний adj (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom is a pathological liar.
Source: tatoeba (2543994)
Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal.
Source: tatoeba (5225989)
How can anyone trust anything Tom says? He's a pathological liar.
Source: tatoeba (5823139)
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