neurotic

Sturgis specializes in these kinds of neurotic eccentrics, but his portrayal didn’t help me identify Ru’s secret appeal or believe in the trauma that we later learned occurred when his car broke down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Psychiatrists described him as neurotic, with a tendency to ruminate and worry, and said he had developed a "rigid sense of right and wrong".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Perilous altitude, open hostility, and two of the most neurotic fan bases in soccer have turned Sunday’s game at the Estadio Azteca into an electric, tournament-defining matchup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The neurotic self-policing about the supposed rules of engagement has given way to something that looks more like confidence.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

I’ve been as saving as an exceptionally neurotic magpie all my life, and I still have the next-to-the-last draft of the letter I wrote to Sister Irma that June night in 1939.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

The only thing that ever seems to soothe these neurotics is the local supermarket, a gleaming, jumbo-sized temple of consumerism where everything is always in the right place.

From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

Storr acknowledged that Dr. Janov had “made a lot of neurotics feel better,” but he attributed the success essentially to the power of suggestion.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2017

They attack the very shelter nature had given them, something neurotics of all animal classes can relate to.

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2017

These characters, a collection of lonely hearts and neurotics, are meant to be exaggerated types, but the portraits could do with a bit of comic subtlety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2016

Dora had handled plenty of neurotics in her time.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck