'Hypochondriac' definitions:
Definition of 'hypochondriac'
From: WordNet
adjective
Suffering from hypochondria [syn: hypochondriac, hypochondriacal]
noun
A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
Definition of 'Hypochondriac'
From: GCIDE
- Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, a. [Gr. ? affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis. [1913 Webster]
- Hypochondriac region (Anat.), a region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hypochondriac'
From: GCIDE
- Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, n. A person affected with hypochondria. [1913 Webster]
- He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hypochondriac'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alcoholic,
- alternating personality,
- antisocial personality,
- bowed-down,
- cast down,
- dashed,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despairing,
- despondent,
- desponding,
- discouraged,
- disheartened,
- disordered,
- disordered personality,
- dispirited,
- disturbed,
- disturbed personality,
- double personality,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- drug user,
- dual personality,
- emotionally unstable personality,
- escapist,
- feeling low,
- heartless,
- hostile personality,
- hypochondriacal,
- hypochondriast,
- hysteric,
- idiot,
- imaginary invalid,
- immature personality,
- in low spirits,
- in the depths,
- in the doldrums,
- in the dumps,
- inadequate personality,
- inferior personality,
- languishing,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- malade imaginaire,
- maladjusted personality,
- mentally defective personality,
- moral insanity,
- multiple personality,
- neurasthenic,
- neuropath,
- neurotic,
- neurotic personality,
- paranoid personality,
- perverse personality,
- pessimistic,
- phobic,
- pining,
- psychasthenic,
- psychoneurotic,
- psychopath,
- psychopathic personality,
- psychotic,
- psychotic personality,
- schizoid,
- schizoid personality,
- seclusive personality,
- sexual psychopath,
- shut-in personality,
- sociopath,
- spiritless,
- split personality,
- subdued,
- suicidal,
- valetudinarian,
- valetudinary,
- weak personality,
- weary of life,
- woebegone,
- world-weary