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Synonyms for neurotic
nʊˈrɒt ɪk, nyʊ-neu·rot·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
neurotic, psychoneurotic, mental caseadjective
a person suffering from neurosis
Synonyms:
mental case, psychoneuroticAntonyms:
together, unneuroticneuroticadjective
characteristic of or affected by neurosis
"neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms"
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psychoneuroticAntonyms:
unneurotic, togetherneurotic, psychoneuroticadjective
affected with emotional disorder
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psychoneuroticAntonyms:
unneurotic, together
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How to use neurotic in a sentence?
Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions.
One of the gifts of aging in recovery is the ability to ignore the noise and distractions of life. In long-term sobriety, people are able to focus on the qualitative aspects of their lives, like relationships, meaningful work and peace of mind, and let go of the neurotic pursuit for quantitative fulfillment, such as power, property and prestige.
Lionel Trilling, The Liberal Imagination (1950):
The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.
Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.
I’ve tried. I just think I’m just too nervous, neurotic, driven, i would have had a different answer a few years ago. I might have deluded myself into thinking that I’d be happy in a hammock or gardening. But no, I’m quite sure I can’t.
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- neuròticCatalan, Valencian
- neurotisk, neurotikerDanish
- Neurotikerin, neurotisch, NeurotikerGerman
- νευρωτικόςGreek
- neuróticoSpanish
- neurootikko, neuroottinenFinnish
- névrotique, psychotiqueFrench
- isterico, nevroticoItalian
- neuroot, neurotischDutch
- neurotyk, neurotycznyPolish
- neurótica, neuróticoPortuguese
- невротический, невропат, невротикRussian
- neurotisk, neurotikerSwedish
- thần kinhVietnamese
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