neurotic

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Germany is uniquely neurotic about debt and about unsound money.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

If it sounds like we’re in the hands of a neurotic, what kind of people do we think become president?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Sometimes his neurotic, navel-gazing side gets the better of his artistry, as was the case at his concert at the Greek Theatre in the summer of 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

And while Jerry’s perfectionism had a toll on their creative process, it also fueled it, making way for more neurotic characters that Anne could play straight against.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025

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