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neurotic

[noo-rot-ik, nyoo-] / nʊˈrɒt ɪk, nyʊ- /
ADJECTIVE
mentally maladjusted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compulsive distraught disturbed manic obsessive
STRONG
aberrant deviant hysteric psychoneurotic upset
WEAK
abnormal anxious basket case bundle of nerves choked clutched disordered disoriented erratic hung up inhibited nervous nervous wreck overwrought unhealthy unstable uptight wired
Antonyms
STRONG
normal
WEAK
adjusted balanced sane stable

Example Sentences

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Germany is uniquely neurotic about debt and about unsound money.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Arsenal’s quest to end a two-decade dry spell hasn’t exactly been helped by one of the most neurotic fan bases in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 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 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

I’ve been as saving as an exceptionally neurotic magpie all my life, and I still have the next-to-the-last draft of the letter I wrote to Sister Irma that June night in 1939.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger