'Neurotic' definitions:
Definition of 'neurotic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms"
adjective
Affected with emotional disorder [syn: neurotic, psychoneurotic] [ant: unneurotic]
noun
A person suffering from neurosis [syn: neurotic, psychoneurotic, mental case]
Definition of 'Neurotic'
From: GCIDE
- Neurotic \Neu*rot"ic\, a. [Gr. ney^ron nerve.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of or pertaining to neurosis[2]; characteristic of neurosis[2]; caused by neurosis[2]. [PJC]
Definition of 'Neurotic'
From: GCIDE
- Neurotic \Neu*rot"ic\, n.
- 1. A disease seated in the nerves. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Neurotics as a class include all those poisons whose main action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided into three orders: (a) Cerebral neurotics, or those which affect the brain only. (b) Spinal neurotics, or tetanics, those which affect the spinal cord. (c) Cerebro-spinal neurotics, or those which affect both brain and spinal cord. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A person afflicted with a neurosis[2]. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'neurotic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormal,
- alcoholic,
- alternating personality,
- antisocial personality,
- anxious,
- brain-damaged,
- brain-injured,
- catatonic,
- certifiable,
- confused,
- deviant,
- disordered,
- disordered personality,
- distraught,
- disturbed,
- disturbed personality,
- double personality,
- drug user,
- dual personality,
- emotionally unstable personality,
- escapist,
- hostile personality,
- hypochondriac,
- hypochondriast,
- hysteric,
- idiot,
- imaginary invalid,
- immature personality,
- inadequate personality,
- inferior personality,
- irrational,
- malade imaginaire,
- maladjusted,
- maladjusted personality,
- manic-depressive,
- mentally defective personality,
- mentally ill,
- mentally sick,
- moral insanity,
- multiple personality,
- nervous,
- neurasthenic,
- neuropath,
- neurotic personality,
- obsessive,
- overwrought,
- paranoiac,
- paranoid,
- paranoid personality,
- perverse personality,
- phobic,
- psychasthenic,
- psychoneurotic,
- psychopath,
- psychopathic,
- psychopathic personality,
- psychotic,
- psychotic personality,
- schiz,
- schizoid,
- schizoid personality,
- schizophrenic,
- schizy,
- seclusive personality,
- sexual psychopath,
- shut-in personality,
- sociopath,
- split personality,
- unstable,
- valetudinarian,
- valetudinary,
- weak personality