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neurotic

[noo-rot-ik, nyoo-] / nʊˈrɒt ɪk, nyʊ- /
ADJECTIVE
mentally maladjusted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compulsive distraught disturbed manic obsessive
STRONG
aberrant deviant hysteric psychoneurotic upset
WEAK
abnormal anxious basket case bundle of nerves choked clutched disordered disoriented erratic hung up inhibited nervous nervous wreck overwrought unhealthy unstable uptight wired
Antonyms
STRONG
normal
WEAK
adjusted balanced sane stable

Example Sentences

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Germany is uniquely neurotic about debt and about unsound money.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Richards did tell Lindo that he needed to jettison some of the neurotic choices he was making as an actor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Freud believed the drive to collect was neurotic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 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

Hoagland necessarily considered everyone a world-political creature, with a heightened persona, a neurotic cultural manner.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee