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hypochondria

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hypochondria

unusual or excessive concern about your health; a tendency to fear or imagine that you have illnesses that you do not actually have

She fueled her hypochondria by reading articles about rare diseases.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of hypochondria

malaise, sickishness

illness, indisposition, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness

affliction, ailment, anxiety, condition, disease, disorder, dysfunction (also disfunction), malady, trouble, upset

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, invalidism, invalidity, lameness, sickliness, weakliness, weakness

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of hypochondria

comeback, convalescence, healing, mending, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehab, rehabilitation, snapback

fettle, fitness, shape

hardiness, heartiness, lustiness, robustness, ruggedness, stamina, strength, toughness, vigor, vigorousness, vitality

bloom, flush, flushness

weal, welfare, well-being

health, healthiness, soundness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness

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