hypochondriac
Example Sentences
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She’s this little hypochondriac, I mean, but it makes sense.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
Elena is a hypochondriac and an agoraphobe, and Winslet said that, from a political standpoint, her character “absolutely has moments of just making stuff up.”
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024
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
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
He was reputed to be a hypochondriac and a deeply paranoid, frustrated man.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
