neurotic
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neu·rot·ic
(no͝o-rŏt′ĭk, nyo͝o-)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or affected with a neurosis. No longer used in psychiatric diagnosis. See Usage Note at neurosis.
2. Informal Overanxious: neurotic about punctuality.
n.
1. A person suffering from a neurosis. No longer used in psychiatric diagnosis.
2. Informal A person who is chronically anxious.
neu·rot′i·cal·ly adv.
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neurotic
(njʊˈrɒtɪk)adj
(Psychiatry) of, relating to, or afflicted by neurosis
n
(Psychiatry) a person who is afflicted with a neurosis or who tends to be emotionally unstable or unusually anxious
neuˈrotically adv
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neu•rot•ic
(nʊˈrɒt ɪk, nyʊ-)adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of neurosis.
n. 2. a neurotic person.
[1870–75]
neu•rot′ic•al•ly, adv.
neu•rot′i•cism (-əˌsɪz əm) n.
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| Noun | 1. |  neurotic - a person suffering from neurosis claustrophobe - a person suffering from claustrophobia hysteric - a person suffering from hysteria obsessive - a person who has obsessions obsessive-compulsive - a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics psychopath, sociopath - someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') |
| Adj. | 1. | neurotic - characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms" |
| 2. | neurotic - affected with emotional disorder unneurotic - not neurotic; "successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children"; "he's the most unneurotic person I know" |
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neurotic
adjective unstable, nervous, disturbed, anxious, abnormal, obsessive, compulsive, manic, unhealthy, hyper (informal), twitchy (informal), overwrought, maladjusted He was almost neurotic about being followed.
together (slang), normal, calm, stable, rational, laid-back (informal), sane, well-balanced, level-headed, well-adjusted
together (slang), normal, calm, stable, rational, laid-back (informal), sane, well-balanced, level-headed, well-adjusted
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
neurotický
neurotisk
neuroottinenneurootikko
neurotičan
神経過敏な
신경증에 걸린
neurotischneuroot
neurotisk
เกี่ยวกับโรคประสาท
dễ bị kích động
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
neurotic
[njʊəˈrɒtɪk] adj
(= over-anxious) → exagérément inquiet/ète
to be neurotic about sth → être exagérément inquiet à propos de qch
Tony is neurotic about money → Tony est exagérément inquiet quand il s'agit d'argent.
to become neurotic about sth → s'inquiéter exagérément de qch
to be neurotic about sth → être exagérément inquiet à propos de qch
Tony is neurotic about money → Tony est exagérément inquiet quand il s'agit d'argent.
to become neurotic about sth → s'inquiéter exagérément de qch
(= pathological) [behaviour] → névrotique
n (= sufferer from neurosis) → névrosé(e) m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
neurotic
adj → neurotisch; to be neurotic about something → in Bezug auf etw (acc) → neurotisch sein; he’s getting rather neurotic about this problem → das Problem ist bei ihm schon zur Neurose geworden
n → Neurotiker(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
neurotic
[njʊˈrɒtɪk]1. adj (person, disease) → nevrotico/a
she's getting quite neurotic about it (fig) → se ne sta facendo un'ossessione
she's getting quite neurotic about it (fig) → se ne sta facendo un'ossessione
2. n → nevrotico/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
neurotic
→ عِصَابِيُّ neurotický neurotisk neurotisch νευρωτικός neurótico neuroottinen névrosé neurotičan nevrotico 神経過敏な 신경증에 걸린 neurotisch nevrotisk neurotyczny neurótico невротический neurotisk เกี่ยวกับโรคประสาท nörotik dễ bị kích động 神经质的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
neu·rot·ic
a. neurótico-a, que sufre de neurosis.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
neurotic
adj (ant) crónica y excesivamente ansioso, neurótico -ca mf (ant)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.