neurotic1

[noo-rot-ik, nyoo-] /nʊˈrɒt ɪk, nyʊ-/
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of neurosis.
noun
2.
a neurotic person.
Origin
1870-75; neur(osis) + -otic
Related forms
neurotically, adverb
semineurotically, adverb
unneurotically, adverb

neurotic2

[noo-rot-ik, nyoo-] /nʊˈrɒt ɪk, nyʊ-/
adjective, Pathology
1.
pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
Origin
1765-75; neuro- + -tic
Examples from the web for neurotic
  • This is guaranteed to turn on every whiner, lackey and neurotic on the property.
  • Yes, the girl is a bit neurotic.
  • To state the obvious, it is neither verbal nor even slightly neurotic.
  • Let us disentangle identification as it occurs in the structure of a neurotic symptom from its rather complicated connections.
  • Wherever neurotic compulsion manifests itself psychically it originates from repression.
  • Here is another small collection of various symptomatic actions in normal and neurotic persons.
  • As in neurotic symptoms, the taboo regulations also evince opposite feelings.
  • Many of us spend lots of time on neurotic obsessions.
  • Grad students are notoriously neurotic and prone to obsess over doing exactly what we're told.
  • There is satisfaction in persevering, and not all of it is neurotic.
British Dictionary definitions for neurotic

neurotic

/njʊˈrɒtɪk/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or afflicted by neurosis
noun
2.
a person who is afflicted with a neurosis or who tends to be emotionally unstable or unusually anxious
Derived Forms
neurotically, adverb
Word Origin and History for neurotic
adj.

1775, "acting upon or stimulating the nerves," from Greek neuron "nerve" (see neuro-) + -otic, as in hypnotic. Sense of "affected by neurosis" is 1887. The noun meaning "a neurotic person" is from 1896. Related: Neurotically.

neurotic in Medicine

neurotic neu·rot·ic (nu-rŏt'ĭk, nyu-)
adj.
Of, relating to, derived from, or affected with a neurosis. n.
A person suffering from a neurosis.