All 6 Uses
paranoid
in
Before I Fall
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- She probably has biweekly visits with the school psychologist to control her paranoia, or OCD, or whatever her issue is.
p. 160.9paranoia = having a tendency to be excessively suspicious that others want to harm you or being excessively fearful in general
- For one paranoid second I'm sure she's talking about me—that somehow she has just read my mind—but then her friends explode with laughter, and one of them says, "I know."
p. 353.5 *paranoid = with excessive fear
- Now every time I pee in the gym I get paranoid.†
p. 21.3
- I have to scrunch up in a ball, and even then I'm paranoid that my ponytail might be peeking up over the windowsill.†
p. 155.6
- I know I'm being paranoid, but the certainty is so strong it makes my head spin, and I have to reach out and grab on to the banister.†
p. 242.3
- He doesn't tell me I'm crazy or paranoid or anything.†
p. 314.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(paranoid used casually) excessively suspicious that others want to harm you; or excessively fearful
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(2)
(paranoid used clinically) suffering from a psychological disorder characterized by excessive distrust of others -- thinking "they are out to get me"
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)