obsessive-compulsive

adjective

Definition of obsessive-compulsivenext
as in neurotic

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Recent Examples of obsessive-compulsive These tics often come and go, change over time and may occur along with attention problems, anxiety or obsessive-compulsive behaviors. — Michael Okun, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026 Since the assault, the woman has experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, severe anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression. — Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2026 Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Decker says she was diagnosed with postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis and found help at The Motherhood Space in Jacksonville, Florida – a program that treats mood and anxiety disorders during and after pregnancy. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for obsessive-compulsive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessive-compulsive
  1. neurotic
  2. schizophrenic
  3. paranoid
  4. schizoid
  5. disordered
  6. delusional
  7. sociopathic
  8. delirious
Adjective
  • The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Ludwig is the twitchy, neurotic, charming character that Mitchell was born to play.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of neurotic
Adjective
  • The 911 caller told police that their schizophrenic son had struck her 69-year-old husband on the head with a hammer.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • What’s emerged is a schizophrenic marketplace where art and commerce have fused into The Substance.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of schizophrenic
Adjective
  • The situation became murkier as French lawyer Suzane Blum took increasing control over the affairs of Simpson, who had become increasingly paranoid and befuddled.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The bald guy lecturing me on how to get the money looked real enough, but the question of his true being kept rattling around my increasingly paranoid mind.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of paranoid
Adjective
  • The artist adopts a schizoid persona, with multiple voices flowing out of him, and swerves between lucid social criticism—about the history of slavery or of higher education—and total gibberish.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.
    — Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Definition of schizoid
Adjective
  • Fundamentally, Beccia said, disordered eating is a mental health issue.
    — Sarah Todd, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The deadline The first thing out of that loop is DRX, short for disordered rocksalt, a family of cathode materials that use neither nickel nor cobalt.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of disordered
Adjective
  • Mental health experts have voiced concerns about chatbots’ sycophancy, lack of clinical nuance, and ability to reinforce delusional beliefs.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • What helped turn this childhood quirk into a pilot script was a little research into Capgras syndrome, one hell of a delusional disorder that affects the rare patient who firmly believes a family member or close friend is an impostor.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of delusional
Adjective
  • Underneath that façade was a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Matching the sociopathic charm and menace of Tom Ripley is a tall order, and Ehrenreich is a fantastic match for it.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of sociopathic
Adjective
  • What follows is a heady mixture of grief, desire, fantasy, and dance, complete with elaborate musical interludes and a delirious homage to Dirty Dancing.
    — Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The new mountaineering movies are delirious vicarious cinema, employing technological means and a filmmaking bravado that comes with them that would have been unimaginable three or four decades ago.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of delirious

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