neurotic definizione dal dizionario inglese italiano

Definizione monolingua

neurotic

neurotic (plural neurotics)

1. A person who has a neurosis

neurotic (comparative more neurotic, superlative most neurotic)

1. (obsolete?) Affected with a neurosis
2. (informal) Overly anxious
   • He is getting neurotic about time-keeping
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:

     “I hadnt time to look properly. I was impeded in my movements by half-witted females sneaking up behind me and asking how I was getting on.” “Well, I wanted to know.” A giggle escaped her. “You did come down a wallop, didnt you? How art thou fallen from heaven, oh Lucifer, son of the morning, I said to myself. Youre so terribly neurotic, Bertie. You must try to be less jumpy. What you need is a good nerve tonic.”

Definizione dizionario neurotic

nevrotico

Altri significati:

neurotic person

Overanxious

(obsolete?) Affected with a neurosis

(informal) Overly anxious

(being) highly strung

A neurotic person