English adjective: neurotic | |||
1. | neurotic characteristic of or affected by neurosis | ||
Samples | Neurotic disorder. Neurotic symptoms. | ||
2. | neurotic affected with emotional disorder | ||
Synonyms | psychoneurotic | ||
Similar | aboulic, abulic, compulsive, delusional, disturbed, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, hysteric, hysterical, maladjusted, megalomaniacal, megalomanic, monomaniacal, nymphomaniac, nymphomaniacal, obsessional, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, pathological, phobic, psychosomatic, schizoid | ||
Antonyms | unneurotic | ||
English noun: neurotic | |||
1. | neurotic (person) a person suffering from neurosis | ||
Synonyms | mental case, psychoneurotic | ||
Broader (hypernym) | diseased person, sick person, sufferer | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | claustrophobe, hysteric, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, psychopath, sociopath | ||