neurotic

Speech parts

1. neurotic - Noun

2. neurotic - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.

Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

A disease seated in the nerves.

Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

obsessive psychoneurotic mad jitterbug sensitive nervous unstable tense disturbed insane irrational anxious crazy erratic uneasy
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Antonyms

unneurotic together normal placid phlegmatic composed
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Hypernyms

sufferer sick person diseased person

Hyponyms

obsessive psychopath sociopath hysteric obsessive-compulsive claustrophobe

Phrases with the word

neurotic personality neurotic disorder neurotic excoriation not neurotic neurotic mess

Anagrams

countrie unerotic

Examples

neurotic disorder Source: Internet

neurotic symptoms Source: Internet

Amico Bignami in a report wrote that the wounds were caused by " neurotic necrosis ". Source: Internet

Blunt calls Caron's style "perhaps the purest known type of Mannerism in its elegant form, appropriate to an exquisite but neurotic society." Source: Internet

Allen developed a neurotic, nervous, and intellectual persona for his stand-up routine, a successful move that secured regular gigs for him in nightclubs and on television. Source: Internet

At the same time, Cagney must hide his own neurotic girlfriend, played by Dvorak, from his younger brother. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

neurotherapist neurotherapy neurothesiometer neurotic depression neurotic disorder neurotic excoriation