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Neurotic has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a person suffering from neurosis

2

A person who has a neurosis

Adjective
1

characteristic of or affected by neurosis

"neurotic disorder"

"neurotic symptoms"

2

affected with emotional disorder

3

Affected with a neurosis.

See Also
affected over neuroticize neurotically neuroticism fixated fixate anxious
Related Terms
Antonyms
unneurotic
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sick person
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
claustrophobe hysteric obsessive obsessive-compulsive sociopath

Origin

The word neurotic comes from the Greek words for "nerves" and "condition," combining to mean having an abnormal state of the nervous system. It first appeared in English in the 17th century.

Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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