paranoiac

adjective

variants also paranoic
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  1. paranoid
  2. neurotic
  3. schizoid
  4. obsessive-compulsive
  5. delirious
  6. sociopathic
  7. disordered
  8. disturbed
Adjective
  • Dominic López Producers: Kelsey Gunn, Dominic López, Nicholas Anthony Reid A paranoid germaphobe escalates his desperate attempts to rid himself of a virus—until his fear leads him to a tragic decision.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In this paranoid techno–thriller, Sara must prove her dreams are not a reality in order to escape.
    Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of paranoid
Adjective
  • These neurotic superheroes, played by Jang Ki-yong, Ko Du-shim, Soo Hyun and Park So-yi, appealingly face their problems and work through them to regain their powers.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In videos, the adorable, if neurotic, sheepadoodle taps buttons related to play, outside, or poop, and her enthusiastic human owner and trainer fulfills requests while engaging in something that resembles back and forth conversation.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of neurotic
Adjective
  • The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.
    Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Definition of schizoid
Adjective
  • Anxiety Anxiety disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), can co-occur with polyphagia due to the emotional and psychological impact on eating behaviors.
    Sarah Jividen, Health, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Seeing Shred: Differences in muscle dysmorphia, orthorexia nervosa, depression, and obsessive-compulsive tendencies among groups of weightlifting athletes National Library of Medicine.
    Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of obsessive-compulsive
Adjective
  • So Audra McDonald was the star and George C. Wolfe was the director, a pairing that made a certain breed of theater fan delirious.
    Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, his primetime chalk talk sessions with the Bros. Manning are the stuff of a football junky’s most delirious fever dreams.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of delirious
Adjective
  • But what the show ends up doing is withholding empathy for its protagonist, who looks increasingly sociopathic with each death that washes over her.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Facing a potential payout in the tens of millions at the very least from an invasion of privacy lawsuit over some sloppy editing on a 2022 Blumhouse documentary about a sociopathic fertility doctor, Netflix has emerged having to write a relatively small check thanks to a Midwest jury.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of sociopathic
Adjective
  • Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.
    Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History, TIME, 10 June 2024
  • It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Definition of disordered
Adjective
  • The dogs indicated an area where the soil looked disturbed.
    Yasmeen Saadi, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Infection occurs through inhalation of airborne spores from disturbed contaminated soil—the fungus is not transmitted person-to-person.
    Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of disturbed
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