neurotic

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Germany is uniquely neurotic about debt and about unsound money.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“Marty Supreme,” the story of a neurotic table tennis player trying to level up his game, recently became A24’s highest-grossing film at the domestic box office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

In “Greenberg,” Ben Stiller’s title character is a cantankerous and neurotic New Yorker who has fled west after a nervous breakdown.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

And while Jerry’s perfectionism had a toll on their creative process, it also fueled it, making way for more neurotic characters that Anne could play straight against.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025

It’s Saturday and the time has come to leave my free lodgings and neurotic avian roommate.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich