| 单词 | neurotic |
| 释义 | neurotic (once / 4614 pages) adjn If you call someone neurotic, you are saying she is stressed out. Neurotic can be a psychological term or it can be used more loosely. You may have a neurotic tendency to bite your nails or to pull out your hair. Ouch. The adjective neurotic refers to someone who shows signs of mental disturbance but does not indicate complete psychosis. Neurotic comes from neuro-, from a Greek word for "nerve." It can also describe someone with neurotic behaviors, so you can think of a neurotic as someone who has a particularly bad case of nerves. WORD FAMILYneurotic: neurotically, neuroticism, neurotics, unneurotic+/neurosis: neuroses, neurotic/neuroticism: neuroticisms USAGE EXAMPLESBut some of it is really not getting too neurotic about it. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) Mr. Groff is winningly neurotic as a cranky composer facing mortality when hit by a brain malfunction. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) But something unexpected happens: Mendel falls madly in love with Trina, further entangling this skein of classic New York neurotics. Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1adj characteristic of or affected by neurosis neurotic disorder neurotic symptoms 2adj affected with emotional disorder Syn|Ant psychoneurotic aboulic, abulic suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions compulsivecaused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion delusionalsuffering from or characterized by delusions disturbed, maladjustedemotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships hypochondriac, hypochondriacalsuffering from hypochondria hysteric, hystericalcharacterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria megalomaniacal, megalomanicsuffering from megalomania monomaniacalobsessed with a single subject or idea nymphomaniac, nymphomaniacal(used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire obsessional, obsessivecharacterized by or constituting an obsession obsessive-compulsivecharacterized by obsessions and compulsions pathologicalcaused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition phobicsuffering from irrational fears psychosomaticused of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis schizoidmarked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships unneurotic not neurotic togethermentally and emotionally stable 3n a person suffering from neurosis Syn|Hypo|Hyper mental case, psychoneurotic claustrophobe a person suffering from claustrophobia hysterica person suffering from hysteria obsessivea person who has obsessions obsessive-compulsivea person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics psychopath, sociopathsomeone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') diseased person, sick person, sufferer a person suffering from an illness |
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