neurotic
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The neurotic self-policing about the supposed rules of engagement has given way to something that looks more like confidence.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Germany is uniquely neurotic about debt and about unsound money.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
If it sounds like we’re in the hands of a neurotic, what kind of people do we think become president?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Irritable, neurotic, decent, confused and sardonic, Larry is a refreshing nod to the kind of spiky haplessness Jack Lemmon mastered.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
"And you," I continued with sudden force, "laughed and said I had the perfect setup of a true neurotic and that that question came from some questionnaire you'd had in psychology class that week?"
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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