All neurotic synonyms
neu·rot·ic
N n noun neurotic
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
- non compos — not of sound mind; mentally incapable of managing one's affairs.
- dement — to deteriorate mentally, esp because of old age
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- madwoman — a woman who is or behaves as if insane.
- hypochondriac — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- valetudinary — valetudinarian.
- schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- valetudinarian — an invalid.
- worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- nutter — a person who gathers nuts.
- sociopathic — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- lunatic — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
adjective neurotic
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- fearful — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- phobic — of or relating to a phobia or phobias.
- fixated — to fix; make stable or stationary.
- hung up — Slang: Vulgar. (of a male) having very large genitals.
- disturbed — marked by symptoms of mental illness: a disturbed personality.
- irrational — without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.
- obsessed — having an obsession (usually followed by with or by): He is obsessed with eliminating guilt.
- overanxious — excessively anxious.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- distraught — distracted; deeply agitated.
- manic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- obsessive — being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
- aberrant — Aberrant means unusual and not socially acceptable.
- deviant — Deviant behaviour or thinking is different from what people normally consider to be acceptable.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- abnormal — Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
- basket case — If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state.
- bundle of nerves — a very nervous person
- choked — If you say something in a choked voice or if your voice is choked with emotion, your voice does not have its full sound, because you are upset or frightened.
- clutched — to hatch (chickens).
- disordered — lacking organization or in confusion; disarranged.
- disoriented — confused as to time or place; out of touch: therapy for disoriented patients.
- erratic — Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
- inhibited — overly restrained.
- nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- nervous wreck — sb anxious
- overwrought — extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality.
- unhealthy — not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
- unstable — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- uptight — tense, nervous, or jittery.
- wired — made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.