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neurotic

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neu·rot·ic  (n-rtk, ny-)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or affected with a neurosis. No longer in scientific use.
2. Informal Overanxious: neurotic about punctuality.
n.
1. A person suffering from a neurosis. No longer in scientific use.
2. Informal A person prone to excessive anxiety and emotional upset.

neu·roti·cal·ly adv.

neurotic
Adjective
1. tending to be emotionally unstable
2. afflicted by neurosis
Noun
a person afflicted with a neurosis or tending to be emotionally unstable
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.neuroticneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis    
claustrophobe - a person suffering from claustrophobia
hysteric - a person suffering from hysteria
obsessive - a person who has obsessions
obsessive-compulsive - a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics
psychopath, sociopath - someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
Adj.1.neurotic - characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms"
2.neurotic - affected with emotional disorder
unneurotic - not neurotic; "successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children"; "he's the most unneurotic person I know"

neurotic
Translations
neurotic [njuəˈrɔtɪk] adj, nneurótico/a m/f
neurotic [njuəˈrɔtɪk] adj, nnévrosé(e)
neurotic [njuəˈrɔtɪk] adjneurotisch
nNeurotiker(in) m(f)
neurotic [njuəˈrɔtɪk] adj, nnevrotico/a


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I was a little impatient with her; I had not suspected that she was so neurotic a woman.
Born of a delicate and overworked mother, and an impulsive, hard, imaginative father, who did not look with favor upon her coming into the world, Louise was from childhood a neurotic, one of the race of over-sensitive women that in later days in- dustrialism was to bring in such great numbers into the world.
It was no good instructing the girl if she was going to talk about God in that neurotic modern way.
 
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