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hypochondriac

[hahy-puh-kon-dree-ak] / ˌhaɪ pəˈkɒn driˌæk /
NOUN
neurotic
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Doctors “called me a hypochondriac and said it was just anxiety and depression,” said Hannah Powell, a 26-year-old Utah woman who went undiagnosed for five years.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

In a pre-pandemic world, even if flu cases were high, masking in public may have prompted a stranger to treat you like a mentally ill hypochondriac.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2023

“The mammoth tours of enormous venues. The expectations upon me. That’s surely anxiety-inducing for anybody, never mind a huge hypochondriac like myself.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2023

It was a diagnosis that made "complete sense" to the singer and reassured the self-confessed hypochondriac that he was not dying.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2023

He was also—perhaps as a result—something of a hypochondriac.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

Were people who claimed that the world was making them sick just a bunch of hypochondriacs?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

No. I have a couple hypochondriacs in my house, so I let them deal with that.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2022

Without proper context, the data could potentially be used to misdiagnose illnesses and turn people into hypochondriacs.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2022

Those who suffer from the disorder are usually thought of as hypochondriacs or germaphobes.

From Washington Post Mar. 17, 2020

Like most hypochondriacs, he had an oddly soothing bedside manner.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt



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