Neurotic

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or affected with a neurosis. No longer used in psychiatric diagnosis.
  • adjective. Overanxious.
  • noun. A person suffering from a neurosis. No longer used in psychiatric diagnosis.
  • noun. A person who is chronically anxious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to the nervous system or to neuroses: as, a neurotic disease.
  • Prone to the development of neuroses.
  • Capable of acting on the nerves; nervine.
  • noun. A disease having its seat in the nerves.
  • noun. A medicine for nervous affections; a nervine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A disease seated in the nerves.
  • noun. Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.
  • noun. A person afflicted with a neurosis{2}.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous.
  • adjective. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to neurosis{2}; characteristic of neurosis{2}; caused by neurosis{2}.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Affected with a neurosis (Wikipedia).
  • adjective. Overly anxious.
  • noun. A person who has a neurosis
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. affected with emotional disorder
  • adjective. characteristic of or affected by neurosis
  • noun. a person suffering from neurosis
  • Word Usage
    "But can't they all smell it now in neurotic, anxious, long-suffering Philadelphia?"
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