neurotic
Example Sentences
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Sometimes his neurotic, navel-gazing side gets the better of his artistry, as was the case at his concert at the Greek Theatre in the summer of 2024.
From Los Angeles Times
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
Jonny Greenwood returned, roaring, with his music for swarming strings and neurotic piano in “One Battle After Another.”
From Los Angeles Times
Freud believed the drive to collect was neurotic.
She won the Academy Award for best actress for 1977’s “Annie Hall,” in which she plays the neurotic titular heroine written by her former partner Woody Allen.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.