neuroot

Definitions of neuroot
  1. noun
    a person suffering from neurosis
    synonyms: nagelbijter, neuroticus, zenuwlijder, zenuwpatiënt, zenuwpees
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    types:
    psychopaat
    someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
    type of:
    lijder
    a person suffering from an illness
  2. noun
    thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
    synonyms: kieskauw, nagelbijter, piekeraar, tobber, zenuwlijder, zenuwpees
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    type of:
    spelbederver, spelbreker
    someone who spoils the pleasure of others
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