as in complainer
a person who is often or always worried about being ill
My brother is a real hypochondriac. Every time he reads about some new disease, he thinks he has it.
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Recent Examples of hypochondriac
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
Read the full Virgo Daily Horoscope Libra (September 23 - October 22)
Releasing your inner hypochondriac?
—USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
Danny is agoraphobic, socially anxious, obsessive, something of a hypochondriac and nominally a journalist, that most nominal of television professions.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Noun
Easing the burden on our country’s emergency rooms could very well put us on the path to more effective, efficient patient care for everyone—including hypochondriacs.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
Read the full Virgo Daily Horoscope Libra (September 23 - October 22)
Releasing your inner hypochondriac?
—USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
Adjective
Interviews with two of Clemente’s sons as well as his late wife Vera capture a man who was loving, dedicated and just a bit eccentric — a fight almost breaks out between two talking heads over whether or not Clemente was a hypochondriac — in a purely human way.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
Danny is agoraphobic, socially anxious, obsessive, something of a hypochondriac and nominally a journalist, that most nominal of television professions.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypochondriac
Adjective
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Her mother, Pattie (Alli Mauzey), is ludicrously hypochondriacal, as if atoning for the chromosomal accident that produced her quick-aging child.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Dec. 2021
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Many women with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease first named in 1877, were misdiagnosed as mentally unwell and dismissed as hypochondriacal well into the 20th century.—
Elinor Cleghorn,
WSJ,
12 June 2021
Adjective
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The San Diego Food Bank also provides a once-a-month food delivery for the elderly and disabled, although recipients must meet specific requirements regarding age, disability and income, Minnett said.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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Our communities will be devastated if billions are slashed for care to Florida children, seniors, disabled people and veterans.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2025
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“Hypochondriac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypochondriac. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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