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
Male cats with more neurotic personalities tended to sniff each tube repetitively.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
Many times, strong business leaders like Jack Welch, Lee Iacocca, Indra Nooyi, Steve Jobs, Ursula Burns and hundreds of others are labeled neurotic, angry and worse.
—Ashutosh Labroo, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
While Kidman’s Masha is back, this time lording over a group of needy and neurotic folks in the Bavarian Alps, the dull and draggy new season (premiering May 21) has little of the humor and emotional weight that made the original worth watching.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 May 2025
The neurotic inner monologue can take up only so much of the page.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
Many times, strong business leaders like Jack Welch, Lee Iacocca, Indra Nooyi, Steve Jobs, Ursula Burns and hundreds of others are labeled neurotic, angry and worse.
—Ashutosh Labroo, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
While Kidman’s Masha is back, this time lording over a group of needy and neurotic folks in the Bavarian Alps, the dull and draggy new season (premiering May 21) has little of the humor and emotional weight that made the original worth watching.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 May 2025
The neurotic inner monologue can take up only so much of the page.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for neurotic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neurotic
paranoid
Adjective
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After his season 4 stint in London, Goldberg (living alongside his wife and son) always has one eye over his shoulder, paranoid that the (literal) skeletons in his closet might soon spill out.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Some artists report losing significant opportunities and having to switch careers because of the genre’s downturn; others are paranoid, unable to discern the real from the hoax.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
2 July 2025
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“Neurotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neurotic. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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