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What is another word for paranoid?

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Adjective

Unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful

Affected by paranoia

Having an unstable state of mind

Easily offended or upset

(in non-technical use) Abnormally sensitive, obsessive, or anxious

Attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner

To be continuously haunted or possessed by something, especially negative emotions, ideas or desires

A person with a disordered mental state, or seemingly so

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Adjective

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Unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful

“I am paranoid about personal hygiene, and I constantly wash clothes and burn candles in my apartment for company.”

Adjective

Affected by paranoia

Adjective

Having an unstable state of mind

flaky^UK

flakey^US

not in your right mind

not quite right in the head

not right in the head

not right upstairs

not the full shilling

off the chain

out there

raving mad

one card shy of a full deck

a few cards shy of a full deck

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

away with the fairies

severely mentally disordered

as mad as a March hare

mentally deranged

non compos

one sandwich short of a picnic

not together

over the edge

deprived of one's wits

severely mentally ill

having a screw loose

having bats in the belfry

having kangaroos in the top paddock

pretentious

senile

delusional

have kangaroos in the top paddock

have bats in the belfry

two sandwiches short of a picnic

not functioning properly

not knowing what to do with oneself

woolly^UK

bedeviled^US

thick as two short planks

bedevilled^UK

wooly^US

with Alzheimer's disease

not knowing if one is coming or going

at the end of your tether

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Adjective

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Easily offended or upset

quick to take offence

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

as cross as two sticks

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

having got out of bed the wrong side

fault-finding

having got out of bed on the wrong side

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Adjective

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(in non-technical use) Abnormally sensitive, obsessive, or anxious

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

in a state of agitation

having butterflies in the stomach

having a funny feeling

at the end of your tether

driven to distraction

waiting for the axe to fall

waiting with bated breath

fanatical

with your heart in your mouth

like a fish out of water

with one's stomach in knots

put out

shaking in one's shoes

bummed out

scared out of your wits

broken up

cut up

frightened out of your wits

traumatized^US

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

not knowing what to do with oneself

tearing one's hair out

traumatised^UK

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

enamored^US

woolly^UK

wooly^US

enamoured^UK

enamored of^UK

like Piccadilly Circus

in a frenzy of delight

in raptures

over the moon

blissed out

in transports of delight

like a chicken with its head cut off

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Adjective

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Attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner

focussed^UK

focused^US

mesmerised^UK

mesmerized^US

hypnotised^UK

hypnotized^US

eat sleep and breathe

having a one-track mind

enamoured^UK

enamored^US

head over heels in love

enamored of^UK

consumed with desire for

head over heels in love with

enquiring^UK

inquiring^US

burning with curiosity

hopelessly in love

swept off one's feet by

under someone's spell

very keen on

ensorcelled by

hopelessly in love with

very taken with

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Adjective

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To be continuously haunted or possessed by something, especially negative emotions, ideas or desires

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

at the end of your tether

with your back to the wall

pressurized^US

with one's back up against the wall

in a state

pressurised^UK

hot and bothered

hunted

at the end of one's rope

at wit's end

grief-stricken

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A person with a disordered mental state, or seemingly so

one who has a screw loose

one who has bats in the belfry

antisocial personality

square peg in a round hole

round peg in a square hole

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“His paranoid and nightmarish world became a gold mine for Freudians, existentialists, and absurdists.”

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