neurotic

4 definitions • 3 examples

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.

someone who behaves strangely, often because they have a mental illness

related to or having unreasonable anxiety or unusual behavior:

a deep-seated neurotic fear of flying

a neurotic person