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hypochondriac

[hahy-puh-kon-dree-ak] / ˌhaɪ pəˈkɒn driˌæk /
NOUN
neurotic
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She’s this little hypochondriac, I mean, but it makes sense.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2025

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

Danny is agoraphobic, socially anxious, obsessive, something of a hypochondriac and nominally a journalist, that most nominal of television professions.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2023

The novel follows a young English woman who takes her hypochondriac mother to a clinic in Spain in search of a cure.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2023

I was feeling pretty lucky right then that JonPaul is a total hypochondriac who’s always worried that he’s coming down with something rare and dangerous.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

Women—myself included—too often worry about coming off as hypochondriacs about pain or symptoms, so we just bear it without pressing for answers when our gut tells us the doctors are wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 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

The condition is so unusual, patients are often misdiagnosed or dismissed as hypochondriacs.

From Washington Post Dec. 27, 2021

Maybe I was one of those hypochondriacs, obsessing over Fig’s health.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas



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