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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

In a pre-pandemic world, even if flu cases were high, masking in public may have prompted a stranger to treat you like a mentally ill hypochondriac.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2023

“The mammoth tours of enormous venues. The expectations upon me. That’s surely anxiety-inducing for anybody, never mind a huge hypochondriac like myself.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 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

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

The condition is so unusual, patients are often misdiagnosed or dismissed as hypochondriacs.

From Washington Post Dec. 27, 2021

My brother and sister-in-law have always tended to be hypochondriacs.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2021

Maybe I was one of those hypochondriacs, obsessing over Fig’s health.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas



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