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Recent Examples of hypochondriacal
Her mother, Pattie (Alli Mauzey), is ludicrously hypochondriacal, as if atoning for the chromosomal accident that produced her quick-aging child.
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New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
Many women with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease first named in 1877, were misdiagnosed as mentally unwell and dismissed as hypochondriacal well into the 20th century.
—Elinor Cleghorn, WSJ, 12 June 2021
During downtime, Daisy May cracked up the crew with a hypochondriacal riff about an unprintable physical sensation in her bowels.
—David Segal, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020
Bill Nighy has too few scenes as Emma's protective, hypochondriacal father, but each one is a master class in comic glances and delivery.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2020
By contrast, Davenport — mildly hypochondriacal and prey to colds and occasional depression — hates to go anywhere, often suffering intense anxiety at the very prospect of a trip.
—Michael Dirda, National Review, 25 July 2019
The interchangeability of the smaller supporting characters enhances this sense of social fluidity — at any moment, someone else can turn into the impoverished talkative spinster, Miss Bates, or Mr. Woodhouse, Emma’s hypochondriacal father.
—Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
Many women with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease first named in 1877, were misdiagnosed as mentally unwell and dismissed as hypochondriacal well into the 20th century.
—Elinor Cleghorn, WSJ, 12 June 2021
During downtime, Daisy May cracked up the crew with a hypochondriacal riff about an unprintable physical sensation in her bowels.
—David Segal, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020
Bill Nighy has too few scenes as Emma's protective, hypochondriacal father, but each one is a master class in comic glances and delivery.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2020
By contrast, Davenport — mildly hypochondriacal and prey to colds and occasional depression — hates to go anywhere, often suffering intense anxiety at the very prospect of a trip.
—Michael Dirda, National Review, 25 July 2019
The interchangeability of the smaller supporting characters enhances this sense of social fluidity — at any moment, someone else can turn into the impoverished talkative spinster, Miss Bates, or Mr. Woodhouse, Emma’s hypochondriacal father.
—Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypochondriacal
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As the moon clashes with Mercury, beware of a hypochondriac streak. Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22) Emotional ups and downs?USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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Two hypochondriac siblings have taken to the mountains to avoid all electromagnetic frequencies in this hypnotic lesson in claustrophobia and the evocative power of light.J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Two people were killed in a three-car crash on Interstate 84 in Danbury on Sunday involving a disabled vehicle and a tractor-trailer.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2025
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The Justice Department took no position on whether the city was wrong to change benefits for disabled retirees.Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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The movie itself was widely criticized, with director Sam Taylor-Johnson facing accusations of exploiting Winehouse’s troubled personal life, but Abela earned high praise for her embodiment of who many deem one of the greatest musical talents of the 21st century.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
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Stellantis, which celebrated its fourth anniversary in January following the merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot, has had a troubled year and is shopping for a new CEO after Tavares resigned.Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
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Both were charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult by a caregiver resulting in the incapacitated adult’s death.David Matthews, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Crewmembers also practiced rescuing incapacitated astronauts, a critical requirement for LTV design.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The afflicted man instead went to a Dawson hospital, where he was fed only raw potatoes and charged $10 a day for the privilege.David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2022
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For nearly five years, the lingering hope of the pundit class (and, notably, the Biden campaign) was that the Trump fever would eventually burn itself out and those so afflicted would awake from its throes eager to be normal again.Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022
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The antihero actioner earned a feeble $4.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,211 locations.J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
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Those with muscle dysmorphia usually have a belief or preoccupation that their body is weak, feeble, too small, or not muscular enough.Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
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The researchers compared this process of injecting large training data of both diseased and healthy genes as similar to the way Open AI’s ChatGPT large language model ingests a vast corpus of the written internet.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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Wait until mid-November to remove dead or diseased canes and reduce the overall size of the rose plant.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Hypochondriacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypochondriacal. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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