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neurotic - a person suffering from neurosis |
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psychoneurotic |
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diseased person,
sick person,
sufferer a person suffering from an illness
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claustrophobe a person suffering from claustrophobia
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hysteric a person suffering from hysteria
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obsessive a person who has obsessions
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obsessive-compulsive a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics
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psychopath,
sociopath someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
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neurotic - affected with emotional disorder |
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psychoneurotic |
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unneurotic not neurotic; "successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children"; "he's the most unneurotic person I know"
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aboulic,
abulic suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions
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compulsive strongly motivated to succeed
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delusional suffering from or characterized by delusions
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disturbed,
maladjusted emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
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hypochondriac,
hypochondriacal suffering from hypochondria
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hysteric,
hysterical characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"
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megalomaniacal,
megalomanic suffering from megalomania
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monomaniacal obsessed with a single subject or idea
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nymphomaniac,
nymphomaniacal (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire
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obsessional,
obsessive characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling"
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obsessive-compulsive characterized by obsessions and compulsions; "obsessive-compulsive neurosis"
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pathological caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition; "a pathological liar"; "a pathological urge to succeed"
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phobic suffering from irrational fears
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psychosomatic used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
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schizoid marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships
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neurotic - characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms" |