Definitions for neurotic

neurotic neu·rot·ic

Spelling: [noo-rot-ik, nyoo-]
IPA: /nʊˈrɒt ɪk, nyʊ-/

Neurotic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 373 anagrams from letters in neurotic (ceinortu).

Definitions for neurotic

noun

  1. a neurotic person.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
  2. pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.

Origin of neurotic

First recorded in 1870-75; neur(osis) + -otic

Examples for neurotic

I was a little impatient with her; I had not suspected that she was so neurotic a woman.

It was quite interesting, its title was Rejoice That You Are neurotic.

You are vastly more interesting to me because you are in a crux, and neurotic and anæmic.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth: neurotic gay girl in Montana gets sent to degaying boarding school.

You give the weakest and the worst interpretation of my devotion: the neurotic one.

Voltaire, the least Puritanical of men, is also the least neurotic.

The condition is probably of neurotic origin and tends to recur.

Of course, as you say, it's a neurotic temperament that's at the bottom of the trouble.

Equal parts compassionate and neurotic, Farmiga plays Norma with an intense level of adrenaline.

He did it long enough that people began to wonder out loud if he was neurotic.

Word Value for neurotic
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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