neurotic

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

neurotic (comparative more neurotic, superlative most neurotic)

1. (obsolete?) Affected with a neurosis
2. (informal) Overly anxious
   • He is getting neurotic about time-keeping
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:

     “I hadn't time to look properly. I was impeded in my movements by half-witted females sneaking up behind me and asking how I was getting on.” “Well, I wanted to know.” A giggle escaped her. “You did come down a wallop, didn't you? How art thou fallen from heaven, oh Lucifer, son of the morning, I said to myself. You're so terribly neurotic, Bertie. You must try to be less jumpy. What you need is a good nerve tonic.”

Translations

Overanxious

Catalan: neuròtic (ca) Danish: neurotisk (da) Dutch: neurotisch (nl) Finnish: neuroottinen (fi)

German: neurotisch (de) Greek: νευρωτικός (el) (nevrotikós) m. Polish: neurotyczny (pl) m. Spanish: neurótico (es)

Noun

neurotic (plural neurotics)

1. A person who has a neurosis

Translations

person who has a neurosis

Catalan: neuròtic (ca) m. Danish: neurotiker (da) Dutch: neuroot (nl) m. Finnish: neurootikko (fi) French: neurotique m., psychotique m.

German: Neurotiker m., Neurotikerin f. Greek: νευρωτικός (el) (nevrotikós) m. Polish: neurotyk (pl) m. Portuguese: neurótico (pt) m., neurótica (pt) f.

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• Interlingua: neurotic

Anagrams

• countrie, unerotic