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hypochondriac
noun as in neurotic
Strong match
Weak match
Example Sentences
Winslet’s chancellor is a nervy, vulgar, insecure hypochondriac obsessed with her dead demanding father, a sly reference, perhaps, to France’s Marine Le Pen.
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.”
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.
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.
Hippo was once a slang term for a hypochondriac, and this town in Kentucky was named in the early 1900s after resident Bee Madison Craft, who was known for being an epic complainer, according to Robert Rennick’s 1987 book Kentucky Place Names.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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