adj
Meaning 1
Affected with a neurosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
neurotic
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adj
Meaning 2
Overly anxious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable
Examples
- He is getting neurotic about time-keeping.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person who has a neurosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A crazy person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
affected with emotional disorder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychoneurotic
Antonyms: unneurotic
adjective
Meaning 7
characteristic of or affected by neurosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- neurotic disorder
- neurotic symptoms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a person suffering from neurosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychoneurotic, mental case
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
Narrower terms: claustrophobe, hysteric, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, sociopath, psychopath
History
Etymology
Formed of neuro- (“of nerves or the nervous system”) + -otic (“having abnormal condition”). The initial element, in turn, is from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Attested from the 17th century. Compare French névrotique.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: neuróticu — overanxious
- Belarusian: неўраты́чны (njewratýčny) — overanxious
- Bulgarian: невротичен (nevrotičen) — overanxious
- Catalan: neuròtic — overanxious
- Czech: neurotický — overanxious
- Danish: neurotisk — overanxious
- Dutch: neurotisch — overanxious
- Finnish: neuroottinen — overanxious
- French: névrotique — overanxious
- French: psychotique — overanxious
- Galician: neurótico — overanxious
- German: neurotisch — overanxious
- Greek: νευρωτικός (nevrotikós) — overanxious
- Hungarian: neurotikus — overanxious
- Japanese: 神経質過ぎ — overanxious
- Latvian: neirotisks — overanxious
- Polish: neurotyczny — overanxious
- Portuguese: neurótico — overanxious
- Russian: невроти́ческий (nevrotíčeskij) — overanxious
- Spanish: neurótico — overanxious
- Swedish: neurotisk — overanxious
- Ukrainian: невроти́чний (nevrotýčnyj) — overanxious
- Bulgarian: невротик (nevrotik) — person who has a neurosis
- Bulgarian: неврастеник (nevrastenik) — person who has a neurosis
- Catalan: neuròtic — person who has a neurosis
- Czech: neurotik — person who has a neurosis
- Danish: neurotiker — person who has a neurosis
- Dutch: neuroot — person who has a neurosis
- Finnish: neurootikko — person who has a neurosis
- French: névrotique — person who has a neurosis
- French: psychotique — person who has a neurosis
- German: Neurotiker — person who has a neurosis
- German: Neurotikerin — person who has a neurosis
- Greek: νευρωτικός (nevrotikós) — person who has a neurosis
- Italian: isterico — person who has a neurosis
- Italian: nevrotico — person who has a neurosis
- Polish: neurotyk — person who has a neurosis
- Portuguese: neurótico — person who has a neurosis
- Portuguese: neurótica — person who has a neurosis
- Russian: невро́тик (nevrótik) — person who has a neurosis
- Russian: невропа́т (nevropát) — person who has a neurosis
- Spanish: neurótico — person who has a neurosis
- Spanish: neurótica — person who has a neurosis
- Swedish: neurotiker — person who has a neurosis