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neurotic
in
The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
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- Neurotic, really.†
p. 167.5
- What you are is an intelligent, sassy, sarcastic, cynical, neurotic, loyal, compassionate girl.†
p. 175.9
- "Sorry it's a little messy," I said, looking down at the pile of unfolded, clean clothes that always stayed on the floor at the foot of my bed and trying not to think about the last time I'd had a boy in my room and how he'd laughed at my neurotic clothes folding.†
p. 222.2
- I felt like myself when I was with him, whereas I was always trying to hide my neuroses around Toby.
p. 245.2 *neuroses = mild mental disorders
Definitions:
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(1)
(neurotic) mildly mentally disturbed -- usually worrying too much about something; or someone with such symptomsMore formally, a neurotic might be described as someone with a mild personality disorder -- a neurosis not attributable to any known neurological or organic problem.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)