neurotic
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7.2
- adjective
- /nʊˈrɑtɪk/
- Many people become neurotic when faced with stressful situations, worrying excessively about small details.
- neurotic tendencies
- neurotic behavior
- become neurotic
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- And it's just like this perfect, non neurotic being.
- And that leads us to have that kind of very self focused neurotic view of the world, right?
- She was being, you know, really, you know, manic and neurotic and hard to deal with.
- And as neurotic as he was, he didn't seem to have a fear of death.
- This it got to the point where because I'm somewhat neurotic and I guess strange, I had two phones.
- That's why I don't experience ASMR, because I'm very conscientious, extroverted and pretty agreeable, and I'm not very neurotic or open.
- You may have achieved your goal, but the downstream effect of being painted as someone who's just overly anxious or overly neurotic, it doesn't feel good.
- It makes us very neurotic, it makes us very unhappy, and it's a sense of powerlessness.
- If you are really neurotic about noise and you just you can't stand noise, a benefit of these larger designs.
- He's he's neurotic because I think he kind of blames the wife at the time that she was convincing him.
- But it's kind of like a little neurotic type deal.
- I don't feel as neurotic and burnt out and Spacey.
Examples
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As such, evidence of self-criticism may provide insight into the neurotic basis of relationships shared by correspondents.
Academic text (2000) -
Your version is that neurotic, self-centered people pay good money to come in here and complain.
Fiction book (1991) -
You can get neurotic about all these details.
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You should be there pushing them along even when you are neurotic and afraid and worried.
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And I just feel like humans are generally better humans and less neurotic when they walk a lot.
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Society is becoming more and more neurotic, and this is due to alcohol and tobacco.
Academic text (1993) -
And I'm definitely the most neurotic and the most anxiety prone.
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I know that for me, part of that attitude is neurotic, stemming from my own problems with relationships.
Academic text (1993) -
It makes us very neurotic, it makes us very unhappy, and it's a sense of powerlessness.
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A neurotic actress.
Synonyms
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7.9
Showing very strong feelings that change quickly and seem too much
Having a long-term emotional problem that causes strong anxiety
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A long time of deep sadness and worry without false beliefs or hearing things that are not there
How Anxious
Surface Forms
Morphology
neurotic = neurosis (opaque) = neuro + tic
The word is historically formed from the specialized noun 'neurosis' plus '-tic', but its modern meaning is not readily predictable for an average learner from those parts.
Etymology
Neurotic comes from the Greek root neuro- meaning 'nerve', like the English word nerve. It paints the picture of someone whose nerves are very active, so neurotic describes strong worry or emotional instability.