neurotic
adjective /njʊəˈrɒt.ɪk/
/nʊrˈɑː.t̬ɪk/ Definition
› behaving strangely or in an anxious (= worried and nervous) way, often because you have a mental illness: neurotic behaviour/tendencies She's neurotic about her weight - she weighs herself three times a day.Mental and psychiatric disorders neurotically /njʊəˈrɒt.ɪ.kəl.i/
/nʊrˈɑː.t̬ɪ-/ adverb Mental and psychiatric disorders
/nʊrˈɑː.t̬ɪ-/ adverb Mental and psychiatric disorders (Definition of neurotic adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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