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neurotic

Syllabification: (neu·rot·ic)
Pronunciation: /n(y)o͝oˈrätik/

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Definition of neurotic

adjective

Medicine
  • suffering from, caused by, or relating to neurosis.
  • abnormally sensitive, obsessive, or tense and anxious:everyone was neurotic about burglars a neurotic obsession with neat handwriting

noun

  • a neurotic person.

Derivatives

neurotically

adverb

neuroticism

Pronunciation: /-ˈrätəˌsizəm/

noun

neurotic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of neurotic in the British & World English dictionary