as in paranoid
having or showing a very nervous or disordered state of mind
Her neurotic tendencies tend to manifest in her obsessive need for cleanliness. Our dog is a bit neurotic; she tends to panic around strangers.
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Recent Examples of neurotic
Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set.
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Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
The issue, which can arise within minutes, is that no matter how careful, how neurotic, how cautious someone is, inevitably the shiny piano black plastic trim gets scratched, knicked, and or marred rapidly as a car is used.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026
The series also saw Rick Hoffman reprise his fan-favorite character, the neurotic financial law partner Louis Litt, in the spinoff.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Marty is not cultured, colorful and neurotic with a penchant for Yiddish outbursts.
—David Colman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
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Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
The issue, which can arise within minutes, is that no matter how careful, how neurotic, how cautious someone is, inevitably the shiny piano black plastic trim gets scratched, knicked, and or marred rapidly as a car is used.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026
The series also saw Rick Hoffman reprise his fan-favorite character, the neurotic financial law partner Louis Litt, in the spinoff.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Marty is not cultured, colorful and neurotic with a penchant for Yiddish outbursts.
—David Colman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neurotic
paranoid
Adjective
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While there has always been a thriving industry of paranoid books and films, modern conspiracism has avenues of distribution and incentive that Cold War cranks and 19th-century pamphleteers could have only dreamed of.—
Mike Rothschild,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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His YouTube page, once an online venue for his songs, was more recently dedicated to paranoid rants about his family members, some centering on his relationship with his grandfather, and others where Valdez displayed bizarre behavior like imitating Nazi soldiers.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Neurotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neurotic. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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