neurotic

At the peak of his early success, Turturro could have made a comfortable living playing neurotic oddballs and angry loose cannons in big studio movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Psychiatrists described him as neurotic, with a tendency to ruminate and worry, and said he had developed a "rigid sense of right and wrong".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Perilous altitude, open hostility, and two of the most neurotic fan bases in soccer have turned tonight’s game at the Estadio Azteca into an electric, tournament-defining matchup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

They are the diametrical opposites of Angela and Joe: calm and free, while their downstairs neighbors are neurotic and toxically codependent.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

For example, an orthodox psychoanalyst might predict a certain kind of neurotic behavior.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

“Many young male neurotics find out early that hard labor is salve for an overactive mind,” he writes.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2017

They attack the very shelter nature had given them, something neurotics of all animal classes can relate to.

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2017

These characters, a collection of lonely hearts and neurotics, are meant to be exaggerated types, but the portraits could do with a bit of comic subtlety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2016

Hoover's writing is not really the point, though this is the kind of writing that teaches normal teens how to behave like fledgling neurotics.

From The Verge ● Jan. 20, 2016

Dora had handled plenty of neurotics in her time.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck