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   neurotic

   /njʊəˈrɒtɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. having, caused by, or relating to neurosis. Similar mentally illmentally disturbedmentally derangedunstableunbalancedmaladjustedpsychoneuroticpsychopathicphobicOpposite stablewell balanced
   • ▪ (in non-technical use) abnormally sensitive, obsessive, or anxious: "he seemed a neurotic, self-obsessed character" Similar overanxiousanxiousnervoustensehighly strungjumpyoversensitiveparanoidobsessivecompulsivephobicfixatedhystericaloverwroughtmanicirrationalnervyinformal:twitchystressyOpposite calmlaid-backlevel-headed

   noun

   • 1. a neurotic person: "I wasn't going to be labelled as a hypochondriac or neurotic"

   Derivatives

   • 1. neurotically adverb
   • 2. neuroticism noun

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