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hypochondriac

[hahy-puh-kon-dree-ak] / ˌhaɪ pəˈkɒn driˌæk /
NOUN
neurotic
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Doctors “called me a hypochondriac and said it was just anxiety and depression,” said Hannah Powell, a 26-year-old Utah woman who went undiagnosed for five years.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

“That’s surely anxiety-inducing for anybody, never mind a huge hypochondriac like myself.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2023

It was a diagnosis that made "complete sense" to the singer and reassured the self-confessed hypochondriac that he was not dying.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2023

And I actually found him more interesting this season, because in Season 1, he was kind of a classically silly Austen character, this hypochondriac who just talked a lot and was self-involved.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2022

I was feeling pretty lucky right then that JonPaul is a total hypochondriac who’s always worried that he’s coming down with something rare and dangerous.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

Were people who claimed that the world was making them sick just a bunch of hypochondriacs?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

No. I have a couple hypochondriacs in my house, so I let them deal with that.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2022

Those who suffer from the disorder are usually thought of as hypochondriacs or germaphobes.

From Washington Post Mar. 17, 2020

The patient would always end up having some far-fetched condition that never made the original list, some collector’s item like Erdheim-Chester Disease, which most doctors, let alone hypochondriacs, will never hear of nor encounter.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2018

Like most hypochondriacs, he had an oddly soothing bedside manner.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt



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