Definition of neurotic Neurotic

/nʊɹɑˈtɪk/ - [nuratik] - neu•rot•ic

We found 14 definitions of neurotic from 6 different sources.

What does neurotic mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: neurotics
neurotic - a person suffering from neurosis
		psychoneurotic, mental case
		diseased person, sick person, sufferer a person suffering from an illness
		claustrophobe a person suffering from claustrophobia
		hysteric a person suffering from hysteria
		obsessive a person who has obsessions
		obsessive-compulsive a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics
Adjective
neurotic - affected with emotional disorder
		psychoneurotic
		unneurotic not neurotic; "successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children"; "he's the most unneurotic person I know"
		aboulic, abulic suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions
		compulsive strongly motivated to succeed
		delusional suffering from or characterized by delusions
		maladjusted, disturbed not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor"
		hypochondriac, hypochondriacal suffering from hypochondria
		hysteric, hysterical characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"
		megalomaniacal, megalomanic suffering from megalomania
		monomaniacal obsessed with a single subject or idea
		nymphomaniac, nymphomaniacal (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire
		obsessional, obsessive characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling"
		obsessive-compulsive characterized by obsessions and compulsions; "obsessive-compulsive neurosis"
		pathological caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition; "a pathological liar"; "a pathological urge to succeed"
		phobic suffering from irrational fears
		psychosomatic used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
neurotic - characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms"

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Wiktionary

neurotic (Noun)
A person who has a neurosis.
neurotic (Adjective)
Affected with a neurosis.
neurotic (Adjective)
Overly anxious.
neurotic (Adjective)
Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

neurotic (a.)
Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
neurotic (a.)
Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
neurotic (n.)
A disease seated in the nerves.
neurotic (n.)
Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

neurotic
Characteristic of or affected by neurosis.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

neurotic
nū-rot′ik, adj. relating to, or seated in, the nerves.—n. a disease of the nerves: a medicine useful for diseases of the nerves.—adj. Neurō′sal.—n. Neurō′sis, a nervous disease, esp. without lesion of parts, as epilepsy, &c